«Nehmen Sie die richtige Perspektive ein», riet Felix Oberholzer-Gee in einem Webinar im Vorfeld der Academy of Behavioral Economics. Die Videoaufzeichnung vom Vortrag des Professors für Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Harvard Business School gibt es hier.

As CEO of German DIY store Hornbach-Baumärkte, Erich Harsch manages 23,000 employees. In a GDI video interview, he talks about good leadership, the biggest challenges of a multichannel retailer and global supply chains.

Chesran Glidden, Leiterin B2B beim Arbeitgeberbewertungsportal Kununu, weiss, wie wichtig das Image eines Unternehmens bei der Gewinnung von MitarbeiterInnen ist und was Angestellte heute von ihrer Arbeitgeberin erwarten.  Mehr dazu hier in einem Podcast – und in Kürze am European Foodservice Summit.

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of complements. Without them, the willingness to pay for many products and services would be far lower, sometimes even zero. In a video and soon at the GDI, Harvard economist Felix Oberholzer-Gee will elaborate on a few simple rules managers need, to focus their resources on selected ideas.

The dynamic in online retailing has been apparent since before the Covid-19 crisis: there is no retail concept that cannot be digitalised. But what about physical retail space? What should remain, what should disappear, what needs more space?

"All retailers could benefit from being a bit more paranoid and protective of their turf." This is what Sucharita Kodali, Vice President at the American market research company Forrester, says. This means that they should invest more in protecting their intellectual property and lobbying for laws in their favour, just like Google, Facebook and Co. are doing. Read an interview here. Sucharita Kodali spoke at the 71st International Retail Summit on 9 and 10 September 2021.

How do you manage your staff during a pandemic of unprecedented magnitude? What doesn't work at all in such a situation? One person who should know is Erich Harsch. As CEO of the Hornbach DIY group, he is responsible for 23,000 employees. How did his employees inspire him during the pandemic? Harsch discussed it all here in an interview, and at the 71st International Retail Summit.

Zoom, virtuelle Konzerte, Livestreams: Nach der Pandemie werden wir für unser Zusammenkommen mehr Optionen haben als je zuvor. Aber wie wird uns das als Menschen verändern? Folge 28 des GDI-Podcasts taucht ein in virtuelle Welten und analysiert den Mensch als soziales Wesen.