Theresa Schleicher

Theresa Schleicher is one of the outstanding experts and thought leaders in the field of business and retail in Europe.

With her extensive experience as a former manager of the Hirschen Group and her background as a Data Scientist, she offers exclusive consulting services as a Retail Advisor for DAX corporations in Asia and Europe, including the VW Group and leading retail companies. She also plays a crucial role as a pioneer and advisor for the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection in the development of forward-looking retail strategies.

In her position as a leading expert on the future of trade, including at the renowned Zukunftsinstitut, Theresa Schleicher publishes annual forecasts for upcoming developments in the trade sector and presents them to the public.

As a keynote speaker and data scientist on stage, Theresa Schleicher provides fascinating insights into a sustainable, data-driven global economy. She also acts as an investor for innovative retail start-ups, focusing on economic resilience in fast-moving markets and the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence to promote more environmentally and economically sustainable trade.

Theresa Schleicher lecture topics

• A world in flux due to global crises, tariffs, and supply chains: Global uncertainties call for stable platforms

What future trends and customer preferences will shape retail in the coming years? The analysis is tailored to specific industries and is updated annually.

• A desire for growth: new customer preferences in retail

A fresh, young perspective on the future of retail. The consumerism of the future is already here. We are only partially working towards it. A look at the new demands of customers.

• The city center of the future: What comes after the predicted wasteland?

Why are urban concepts no longer working? How do companies in city centers need to rethink their approach? What will change in city centers by 2040?

• Next Growth Retail 2040: Fewer laws – more sales? How Europe can prepare the market of the future for SMEs.

Future scenarios based on current research in the context of economic geopolitical trends.

• AI as a new economic factor or energy guzzler?

What if everything is technologically possible, but only 10% of new technologies make a difference? What works and what’s coming? Theresa Schleicher tells you.

• Industry check – Why do Gen Z customers like oysters in times of crisis?

Will we become real providers again in the future, or will we be interchangeable? Theresa Schleicher talks about developments, trends, and challenges for food retailers over the next 5-10 years. What products will the next generation of customers want to see on the shelves in five years? This industry-specific analysis provides a brief, concise insight into the purchasing preferences of Generations Z & Alpha.

Theresa Schleicher is one of the most renowned experts on the future of retail.

Since 2015, Theresa Schleicher has published the most defining retail trends annually in the Zukunftsinstitut’s Retail Report, whose findings are regularly published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, WELT, Spiegel, ZEIT and Handelsblatt.

She has been a jury member of many retail innovation awards since 2015 and is a driver of new inner city concepts with retailers, politicians, associations and urban developers.

Theresa Schleicher works as a retail advisor with the leading groups in Germany to shape the retail landscape. In addition to retail companies, this includes retail-driven corporations such as brands of the VW Group. She is a former strategy director and manager in the Hirschen Group, the 3rd largest creative and consulting network in Germany.

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