THE FUTURE OF RETAIL 

The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute has been concerned with the future of retail and consumption since it was founded in 1963.

THE FUTURE OF RETAIL AND CONSUMPTION

As consumers, people are significantly influenced in their behaviour and decisions by new technological, economic and social developments. Once a trend becomes mainstream, it can turn entire industries and business models upside down. The GDI investigates such disruptions in the system, analyses the consequences for retail and identifies new models.


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VIDEOS ON RETAIL

STUDIES

European Food Trends Report 2021

The Big Entanglement: Food Between Microchips and Microbiomes

2021

The "European Food Trends Report 2021" outlines three scenarios for the future of our food system.

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Global Consumption Protests (in German)

Rebellion between hope and hype

2020

What unites the global protest movements? How do they differ? How does this activism transfer to consumption? These are the questions the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute examines in its latest study "Global Consumer Protests: Rebellion between Hope and Hype".

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The End of Consumption as We Know It

When data makes retail superflous

2019 

The  This revolution is driven by the power of data and analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as by emerging disciplines typically unrelated to classic retail.

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OUR EXPERTS

Dr. Johannes C. Bauer

Dr. Johannes C. Bauer is Head Think Tank at the Gottlieb Duttweiler
Institute. In his research, he examines changes in consumer and purchasing behavior, the future of retail against the backdrop of long-term consumer, technology and business model trends, and the opportunities and risks of digitalization for business and society. Before joining GDI, he worked for a strategy consulting firm and as a marketing professor at the University of St. Gallen, where he is still a lecturer.

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Karin Frick

Karin Frick is Principal Researcher at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. The economist analyses trends and counter-trends in the economy, society and consumption and regularly speaks on these subjects at conferences and congresses.

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Advisory Board Retail

Michel Gruber
Michel Gruber

Head of the retail department and member of the General Management, Federation of Migros Cooperatives

Dominique Locher
Dominique Locher

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Innovator, Board member Swiss Retail Federation, former CEO, LeShop.ch  


Andre Maeder
André Maeder

CEO, KaDeWe Group

Simonetta Carbonaro
Simonetta Carbonaro

Professor for Humanistic Marketing and Designmanagement

Caroline Drucker
Caroline Drucker

Director EMEA Strategic Partnerships, Instagram


Stephan Fetsch

Partner, Deal Advisory-Valuation, EMA Head of Retail, KPMG

Mariann Wenckheim
Mariann Wenckheim

Partner and board member, 20.20

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