An Executive Dinner by GEN - The Global Executive Network is an
excellent opportunity for exchanging ideas with experts and your
peers and discussing the latest and most important trends for a
specific industry-related or management-focused topic. Executive
Dinners are usually attended by between 20 and 35 executive
guests and participation is always free of charge.
Learn
at the "Retail" Executive Dinner how leading
companies deal with the current market challenges and engage in
high-level networking.
With increasing competitive pressure on the US retail market the need to develop efficient & sustainable strategies and markets is more important than ever. To compete successfully in this demanding market, leveraging proven innovative solutions has become more essential than ever in the retail industry.
Topics to be discussed at the "Retail" Executive Dinner:
Competitive Market
Highly competitive market due to the ongoing economic recession, tightened lending standards and high levels of unemployment.
Agility
Responding to changes in market dynamics and competitor behavior is difficult due to lengthy time to market for new products and difficult to adjust capacity / processes for special situations and evolving requirements.
Differentiation
With record-breaking declines in sales, inventories, consumer confidence, and stock prices retailers need ways of differentiating to gain a significant competitive advantage by providing a quality customer experience, better segmentation of customers and the ability to offer value to new highly conscious consumers.
Integration
Process & information flow-optimization often require rethinking existing tools and communication-platforms.
This
Executive Dinner is of particular interest to:
- CEO
/ CIO / CTO / CMO / COO
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Managing Directors
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Directors / VPs / Heads of Corporate Development, Corporate
Strategy, Strategic Planning, Strategy Development, Marketing,
Sales, Logistics, Operations, IT, Controlling
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Impressions of previous "Retail" Executive
Dinners:
GUESTS
In March 2010, 24 guests from companies such as
PepsiCo, Philip Morris International, Colgate-Palmolive, Avon, Estee Lauder, Polo Ralph Lauren, Barnes & Noble, Footlocker, Wegmans, Coach, Tiffany, Saks, Sony, Ann Taylor, Aeropostale Inc. (New York); Guess Inc., 99 Cents Only Stores, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Stamps Com Inc, Martin Cadillace Company, Toyota Central and Scion Central, Fj Foodservice, Windsor Fashions, Megatoys Inc.,(Indianapolis)
and others exchanged experiences and best practices, expanded
their personal networks and engaged in shop talk.

DINNER
SPEAKERS
At this Executive Dinner, you will listen to an "Retail" Dinner Speech (exactly 15 minutes) by a distinguished
expert presenting a concrete business case. All dinners are
sponsored by the speakers. The focus of the evening is to
encourage quality networking among the guests, facilitated by
detailed guest introductions and GEN's unrivaled Connecting
Services.
OPINIONS
What participants say about our Executive Dinners:
"Outstanding contacts at the dinner and first-class
information provided by a real insider."
"High level of guests, i.e. general, department, division,
and project managers – a very successful ambience."
"Very good, condensed talks,
completely understandable – a great deal of top-level
insider news – definitely worth recommending!"

Our Executive Dinners always take place
in first-class locations.
Executive Dinner
by GEN - The Global Executive Network
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Schedule 2011
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February, 2 Atlanta |
February, 21 Minneapolis |
February, 23 Atlanta |
April, 28 Denver |
6:30 till 10:30 p.m.
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May, 5 New York |
June, 7 Dallas |
July, 19 Denver |
August, 18 San Francisco |
August, 24 Los Angeles |
September, 15 Dallas |
October, 26 Los Angeles |
October, 27 Minneapolis |
December, 7 Philadelphia |
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Guest Statement |
"Thank you very much for the updated list of participant
summaries. The event in Zurich persuaded me: very good
organization, wonderful atmosphere in the Guild Hall, with good
food and excellent beverages, enough time for networking, and
interesting introductions of the participants and short
presentations by the sponsors. A big Thank You. I'm glad I was
able to be there."
Urs D. Schmid
Manager, motor vehicle business collaborations ->
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About
GEN - The Global Executive Network |
GEN - The Global Executive Network is an international provider of
high-quality executive dinners for business professionals, covering
current trends for industry-focused and management-related topics.
The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE in the USA and has
achieved an excellent reputation as one of the leading global event
providers. Each year, more than 10,000 senior management guests from
large corporations and medium-sized companies participate in GEN
Events. More than 1,000 events covering over 50 different subjects
are offered every year.
Events
are delivered in the US, Canada, South America, Australia, the
United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria,
Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Bulgaria, Portugal, UAE, South Africa as well as China, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, India and
Indonesia.
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