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About IGDS

The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) is the largest association for Department Stores worldwide, providing support to 44 leading Department Stores in the world.  IGDS…

Contact us

If you have any request or question, you can call us or send us an enquiry using the form below. Intercontinental Group of Department Stores Birmensdorferstrasse 55 8004 Zürich /…

News from the IGDS Secretariat

Press Releases, IGDS News and Updates For media enquiries please contact us.

Organisation

IGDS is a non-profit organisation financed by members’ subscriptions. The membership is exclusively reserved for department stores and is preferably limited to one member per…

Our History

IGDS was founded in June 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland, by eight European department stores. The organisation’s main purpose was originally to share expertise and combine purchasing power. Our…

Our Mission

The Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS) is the largest association of Department Stores in the world, at the forefront of evolving business models across product…

What we do

Events IGDS organises annually more than 20 exclusive events for its members: General Assembly & World Department Store Summit Conferences (Cosmetics, Fashion, VM, Logistics, HR, etc) …

IGDS Members

We provide exclusive Support to 44 leading Department Stores from around the World Search for members

IGDS Visual Merchandising Online Courses

Developing Your Visual Merchandising Skills IGDS is delighted to offer two Visual Merchandising On-Demand Courses in 2025, which are now open for enrolment and immediate registration.  The…

GDI Impact Leadership Programme for Department Stores 2026

Developing the Next C-Suite Leaders The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) has the pleasure of hosting the 3rd edition of GDI Impact Leadership Programme (ILP), developed in  cooperation…