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Stephan Sigrist, Senior Researcher, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut, Switzerland
I noticed there was a very good mixture in the topics of the speakers and most of all combining the challenges and chances of retail in Eastern and Western Europe. I think Retail Summit is worth visiting for retailers from different countries in Europe since it offers to build up a wide network and get an understanding of different markets.
Pavlína Jandová, Senior Marketing Manager, Marketing Communication, E.ON Česká republika
I participated at the expert conference Marketing Management for the third time and I can say that every following year was able to surpass the previous one in something. This year brought attractive and very actual information, interesting confrontations of the colleagues – marketers – opinions and not the least also tips and tricks ready to implement and use in practice. Marketing Management is every time for me a source of inspiration and I will surely not miss it next year either.
Rostislav Vondruška, Minister for Local Development CR
I would like to thank you for the precise preparation and realization of the conference Hospitality & Tourism Summit. The filled space of hotel Olympik Artemis and active participation of attendants were a good proof of quality of the expert program. The growing interest in enhancing cooperation of businessmen and state administration, comparison of our own experience with positive knowledge from abroad and topics discussed during the parallel sections were also pleasant.
Milan Surovec, General Director, Nitrazdroj
I consider Retail Summit a great authority – a strategic orientation tool for further company guidance and solution of the problems which are very similar for Czech and Slovak people due to their long-time coexistence.
Zdeněk Jahoda, CEO, EMCO
I am a well-disciplined manager. And so when there is a yearly meeting on further routing of food and FMCG industry called Retail Summit, I can hardly imagine I will not attend.
Maria Andrzej Faliński, General Director, POHiD
Personally I envy Czech this expert and high quality conference like Retail Summit and I am very sorry retailers on the big Polish market aren’t able to organize such event and invite us there.
Luděk Niedermayer, Audit Director, Deloitte
It is an opportunity to hear ideas how to do it. Many things can be heard in the conference hall, many others in the corridors. In its extent it is surely a unique event and everyone has a chance to get something from it.
Jan Levora, Executive Director, Czech Association for Brand Products
The Retail Summit has two main advantages. Primarily it indeed deals with the most topical questions of the Czech market and its further development. Secondly it is a representative forum of retailers, suppliers, government representatives and other experts, what enables knowledge and experience exchange on the highly expert level. Moreover each participant gets chance to get engaged in active discussion on recent retail challenges or problems.
Jannis Samaras, General Director Kofola Group, Kofola Holding a.s.
My participation in Marketing Management inspired me to think over the way our company works with customers. The congress program and expert discussions focused also on our target – how to stimulate the environment that would enable our customers to join a concerned and creative common chat
Jiří Šimek, Board of Directors member, E.ON
"I have been attending Retail Summit regularly and I am always looking forward to the key note speakers because it is always something I am not prepared enough for..."
Ladislav Denk, Business Director, Váhala
Every year I meet there many of my personal and business friends and we can confront the results we achieved in the past year and what we can expect from the market. It is really good to hear the presentations from many different fields how they evaluate the current situation and how they deal with it. This is very inspiring for our further work. Every year I meet there many of my personal and business friends and we can confront the results we achieved in the past year and what we can expect from the market. It is really good to hear the presentations from many different fields how they evaluate the current situation and how they deal with it. This is very inspiring for our further work.
Ladislav Chromek, Marketing Director, STOMIX
In my opinion the topic of the conference Marketing Management 2009 was picked very well, the filled hall of the hotel Ambassador testified it. In general I think the concept that Blue Events uses for conferences is right. This way everyone can come to learn both hard facts and the relevant trends from abroad, not speaking about useful specific case studies of implemented projects. If I should seek bugs on the whole conference I think its accessibility can be a problem for some marketers because of the price, especially in the time when companies are turning every coin twice.
Zdeněk Juračka, President, Svaz obchodu a cestovního ruchu ČR
I think nearly 80 % of the summit participants are coming more or less regularly so sometimes it is difficult, from the aspect of organizers, to enrich the program and show something new. Thanks the life is so variable that it brings new topics by itself all the time.
Zdeněk Šimek, CEO, REVITCOM and Vice-president of the Board of the Association of banks and insurance companies
What I namely appreciate about Blue Events team is the enthusiastic assignment, professionalism and creativity. It is a pleasure to co-operate with experts who always try to bring in something new. I am looking forward to next events.
Pavel Klimeš, Co- General Manager, Euro Mall Center Management
The conference Retail Summit is the best industry event in the Czech Republic. It is a forum of people connected with the same subject of interest, though presented from different points of view.
Tim Kidd, Managing Director, Europanel
I was very impressed with the range and quality of the speakers with whom I had the pleasure of sharing the platform. This, combined with the very large number of attendees delivered an event with very high impact for me.
Zbyněk Frolík. Managing Director, Linet, s.r.o.
Employees´ knowledge management combined with elements of emotional and social intelligence is a key success to competitiveness in business. This was demonstrated also within the conferences HR Management, that have proved to be a great, and maybe even bottomless, source of inspiration.
Michal Heisig, Business Director, Seznam.cz
I liked it. If participants listen to two hours of solid presentations of speakers and after that they are still conscious, some of them even making notes, then this must be a conference with information that is valuable for them, which they can use. I participated in the discussion panel where there were the successful concepts holders and it was exciting to see them from this short distance, to touch their aura… and maybe also to learn something from them and use it later in my work.
Petr Doležal, Managing Director, Schlecker
From the last summit I Pickem up few topics that we were discussing later with my colleagues at our meetings – it surely was a valuable experience for me.
Karel Rupeš, General Manager, Sconto Nábytek ČR
Retail Summit delighted me both by excellent organization and by high quality speakers. All topics were in detail analysed and openly discussed. The conference atmosphere in the whole was very stimulating, and at the same time most natural and pleasant. Summit has proved to be a precious source of information that I will prosper from in my business. I also got acquainted with prominent guests and arranged many new useful contacts.
Michal Popov, Owner, Herrmann & Vogel
The annual Retail Summit in Prague had a wonderful mix of presenters and participants. In my view, the program of last year brought lots of new ideas and also different ways of thinking about retailing with an international focus from both micro and macro perspectives.
Kamil Werner, Company Director, Maloobchodní síť BALA
I am at the Retail Summit for the first time and I am surprised by the great attendance here. It is an opportunity to meet many important people here, both from the side of suppliers or competitors. There are very interesting topics one would like to hear more about. Everyone can learn something new, that’s why each one of us is here.
Milan Pavelka, Marketing and Sales Director, OREA HOTELS
I would like to thank for the perfect organization of the confererence Hospitality&Tourism Summit. After a long period I felt I am participating at a conference, which has sence and solves specific and topical issues adequately.
Nguyen Nam, President, Association of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in CR
I am seeking mainly motivation and ideas at the conference.
Marion Isabel Knoche, Global Director, GfK Retail and Technology GmbH&Co.KG
Many thanks for the organization of this great event! It really is a prominent platform for retail industry. I appreciated to be able to attend and could make good contacts. Hopefully the audience also was happy with the information received.
Aleš Dudák, Managing Director, Frame B.D.D.
The 2,5 hours of the introductory CEO block – it was really a nutritive discussion. Jan Pokorný is surely very competent, his knowledge and promptness in the field of political and economic facts in the Czech republic are completely incomparable. And Messrs Niedermayer, Rusnok, Vyhnálek and others from the panel were just amazing. The story and throwing tennis balls by Mr. Senator Quinn was genious… definitely a super event!
Bernd Hallier, Managing Director, European Retail Institute
Seit Beginn des CZ-Retail Summits besuche ich diese Veranstaltung, weil sie so-wohl inhaltlich von hoher Qualität ist als auch einen einmaligen Flair zentraleuropäischen Charmes vermittelt.
Vlastimil Veselý, Marketing Director, Bel Sýry
It is an opportunity to meet great number of people who are experts in the field of retail.
Kenny Lee, President, Hyundai Motor Czech
It is my first time to participate in Retail Summit. I could hear what is the main retailers concern, how to improve their share and business – I am very positive about this kind of Summit.
Alexandra Ruberová, Managing Partner, TopBio mlýn
At the conference I was interested the most by presentation of Mr. Engelsman – the basic ideas of sustainability and ecology and the way to use them in the business and to sell them further… LOHAS is a perspective life style and it is important that through this conference format the information on sustainable development can reach people.
Jaroslav Barvíř, General Director, Karlovarská Korunní
Every time there is something new about this event. And now we finally have crisis so the true condition of the companies will be revealed.
Josef Meringer, FCSI, JM Consulting
Hospitality & Tourism Summit was about “People in Business”. Responsible managers and employees – in front and at backstage – performed their best to achieve participants´ satisfaction and loyalty. The organisation was executed professionally, the program was excellent - speakers from different countries openly transferred their business information and case studies. It was the perfect platform to meet responsible mangers at all scopes within this complex business.
Jaroslav Froulík, General Manager,Jednota SD České Budějovice
For me these meetings during both years of the conference Bio Summit were very inspirational because there meet people who want to change something, who are innovative. There are many interesting ideas I can surely draw from.
Petr Ševčík, Marketing Director, Makro Cash & Carry CR / Metro Cash & Carry Slovakia
The same what film festival in Karlovy Vary represents for film makers, or what the industry fair in Brno means for engineering experts...for retailers Retail Summit is the event that cannot be missed.
Pavel Pichler, General Manager, Podravka - Lagris
I am attending the conference Retail Summit, previously the conference on Czech retail development, regularly and I consider it a very good opportunity for making contacts in our business, with colleagues from retail as well as with suppliers and others. This truly traditional summit is undoubtedly a valuable source of information and a platform for experience exchange. The presentations there used to be very beneficial and enriching for participants. I especially appreciate Blue Events to be able to build from “zero” a significant event where no expert wants to be missing.
David Čermák, CEO, Momentum (McCannWorldgroup)
The Summit was even greater than I expected. Even the level of speakers was better than the last year so I believe the conference will contribute with its energy to the whole retail sector to bounce off the bottom.
Mark Wright, Managing Director, Leo Burnett Advertising
I was delighted to be at the Summit and especailly appreciated very interesting CEO discussion that took place on the first day.
Jerry Singh, Founder, Category Management Inc.
Everything regarding conference organization went smoothly and with great efficiency from start to finish
Antoine Dupont, Business Development Director CEE, Markant
In my opinion, the Retail Summit offers a good and precise picture of the market situation and retail development level, in combination with a well performing networking
Stefan Engeseth, CEO, DetectiveMarketing.com ™
Great event that joined great people – that was the essence of the success of Marketing Management congress.
René Břečťan, Business Development Director, OgilvyOne
„I attend Retail Summit regularly, because I consider it the biggest event in this industry. I have good impression from this conference as it is not just cry (oh, crisis, what shall we do…) but also some reliable ideas, examples and tips what to do …“
