ECR Europe Forum & Marketplace
8-10 May 2007 - Milan
There were close to fifty sessions and well over 150 speakers - from strategic overviews
from industry leaders, including Guido Barilla, Chairman of Barilla Group, José
Luis Duran, Chairman of the Management Board of Carrefour and A.G. Lafley, CEO of
P&G to detailed courses on key topics in day-to-day collaborative relationships
between retailers and manufacturing, such as category management and on-shelf availability.
The burning issues of the day, such as sustainability and nutrition, were also not
forgotten.
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sessions you attended and to find out more about what you missed.
What the delegates said
"The Marketplace is excellent. It is a good place for making contacts and meeting
customers, which is one of the reasons I am here. I think the conference has new
ideas, though I would have liked more. It is especially helpful for new delegates."
Spiros Stamopoulos, L’Oréal, Greece
“The ‘supply chain of the future’ presentations were very interesting. We need the
kind of supply chain that I have seen here back in Korea. It is very impressive
that so many people have come to this conference from all over Europe. The Marketplace
was very interesting with many good promotions.”
In-Soo Baek, GS1, Korea
“The thing that stood out most for me was the look towards the future. The GCI report
that turned thinking forward and the reaction to it was very encouraging. ECR is
looking to the future and it was good to see speakers talking about how they see
2016. A very refreshing session.”
Nigel Bagley, Unilever Global, Netherlands
“There have been some excellent presentations on collaboration. But to some extent
we have heard a lot of ideas before. The messages are fine. Now we want to see evidence
of more action – more results and practical case studies. The session on collaborative
transport was excellent.”
Kim Cartledge, Groupe Danone, France
“It is a huge event and very impressive, especially the Marketplace where companies
are showing off their products. The speeches of the CEOs give a vision of their
thinking, but I would have liked more down-to-earth examples.”
Katarzyna Wicker- Zaremba, Philips Lighting (Europe) Poland
“My overall impression is very good. I especially like the fact that sustainability
is more in focus. I also liked the focus on 2016 – that was something concrete.”
Ingo Brauckmann, Henkel, Germany