68th International Retail Summit
Welcome to the New Age of Retail!
Speakers
Fabrice Zumbrunnen
Switzerland
President of the Executive Board of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives. Between 2012 and 2017, he updated the entire network of stores and promoted expansion as Head of the Department for HR, Culture, Social Affairs and Leisure in the FMC Executive Board. Zumbrunnen previously headed the Migros Cooperative Neuchâtel-Fribourg (2005-2012).
Behshad Behzadi
Switzerland
Distinguished Engineer, Site Lead Google Switzerland. Behzadi leads a team of over 100 engineers focused on developing the Google Assistant, one of the company’s most challenging computer science projects. Prior to joining Google in 2006, Behzadi received his PhD in Bioinformatics from Ecole Polytechnique. He later worked at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, focusing on algorithmic comparative genomics.
Sir Ian Cheshire
Great Britain
Sir Ian Cheshire, a British businessman, has been chairman of the department stores Debenhams and Maisons du Monde since 2016. He was previously CEO of the multinational retail company Kingfisher plc. He received the Sustainable Business Leader of the Year award in 2012 and 2014 for his entrepreneurial achievements in the field of sustainability. Since April 2017, he is Chairman of Barclays UK.
Pierluigi Collina
Italy
The Italian former referee was chosen as the ‘World’s Best Referee’ for six years running (1998-2003). During his career he refereed the 1996 Olympic Games Final, the 1999 Champions League Final, the 2002 World Cup Final and the 2004 UEFA Cup Final. Currently he is the Chairman of both FIFA Referees Committee and UEFA Referees Committee. Collina is a sought-after expert on questions of leadership, motivation and decision-making under pressure.
Terry Young
USA
The founder and CEO of the agency sparks & honey created an entirely new approach to marketing, recognising trends early and using them to help companies develop. Young is a pioneer of digitalisation. He founded his startup SixtyFootSpider in 1995, and it quickly became one of the top 50 digital agencies in the USA.
Richard Kelly
Hong Kong
Chief Catalyst, Fung Academy, Fung Group. Richard Kelly builds and re-establishes a culture of innovation for the Fung Group. Kelly was the Managing Director of the design company IDEO Asia Pacific in Shanghai. His clients included Coke, Samsung and TCL. Before joining IDEO in 2006, Kelly had worked at Levi’s Strauss & Company for nine years and ran his own brand consulting business in London and San Francisco.
Sandrine Retailleau
France
President and co-founder of "La Salle de Sport", Reebok's first European flagship store. Her move to found her own company was preceded by a long career in sales and marketing at Adidas and most recently as Senior Director Strategic Projects at Reebok. In 2001 Retailleau began her retail career as a franchise manager at the shoe and outdoor supplies manufacturer Timberland.
Christoph Werner
Germany
Managing Director for the Marketing and Procurement department of the German drugstore chain dm. Under Werners' leadership, the company has already extended its collaboration with influencers and expanded its own organic brand. Werner spent 15 years in the branded goods industry, working for L'Oréal and the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Kline.
Reiner Pichler
Switzerland
CEO of the Swiss fashion company CALIDA Group. Pichler is former CEO of Holy Fashion Group and the German textile company s. Oliver. Prior to that, he was Sales Director of Gruppo Finanziario Tessile with a focus on the brands Giorgio Armani and Valentino and a member of the sales management of Hugo Boss AG in Germany.
Marije Vogelzang
Netherlands
A pioneering eating designer, Marije Vogelzang develops new concepts, creates art installations and curates exhibitions. Since 2014, she has led the Food Non Food department at the Design Academy Eindhoven. In 2016, she founded The Dutch Institute of Food&Design. Her projects have sparked discussion across the globe.
Jarno Vanhatapio
Sweden
Founder and CEO of NA-KD. The Swedish e-commerce company, founded in 2015, sells women’s clothing from a variety of labels. The products are largely marketed via social influencers. In 2017, NA-KD’s turnover rose by more than 150% year-on-year, to almost USD 75 million.
Stephan Zoll
Germany
CEO of Signa Sports Group (as of 1 July 2018). Stephan Zoll is responsible for the online sports business of Signa Sports Group with the market leaders Internetstores, Tennis-Point, Outfitter and Stylefile. Prior to joining Signa, Zoll was President Online at the US-retail group Sears Holdings, Managing Director of Ebay Germany and member of the top management of Ebay Europe.
Lucy Harris
Great Britain
Lucy Harris is a partner at the international executive search firm Clarity Search, which specialises in retail, consumer goods and leisure. Harris entered the world of executive search in 1995 as co-founder of The Ashton Partnership, and most recently led the Retail department at the British executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles.
Michael Mueller
Switzerland
CEO of the Valora Group. His focus is on the digitalisation of the Swiss company. Previous activities include managing director of Rubus Capital Management Ltd, CEO and supervisory board member of Jelmoli Holding AG, CEO of GVO Asset Management Ltd and merger & acquisition consultant in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.
Jan Sedlacek
Switzerland
Jan Sedlacek is the co-founder and co-CEO of Stryber, an agency that assists companies with digital growth. Sedlacek is an expert in digital innovation and transformation, corporate strategy and marketing. He advises top executives and is a member of numerous executive and advisory boards. The marketing expert previously worked for a number of years at the travel agent Kuoni.
David Bosshart
Switzerland
Dr. David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consumption, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. Since 2020 he has been President of the G. and A. Duttweiler Foundation.
Moderation
Reto Brennwald
Switzerland
TV journalist, filmmaker and media trainer. From 2008 to 2011 Reto Brennwald presented SRF's politics programme "Arena". Prior to that, he had been moderator of the "Rundschau" for seven years. Reto Brennwald has been active in the electronic media sphere for 25 years. In 2015 he founded the Talk&Film GmbH for communication, moderation and film production.
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Über die Internationale Handelstagung
Die Internationale Handelstagung ist eine führende Strategieplattform für Entscheidungsträger und Vordenker im Retail und in der Konsumgüterbranche. Teilnehmende sind Führungskräfte aus dem Handel und verwandten Branchen, Unternehmer, Akademiker und Journalisten von Schweizer und europäischen Qualitätsmedien.
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Advisory Board
Simonetta Carbonaro
Expertin für Konsumentenpsychologie, Professorin für Humanistisches Marketing und Designmanagement und eine international anerkannte Vordenkerin in der Konsumgüterindustrie. Sie ist Mitbegründerin von REALISE, einem strategischen Beratungsunternehmen, das auf Markenführung und strategisches Designmanagement spezialisiert ist.
Caroline Drucker
Director EMEA Strategic Partnerships bei Instagram. Zuvor war Drucker bei Etsy Global Brand Manager und gestaltete die kreativen Abläufe des Unternehmens neu. Sie war die erste Produktmanagerin bei der Community-gesteuerten Musikplattform SoundCloud. Ihre Karriere begann im Verlagswesen, wo sie eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Etablierung des VICE-Magazins auf dem deutschen Markt spielte und die digitale Strategie für den Relaunch von Freitag, einer überregionalen Wochenzeitung, entwickelte.
Stephan Fetsch
Partner, Deal Advisory-Valuation, EMA Head of Retail von KPMG. Fetsch verantwortet den Handelssektor bei KPMG in Deutschland und KPMG Europa. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte liegen auf der Unternehmensplanung, der Bewertung von Unternehmen, immateriellen Vermögenswerten, Joint Venture sowie wertbasierter Entscheidungsfindung und transaktionsorientierter Beratung.
Michel Gruber
Leiter des Departements Handel und Mitglied der Generaldirektion des Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund. Vor seinem Einstieg bei der Migros war Michel Gruber bei Valora während neun Jahren in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig, zuletzt als Geschäftsführer von Valora Food Service Schweiz.
Dominique Locher
Als Unternehmer, Angel Investor, kreativer Förderer und Innovator begleitet Dominque Locher Unternehmen wie Edeka, Utkonos, Farmy.ch, Bring! oder LuckaBox in die digitale-Welt. Als Vorstandsmitglied der Swiss Retail Federation treibt er die Digitalisierung im Schweizer Handel voran. Er baute LeShop.ch mit auf, einen der ersten Online-Supermärkte der Welt. Bis 2017 führte er das Unternehmen als CEO.
André Maeder
CEO der KaDeWe Group. Maeder blickt auf eine langjährige internationale Karriere im Retail zurück. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf Premium- und Luxus-Brands: Bei Harrods war er Chief Operational und Merchandise Officer, bei Hugo Boss Vertriebsvorstand und zuständig für Global Retail. Als Chief Retail Officer arbeitete Maeder auch für Karstadt.
Mariann Wenckheim
Partnerin und Vorstand von 20.20, einem Unternehmen für strategische Designberatung für die Handels- und Freizeitindustrie.