Business models

Sebastian Johnston uses data analysis to find ideas for new products. Johnston tells us in a podcast, how he brings these products to market within eight weeks – and he'll soon be presenting at the GDI's Retail Summit as well.

Meat from the lab could change the entire value network of meat production. However, no products have yet reached market maturity. How is artificial meat actually bred?

Every great technical revolution has been followed by regulatory actions. This was the case with the industrial production of food and with the rise of the automobile, and so it will be with the internet. At least that’s what Benedict Evans, a speaker at this year’s 71st International Retail Summit, says in the following live feature from "Wired".

Whether in the form of neighbourhood shopping or delivery to the doorstep, proximity to consumers is becoming increasingly important, as the pandemic has shown. Mario Irminger, CEO of the discounter Denner, outlines the conclusions he has drawn from this in a video interview and at the GDI Retail Summit, which takes place this September.

Generations Y and Z are increasingly turning their backs on alcohol and tobacco. Edible and drinkable cannabis products, on the other hand, are becoming increasingly popular. The GDI shows the most important products.

With her start-up Reflaunt, Stéphanie Crespin connects luxury brands to the second-hand market using blockchain technology. She recently raised 2.7 million US dollars in funding for her venture. Crespin's ambitious goal is to solve the fashion industry's sustainability problem.

Thirty minutes – that's how long we use a plastic bag for on average before we throw it away. It often ends up in the sea, together with 5 to 13 million tonnes of other plastic waste per year. Javier Goyeneche turns it into clothes. He explains his business model here and at the GDI Retail Summit.

It is no secret that Amazon has been able to increase its profits and its claim to power during the Corona pandemic. But resistance has formed on the long-lost book front: Bookshop.org.

Sales via the online platform Alibaba already account for one-sixth of China's retail volume. They are doing everything right, says founder Jack Ma’s biographer Duncan Clark. In a video and at the GDI Retail Summit Duncan Clark will present the trends shaping e-commerce in China.

It sounds familiar to most of us: we make resolutions, and then fail due to simple obstacles. Why is that? Professor Wendy Wood will speak at the GDI about how we can utilise the power of habits.