Business models

During the coronavirus pandemic, clever restaurants have been switching their business model to take-away or delivery. But not all deliveries are created equal. From virtual restaurants to dark kitchens: an overview.

Paul Myers cultivates organic vegetables on a large scale in a Liverpool warehouse. In a video interview at the GDI Retail Summit, he explained how he is growing a successful business using aquacultures.

To maintain an overview in the "media jungle", the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute has created the Media Innovation Map in collaboration with "20 Minuten". The map allows users to view the changes on three levels.

What trends have shaped China's e-commerce? And what does this mean for the future of retail in Europe? Jack Ma biographer Duncan Clark and GDI CEO David Bosshart gave insights in a webinar.

Marcia Kilgore is one of the most successful recent beauty entrepreneurs. Here and at the GDI event "Eternity Now" Kilgore discusses beginner mistakes, sources of inspiration, and how she wants to revolutionise the cosmetics industry with her new company, Beauty Pie.

We are hacked - at least our attention, says Tim Wu, university professor and bestselling author. In a video interview with the GDI, Wu discusses why attention hacking is booming in online commerce, how it is changing us, but  why we don't have to be pessimistic.

Payment, ticketing and identification: these functions are intended to help microchip implants achieve worldwide success. At least this is the hope of Jowan Österlund, founder of the chip implant supplier Biohax International. On 13 March 2019, Österlund was a speaker at the GDI Trend Day. A video interview.

French startup Sandblock wants to revolutionise customer loyalty with blockchain. CEO and co-founder Sarah-Diane Eck explains her business model in a video – and at the GDI Retail Summit.

Netflix knows its users better than any TV station. Huge amounts of data help to optimise the program for each individual. Michelle Ufford shows at the GDI Predictions Conference on 4 June, 2019 how this works.

Founded in 2015, the online marketplace Na-kd is now one of the 20 fastest growing companies in Europe. Earlier this year, the Swedes raised 45 million US dollars from investors. CEO Jarno Vanhatapio will talk about his success at the GDI Retail Summit in September.