Program 

Thursday, jUNE 6

6:00 PM - 09:00 PM: Welcome Cocktail at Morning Monceau (10 Rue Treilhard, 75008 Paris) 

Friday, June 7

8:30 AM - 9:00 PM: Welcome coffee at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT)

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: Conference sessions : The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Retailing at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT) 

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Els Breugelmans, Lien Lamey, Sarah Gelper: "Grocery shopping behavior and the cost of living: (For whom) Does inflation matter?” 


Monica Grosso, Marta Pizzetti: "Don’t shoot the messenger! The vicarious effects of “Shrinkflation” on FMCG retailers”

Co-authors : Diletta Acuti


Constantine S. Katsikeas, Martin Heinberg: " Collateral Impact of Geo-Political Armed Conflict on Brand Sales in Emerging Markets “

Co-authors : Rafid Ur Rahman, Sourindra Banerjee


Suleyman Bahadir : "Do Macroeconomic Factors Affect the Size and the Quantity of Physical Retail Stores? A Cross-Country Analysis”

Co-authors : Berrak Bahadir


10:20 AM - 10:50 AM: Coffee Break

10:50 AM - 12:10 PM: Conference sessions : Retail Shopping Behavior

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Francesca Sotgiu : "Category-level and Individual level drivers of consumer preferences for Organic, Premium and Standrard private labels “

Co-authors : Noud Schartman, Peeter Verlegh


Philipp Brueggemann: "Exploring the Organic Grocery Shopping Shift: The Influence of Micro- and Macroeconomic Changes on Attitudes and Purchasing Behavior”

Co-authors : Thomas Scholdra, Julian Wichmann,


Kelly Hewett : "Don’t Panic: Predicting the Likelihood and Duration of Retail Brand Crises” 

Co-authors : Raoul Kubler, Koen Pauwels, Meike Eilert


Lena Steinhoff : "Shopping Habit Disruptions: A Stress Test of Customer–Retailer Relationships?”

Co-authors : Benedikt Alberternst, Marcellis M. Zondag, Russel J. Zwanka


12:15 PM - 01:15 PM: Lunch Break at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT)

01:15 PM - 02:35 PM: Conference sessions : Sustainability and Retailing at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT)

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Benjamin Klink : "Sustainable Consumption Amidst Macro-Environmental Disruption” 

Co-authors : Luis Martinez, Philipp Brueggemann, Manuel Chica


Janneke Koster : "Sustainable Business Models in Fashion: A Literature Review Adopting a Multi-actor Perspective”

Co-authors : Jan Willem Bolderdji, Marijke C. Leliveld, Hans Risselada


Danny Claro, Prisilla Claro, Nathalia Ramajo Esteves: "Impact of Engagement with Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer on Retail Performance” 


Gianpaolo Vignali : "Unlocking the value of the different forms of consumers collaborations with automated VS human shopping assistants in the luxury sector"

Co-authors : Francesca Serravalle, Eleonora Pantano, George Christodoulides


02:35 PM - 03:00 PM: Coffee Break

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM: Conference sessions : Health Risks and Retailing

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Mohammadali Zolfagharian: "How do In-Store Shoppers respond to perceived health risks?”


Kay Peters : "Retail Implications of COVID’s Disruption to Household Purchase Cycles”

Co-authors : Mike Palazzolo, Ashwin Aravindakshan, Prasad A. Naik


Shantanu Mullick : "Impact of ‘Best-Before’ Date Label Removal on Purchase: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in UK” 

Co-authors : Mohammad Iman, Erica Van Herpen, Sally Dibb

07:00 PM - 00:00 PM: Gala dinner in Paris at Le Chansonnier Boat, meeting point at Quai Debilly Trocadero

Saturday, June 8

8:30 AM - 9:00 PM: Welcome coffee at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT)

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM: Conference Sessions : Emerging Topics in Retail at ESSEC La Defense Campus (CNIT)

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Viviane Yu Chen: "The Production of New Space - Philosophical and Technological Perspectives of the Virtual Retailing Space"


Zhiling Bei: "When Giant Leaves: The Impact of Brick-And-Mortar Store Closure on Consumer Spending”

Marie-Eve Ducharme: “From Retail to Convenience: Food Revolution Fueling a Convenience Addiction” 

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM: Coffee Break

10:50 AM - 12:10 PM: Conference sessions : Pricing and Promotion

Each presentation will last 12 minutes and there will be 08 minutes of Q&A. 


Ina Garnefeld : "Managing the Necessary Evil : Can Payment Methods Reduce Product Returns ?" 

Co-authors : Eva Bohm, Lena Klimke


Andrew Crecelius : “Impact of Wholesale Price Consistency on Retailer–Supplier Relationships”

Co-authors : Omid Kamran-Disfani, Justin M. Lawrence


David Dege, Philipp Brueggemann, Niklas Mergner: “Highlands and Death Valleys – Detecting the Optimal Ratio Between Promotion Intensity and Retailers’ Market Share”

Co-authors : Olbrich LS

12:15 PM: Sandwiches will be offered after the sessions