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Industry to come together at the International TCG Retail Summit

Leading electrical retailers and brands will congregate for the sixth International TCG Retail Summit in Geneva in April.

Taking place on 2-4 April 2019, top management of the leading EMEA and national tech retailers, as well as top-level executives from the technical consumer goods (TCG) industry, will come together in Geneva to share the actual challenges and look upon the opportunities that they generate.

This year, the international electrical retail market has witnessed unprecedented and rapid changes for both retailers and brands: New leadership at Dixons Carphone Group, Mediamarkt Retail Group, acquisitions of European appliance manufacturers Gorenje and Candy Hoover Group by Hisense and Haier respectively are just a few examples.

The overarching sixth conference edition has been named: Collaborate to Innovate. Top executives from more than 25 countries will join the Think Tank for electrical retail and industry and will share their expertise, insights and best practices.

Antreas Athanassopoulos, Dixons Carphone (left); Jean Baptiste Thomas, Amazon UK (right)

At the sixth TCG Summit top leaders from TCG industry on stage will include: Klaus-Peter Voigt (CEO, era – European Retail Alliance); Hans Carpels (President, Euronics International); Antreas Athanassopoulos (Chief Customer Officer, Dixons Carphone Group); Jaan Ivar Semlitsch (CEO, Elkjop Nordic & Dixons Carphone International); Enrique Martinez (CEO, Fnac Darty); Karl Trautmann (Member of the Management Board, Electronic Partner); Enrique Fernandez (CEO, M.video/Eldorado, Russia); Emmanuel Grenier (CEO, Cdiscount); Alpay Guener (COO Europe, AO World); Bulent Gurcan (CEO, TeknoSA); Nilesh Khalkho (CEO, Sharaf, UAE); Jonas Samuelson (CEO, Electrolux Group); Anna Ohlsson-Leijon (Head of Major Appliances Europe & EVP, Electrolux Group); Matthias Ginthum (Chief Markets Officer, BSH); Henk de Jong (Chief of International Markets, Philips); Carsten Olesen (SVP Global Markets, Harman Lifestyle Division); Alessandro Stanzani, (EVP CIG, Canon Europe); Emmanuel Fromont (President EMEA, Acer); and Cyril Buxtorf (EVP EMEA, Groupe SEB).

ERT is a media partner for the event and will be reporting from Geneva in April.

For more information, visit: www.tcgsummit.com

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