Call for paper

20 years: the age of ambitious dreams, of radiant youth and of overflowing cravings! On the occasion of its 20 years, one can imagine its future: let’s imagine together the future of retail! For its 20^th edition, the International Etienne Thil Conference aims to bring together the widest community of retail managers and retail academics.

Conference Topic

The main theme of the 20th conference is “retailing undergoing profound changes”. We welcome all papers – whatever the field – which propose reflexions about retailing and consumption and which would fuel debates and renew the analysis of the strategic, decision and operational processes in the retail organisations.

Anthropologists, economists, geographers, lawyers, historians, semioticians, sociologists, specialists in finance, logistic, marketing, human resources, what are your views on the following challenges regarding the retail sector? What about the changes in terms of shopping experiences, of concepts and formats, of retail strategy, of channel management, of assortment policy, pricing policy, merchandising or communication policy? What about the evolutions regarding retail store networks’ management (organizational form, branding, information system, human resources)? What is the role of retailing in the society, the city, the country? What about the links between identity and retailing, pleasure and retailing, or ethics and retailing? In what ways, and how, the last 20 years require us to radically rethink the retail sector, the channel distribution systems, and the market and commercial relationships?

The deadline is extended to May, the 2nd!

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