The future of shopping

…V&D, Perry Sport, Dixons, Free Record Shop... who’s next? One out of three shops will disappear in the next 4 years according to a professor e-marketing. However, in a Huffington Post article it is argued that next to the growing e-commerce, brick and mortar stores are far from vanishing.  The biggest proof of that: last year Amazon, the pinnacle of online shopping, opened its first physical bookstore in Seattle.
 
But what about high-end fashion and design stores, and other very specialized shops serving a niche? Furthermore, it seems that experience driven pop-up stores are here to stay. But for whom will they be?
 
What is actually the future of shopping? And how will this affect the way we use our cities and our streets?

Speakers

 
Droog, in collaboration with fashion collective SCHUIT, cordially invites you to come and listen to:

Gerard Zandbergen (CEO of Locatus) will elaborate on how shopping shapes the future of big cities. Locatus gathers its own data on all retail outlets (over 470.000) and makes this information accessible for its clients through an online database.
 
Stephanie Schuitemaker (SCHUIT) will talk about SCHUIT’s biannual exhibition at Droog and their vision on the store. SCHUIT sells unique clothing pieces in set editions. Together with four designers they selected the key pieces from their graduation collections and invested in further development and production processes.

Kai van Hasselt will talk about his research on the impact of different trends on retail’s future. He is a co-founder of Noha (per 1-1-16), an interdisciplinary team of advisors that focuses on the intersection of urbanism, art and society and formerly of urban strategy consultancy Shinsekai Analysis.

Other inspiring speakers TBC…

When and where

 
Monday, April 11
18.30-20.00 food
20.00-21.30 public talk
21:30 - late drinks

Hôtel Droog
Staalstraat 7a/b
1011 JJ Amsterdam


Entrance

€ 5 online presale, includes one free drink (wine / beer / juice)
€ 7,50 at the door, includes one free drink (wine / beer / juice)


RSVP

RSVP online here


Design+Desires

This event is part of Droog's Design+Desires program. According to our poll Social Citizens want: