Robert Gentz
CEO of Zalando
3
APPEARANCES
2
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
SEP 21
SEP 28
OCT 5
OCT 12
OCT 19
OCT 26
May 10, 2026
So habt ihr die Zalando-Story noch nie gehört: Gründer Robert Gentz (#904)
26:38
26:42
26:56
27:01
27:05
27:11
Robert GentzGUEST
Ne, also nach Daten eigentlich, also im ersten Schritt nur nach Daten eingekauft, ne.
Robert GentzGUEST
Ähm, ich glaube dann, du hast im TV-Bereich dann, äh, anders war, das, das war, ähm, dass wir, ähm, dass wir, äh, deutlich anders eingekauft haben oder als, als andere, weil wir's auch deutlich besser messen konnten, ne.
Robert GentzGUEST
Also typischerweise hatten ja, äh, also ist auch wirklich manchmal hilfreich, dass man Sachen einfach nicht weiß, ne.
Robert GentzGUEST
Also ich wusste zum Beispiel damals nicht, wie jetzt meinetwegen wie Mediahäuser eigentlich TV einkaufen, ne.
Robert GentzGUEST
Also, äh, dass sie halt, ne, also das, oder also Advertiser, ähm, äh, TV einkaufen.
Robert GentzGUEST
Also dass sie nach Gross Rating Points und, und, und, und, ne, also wie oft ist 'ne Message in irgend'ner Zielgruppe gelandet.
36 MINS LATER
HIGHLIGHTS: Robert Gentz - Co-CEO of Zalando
3:18
3:23
3:28
3:43
3:56
4:04
Nicolai TangenHOST
What are the most important ways that AI is changing the way you run your business now?
Robert GentzGUEST
I mean, it's, it has, it has a few components about how we actually interact with, um, with consumers, yeah.
Robert GentzGUEST
For example, recently launched, like, a discovery feed, yeah, so which is actually a great way of how can, actually consumers can interact, um, with, uh, with fashion beyond actually the only buying, but as well in terms of their discovery and their inspiration, entertainment.
Robert GentzGUEST
So we're, we're actually surface from, like, a huge pool of content, um, those items of content that actually consumers might be the most interested in, yeah, which gives them a great gateway towards finding or getting inspired or as well having fun with, uh, with, with fashion lifestyles.
Robert GentzGUEST
So that's a interesting new project that we have, uh, launched on the, on our own mission to inspiration, entertainment with, with consumers.
Robert GentzGUEST
A second kind of bigger, uh, initiative of ours is an assistant that we have built which, um, actually enables consumers to interact with us in natural language, yeah? So we can actually ask us a much more occasion-based, uh, question, so I don't know, like, um, showing up here in Norway and, uh, what shall I actually wear today in Norway, which is something that e-commerce previously couldn't really answer, so but now, uh, with all these advanced and large language models and as well, and our own advancements, we are able to cope with these questions and answer these questions in a good way.
Zalando Co-CEO: Building Europe's Fashion Giant, AI in Retail and the European Dream
21:58
22:05
22:10
22:20
22:26
22:38
22:48
27:52
Nicolai TangenHOST
Just how do you, how do you assess Zalando's role in, in the environmental impact?
Robert GentzGUEST
The fashion industry has an impact o-on environment, and, and it actually has to, has to do better.
Robert GentzGUEST
I see as well Zalando's role in that, um, is, is kind of important because we interact with, uh, more than 60 million consumers and with, uh, 7,000 brands.
Robert GentzGUEST
It actually has a, has a big impact, and, and we should use actually our role as well very wisely to, to drive, uh, impact for good.
Robert GentzGUEST
I think there's one urban myth that I j- I just want to clarify is, um, e-commerce has the view that actually is ceteris paribus, actually not better than bricks and mortar, or like worse than bricks and mortar, which I th- which actually is not true.
Robert GentzGUEST
Because in bricks and mortar, you actually have like, you have all these, you know, all these stores, yeah, that they have, uh, like in inner cities, um, they have to have lightning, they have like, you know, heating.
Robert GentzGUEST
Uh, they have these inner logistics, uh, towards, towards to providing merchandise in these, in these stores.
Nicolai TangenHOST
Now, what are the, what are the most important part of the Zalando culture that you-- that are non-negotiable for you, that you really work hard to retain?
