The Global Department Store Summit (GDSS) and World Department Store Forum (WDSF) are renowned leading discussion platforms for department store CEOs and senior executives
The Global Department Store Summit (GDSS) and World Department Store Forum (WDSF) are renowned leading discussion platforms for department store CEOs and senior executives and their stakeholders including brands, suppliers and service companies to meet, to network and to exchange ideas.
The two events address the latest economic, social-demographic and commercial developments and their impact on the department store business from a global perspective, among an exclusive circle of industry peers.
GDSS and WDSF are organized every other year and were succesfully organized in London (2008), Moscow (2009), New York (2010), Shanghai (2011), Paris (2012), Istanbul (2013), Singapore (2014), Rome (2015), Zurich (2016) Toronto (2017), London (2018) and Tokyo (2019). The next event – 7th Global Department Store Summit (GDSS) – is taking place on 28-29 May 2020 in Seattle.
GDSS is the world's only department store-focused discussion platform. It is specifically tailored to CEOs and senior executives of leading department stores, their brands, suppliers and vendors as well as major stakeholders from the service, finance and retail real estate sectors.
On a biennial basis, the WDSF gathers department stores from all over the world and their global brands, suppliers and partners. The Forum addresses the most important issues of department store retailing from both a visionary and strategic point of view.