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Theresa Schleicher: What will the city centers of the future look like? Quo Vadis Retail, Fashion & Shopping?
Theresa Schleicher is considered one of the most renowned business thought leaders and retail experts in the DACH region.
A former Hirschen Group manager and data scientist, she is an exclusive retail advisor to DAX-listed corporations in Asia and Europe, including the VW Group and leading retailers. She is also a thought leader and future advisor for the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection on the development of new retail strategies.
As a leading retail future expert at the renowned Zukunftsinstitut, among others, Theresa Schleicher annually publishes the trends for the coming years in retail and brings them to the stage.
As a keynote speaker and data scientist, Theresa Schleicher opens visions on stage in a sustainable, data-driven world and economy. As an investor in new innovative retail start-ups, her focus is on economic resilience in fast-moving markets and technological advancement like Artificial Intelligence for a more ecologically and economically sustainable retail.
Theresa Schleicher Lecture Topics
- Retail Trends 2025/2026
Which future trends and customer preferences will shape the retail industry in the coming years? This analysis is tailored to specific industries and updated annually.
- Retail AI Tech Trends: New Insights from Research
Which AI-driven solutions will consumers actually use in retail? This lecture presents insights from collaborations with leading AI researchers in Europe.
- Future Insights from China: What Can Retailers Really Learn?
What innovative concepts from China can retailers adopt to excite their customers? The findings are based on a twelve-month study conducted with renowned Chinese scientists and retailers in Shanghai and Beijing.
- Next Growth Retail 2040
What will the future of retail look like in times of climate crises and increasing price competition? This lecture provides a forward-looking perspective on sustainable growth strategies up to 2040.
- Is Sustainability “Out”?
How are sustainable innovations evolving? From better materials to a new sustainable middle class and purpose-driven markets of the future – this lecture explores the latest trends in regeneration.
- Industry Check: Generation Z Customers
What products will the next generation of consumers expect to see on store shelves in five years? This industry-specific analysis offers a concise insight into the purchasing preferences of Generation Z.
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.