A global conference, which brings together 850 top managers from 50 countries around the world: Global DIY Summit returns with its fifth edition, on 8 and 9 June, in Berlin. The event is dedicated to retailers and manufacturers in the industry DIY and gardening and is, as the organizers explain, "a unique opportunity to exchange views on current and future market developments."
The summit was proposed by the European trade organization of DIY Edra and Fediyma and the first world representation of the sector, Ghin. The theme for 2017 is "A new era, a look into the future" and aims to deepen the changes that are taking place at political and economic level, but also technological and social, global, because the companies are prepared to face them.
"The digital transformation - continues edition presented in 2017 - the birth of new retail formats and the global economic and political uncertainty are forcing companies DIY around the world to embrace and adopt innovative strategies to guide this current interruption. "
During the event, will receive the "Global DIY Lifetime Award", a lifetime achievement award this year will go to Gregory M. Bridgeford Lowe's. Here is the complete programme.