Fed up of traipsing around in Germany: Why shopping is becoming increasingly unpopular While strolling around the shops used to be considered a sociable and enjoyable activity, it is increasingly being perceived as a tedious chore today. The GDI study reveals that a growing number of pe... Retail Society 18 Jul 2024
Nick Buettner: "Healthier lifestyles are also possible in our fast-paced societies." "In a lot of our cultures, we segment our communities instead of working together to promote healthy eating," he says. This often leads to unhealthy behaviour becoming the norm. In the so-called Blue ... Food Sustainability 17 Jul 2024
GDI researcher Christine Schäfer: "People are trying to eat healthier and more sustainably." Martina Graf/LID: Woran arbeiten Sie aktuell am GDI? Christine Schäfer: Aktuell arbeite ich an einer neuen Studie zum Thema Esskultur. Wie diese uns beeinflusst, wie sie unser Konsumverhalten beeinflu... Food 16 Jul 2024
Eager to experiment, but disorientated: how well prepared is the retail sector for AI? With the rapid development of digitisation, the significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in industry and commerce is constantly increasing. Retail is not only one of the sectors most strongly infl... Retail Society Technology 15 Jul 2024
Interview with Petra Tipaldi on the ‘Unbundling the Family’ study GDI: Welches Ergebnis der Befragung hat Sie am meisten überrascht? Petra Tipaldi: Ich fand es erstaunlich, dass im Gegensatz zu den Schlagzeilen in den Medien, das Bild der Familie, welches sehr viel ... Society 11 Jul 2024
Maura Latini: "Coop belongs to everyone – that is our true strength" GDI: Ms. Latini, you have spent your entireprofessional life at Coop, from the bottom (as a Coop supermarket clerk) to the top (as President of Coop Italia). How much is this your company, “your” Coop... Retail Society 20 Jun 2024
From Cultivated Foie Gras to TikTok Candy Shops – Key takeaways from the 4th International Food Innovation Conference The secrets to a long life The conference began with an inspiring presentation by Nick Buettner, Vice President of Blue Zones, who spoke about the secrets behind having a long life and the food cultur... Food Health Sustainability Technology 20 Jun 2024
Milestones and potential breakthroughs in biotechnology The future of the economy lies in the bioeconomy, a field that uses biological knowledge to meet the basic needs of humanity. These findings from research into living matter not only promise an econom... Food Health Society Sustainability Technology 18 Jun 2024
Why machines won’t save us from the labour shortage Working only fifteen hours a week thanks to machines. This is how the British economist John Maynard Keynes envisioned today’s world almost a hundred years ago. Since then, as Keynes anticipated, a gr... Society Technology 17 Jun 2024
How the "AI Researches" tool makes innovation easier What opportunities can the retail industry expect to see in Europe in the next ten years? This could be a question for the AI-based innovation assistant "CoCreator" in the AI Researches tool. In respo... Strategic Foresight Technology 10 Jun 2024
The Nemo effect: how attitudes towards trans and non-binary people have changed in Switzerland There is a time before 11 May and a time after. Not only for Switzerland, which won the contest for the third time on that date, and for the non-binary community, which had probably never been given s... Society 6 Jun 2024
Speed beats size: Jim Hagemann Snabe on the future of global enterprises GDI: Mr Snabe, you’re leading or have led some strong and heavy global players, like SAP, Siemens, Maersk or Deutsche Bank. What are the main challenges global companies face today? Jim Hagemann Snab... Retail Society 30 May 2024