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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/the-end-of-consumption-146">The E
 nd of Consumption</a>\nHome ReferentInnen Programme Partner Veranstaltungs
 ort "Banking is necessary. Banks are not." Bill Gates’ prediction for th
 e financial industry in 1994 is prescient for the retail industry 25 years
  later. A recent study of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute concludes clea
 rly: Imagining the future of retail as a linear growth of online sales (wh
 ich will result in the extinction of a number of legacy store brands) fall
 s far short of the mark. According to the GDI’s provocative report\, the
  music industry is a case study for the future of the retail industry. It 
 has basically been wiped out by services such as Spotify or iTunes. Consum
 ers do not see themselves any longer as owners\, but as users. This patter
 n can be applied to other industries\, notably department store retail. Of
  course\, people will still have basic physical needs to be satisfied by c
 ommodities. But how desire for these goods is triggered\, how the supply c
 hain delivers these products and how they get into the hands of the consum
 er are changing radically. This session takes a closer look at what’s ne
 xt for the retail industry\, and at how emerging technologies are transfor
 ming consumer attitudes. We will discuss questions such as:How is data goi
 ng to overturn classic retail?When will we experience synthetic consumptio
 n?Are we at the threshold to the land of milk and honey?So\, if consumptio
 n ends\, what will be next? This event is by invitation only. Press accred
 itation ReferentInnen Monique Morrow Switzerland President and Co-Founder 
 of the Humanized Internet\, a non-profit organization focused on providing
  digital identity through the use of blockchain. Morrow is also President 
 of the VETRI Foundation of which the mission is to empower people to contr
 ol their identity and privacy. She’s an acclaimed technologist\, a Forbe
 s Top Women in Tech (2018) and former CTO of Cisco (2012-2016). Stephan Fe
 tsch [...]
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SUMMARY:The End of Consumption
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/the-end-of-consu
 mption-146">The End of Consumption</a>\nHome ReferentInnen Programme Partn
 er Veranstaltungsort "Banking is necessary. Banks are not." Bill Gates’ 
 prediction for the financial industry in 1994 is prescient for the retail 
 industry 25 years later. A recent study of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institu
 te concludes clearly: Imagining the future of retail as a linear growth of
  online sales (which will result in the extinction of a number of legacy s
 tore brands) falls far short of the mark. According to the GDI’s provoca
 tive report\, the music industry is a case study for the future of the ret
 ail industry. It has basically been wiped out by services such as Spotify 
 or iTunes. Consumers do not see themselves any longer as owners\, but as u
 sers. This pattern can be applied to other industries\, notably department
  store retail. Of course\, people will still have basic physical needs to 
 be satisfied by commodities. But how desire for these goods is triggered\,
  how the supply chain delivers these products and how they get into the ha
 nds of the consumer are changing radically. This session takes a closer lo
 ok at what’s next for the retail industry\, and at how emerging technolo
 gies are transforming consumer attitudes. We will discuss questions such a
 s:How is data going to overturn classic retail?When will we experience syn
 thetic consumption?Are we at the threshold to the land of milk and honey?S
 o\, if consumption ends\, what will be next? This event is by invitation o
 nly. Press accreditation ReferentInnen Monique Morrow Switzerland Presiden
 t and Co-Founder of the Humanized Internet\, a non-profit organization foc
 used on providing digital identity through the use of blockchain. Morrow i
 s also President of the VETRI Foundation of which the mission is to empowe
 r people to control their identity and privacy. She’s an acclaimed techn
 ologist\, a Forbes Top Women in Tech (2018) and former CTO of Cisco (2012-
 2016). Stephan Fetsch [...]
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