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EVENT REVIEW - IGDS WDSS 2026
Inspiring IGDS WDSS
in Mexico City
Organised for the first time in uring the two-day conference, transactions and have become destinations
Latin America on 19-20 May titled Paving the Way to New for discovery, interaction and community.
Heights, more than 20 major Innovation, credibility and maintaining
2026 by Liverpool and IGDS, the D industry leaders from Boston consistency across markets and generations
17th IGDS World Department Consulting Group, Liverpool, Gap Inc., were also identified as key pillars of brand
Store Summit was a great Kurt Geiger, Authentic Brands Group, DHL longevity. Another recurring message was that
success, bringing together more Express, Nordstrom, Verneek, Enactor, opportunities for newness and reinvention
T-Systems, Capgemini, Fashion Sights, Paul
are everywhere.
than 320 top executives from 38 & Shark, Thom Browne, Xiaohongshu, In an environment featuring increasing
countries in Mexico City. Paris Department Store, Aeromexico, WOW complexity and constant transformation,
Concept, Egon Zehnder, El Palacio de Hierro, retail CEOs insisted that leadership
Devialet and MECCA discussed business continuity has become a defining factor of
models, trends and perspectives leading the organisational resilience.
evolution of the global retail industry. The summit’s participants had the
They confirmed that retail is being opportunity to visit the Liverpool flagship
reshaped by rapid advances in AI, emerging store in Polanco, an inspiring destination
technologies and economic pressures, but showcasing leading local and international
also underlined that department stores and brands across 35,000sq m in Beauty, Fashion,
retailers can continue to grow by placing Food, Home and Electronics, complemented
the customer at the centre of every decision, by a world-class spa.
regardless of channel, time or location. Another highlight of the Summit was
Stores have ceased to be merely spaces for the Official Dinner & Award Ceremony
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