RETAIL SUMMIT 2010: RETAIL & WHAT TO EXPECT?

The current crisis has affected also the retail sector and its consequences will be in various forms revealed still in the coming years. The more it is needed to think where the industry is heading for, which are its closest challenges and opportunities and what we can expect in the medium-term perspective.

The specialized discussion section Retail & What to expect, which will take place during the Retail Summit on 3rd February 2010 in Prague, will seek answers for these questions. The discussion will be chaired by Luděk Niedermayer, Consulting department Director of Deloitte ČR, and a variety of personalities of Czech retail market (owners and top managers of companies Hruška, IKEA, KASA.cz, K Brewery, Konica Minolta, My Department Stores Tesco, p.k. Solvent and Seznam.cz) will participate in it.

The section participants will offer different views and attitudes to which strategy to choose for maintaining the profitability in the times of crisis, how to deal with quality changes on the side of demand, how big is the influence of price availability for business strategy and what to focus on in the years of expected economic recovery. From the view of development strategies they will discuss future prospects of distribution channels, contracting partnership perspectives, new challenges in logistics, work with the brand position in the market, specifics of the central European consumers, or how the growing influence of information technologies will affect the services for end customer.

The actual interest in Retail Summit, when two weeks before the event organizers register nearly 600 participants, indicates in difficult times there is a need to share information and get inspiration for “what to expect” rather than in the past.

Retail Summit is being prepared by the Czech Confederation of Commerce and Tourism, Economic University in Prague and Blue Events company, following 15 successful years of this event.

For more information about the summit program and on-line registration see www.retail21.cz.

Barbora Krásná is ready to provide you with more detailed information (e-mail: barbora.krasna@blueevents.eu )