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* Please note: 1) Under certain circumstances, the schedule may be changed (in case of force - majeure). if a visit to a certain company cannot be carried out, tour organizers will arrange a meeting at an equally prominent company in the same

field. To receive updates on the tour schedule, please contact FastForward representatives. 2) When drawing up the schedule, tour participants’ requests and objectives are taken into account. Some visits are included in the schedule based on

the organizing company’s long-term experience.

TOUR SCHEDULE RETaiL ManagEMEnT TOUR gREaT BRiTain*

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Sunday

The group arrives on Sunday.

Welcome to London!after arriving at the airport, the group is transferred to the hotel.

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Monday

8:00-9:00 Breakfast at the Hotel.

9:00-9:15Official welcome and tour overview. Speaker: alesya glushchuk, FastForward Managing Director.

9:15-12:00Visit to Tesco Metro.

The store was renovated in 2014.

The British company Tesco is the largest retail chain in great Britain. Tesco is the number one retailer in great Britain and the third largest retailer in the world. it operates 2,700 stores selling foodstuffs and manufactured goods. Tesco uses a number of store formats, namely hypermarket, supermarket, convenience store, and others.

a Q&a session is to be held.Speaker: store manager.

12:00-12:30 Lunch.

12:30-15:00Visit to the Waitrose Supermarket.

Waitrose is a British supermarket chain which constitutes the food retail division of Britain’s largest retailer, the John Lewis Partnership. as of October 2014, Waitrose operated more than 300 stores across great Britain. The company has a royal warrant to supply groceries, wine, and spirits to Queen Elizabeth ii.

a Q&a session is to be held. Speaker: store manager.

15:00-18:00Visit to Little Waitrose. The store was opened in 2014. Waitrose has more than 30 convenience stores. The average area of a store is 280m2.

18:00 dinner at a restaurant.

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tueSday


10:00-13:00 Visit to the asda Supermarket.

aSDa is a British chain of supermarkets selling foodstuffs, clothing and various other goods. The company’s head office is in Leeds, great Britain.in 1999, asda became a subsidiary of Wal-Mart, the american supermarket and warehouse store chain. Today, it is the second largest retail chain in great Britain after Tesco. aSDa is Wal-Mart’s largest overseas subsidiary bringing in almost half of the profits from overseas operations. aSDa employs over 150,000 people.


13:00-14:00 Lunch.

14:00-16:00 Visit to the Sainsbury’s Supermarket.

Sainsbury’s is the second largest chain of supermarkets in great Britain with a market share of 17.7%. Sainsbury’s was founded in 1869. The company operates more than 1,000 stores across the United Kingdom. Sainsbury’s employs over 157,000 people. in 2013, the company’s revenue amounted to more than 23 billion pounds sterling.


16:00-18:00 Visit to Sainsbury’s Local. Sainsbury’s Local is a chain of convenience stores. The number of stores across great Britain surpasses 600. The average shopping capacity of a store is 300 square meters.


18.00 dinner at a restaurant.

WedneSday


10:00-12:00 Visit to the asda Distribution Centre.The major distribution centre supplies consumer products to the asda retail chains across the country. The visitors will meet the managers and take a tour of the distribution centre.

a Q&a session is to be held. Speaker: DC manager.

12:00-13:00 Lunch.

13.00 Sightseeing Tour.

The Dover Castle is located in Dover, Kent, on the shores of the English which separates great Britain from France. Since the old days, it has been viewed as the “Key to England” due to its strategically important position on the island. it is one of the largest castles in England. a walk through the streets of Canterbury. Canterbury is an ancient city in Kent in South East England. it is known as the see of the archbishop of Canterbury, the primate of the Church of England. Traditionally, there have been 22 parish churches in Canterbury. There are three major religious landmarks within the city, namely the Canterbury Cathedral, St. augustine’s abbey, and the Church of St. Martin.

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thuRSday


10:00-12:30 Visit to the Marks & Spencer HQ.Marks & Spencer has largely been known as a clothing manufacturer, but since the early 2000s the company has expanded its operations to include foodstuffs, household goods, furniture, technology, beauty products, financial services, etc. Today, Marks & Spencer operates full-scale shopping and entertainment malls comprising grocery supermarkets, cafes, entertainment establishments, etc.

a Q&a session is to be held. Speaker: Chief Operating Officer.

12:30-13:00 Lunch.

13:00-15:30 Visit to Spar.Spar is a Dutch retail chain headquartered in amsterdam. it is a purchasing cooperative where retailers are grouped under a single brand in order to secure the most favourable terms from suppliers. Spar operates more than 2,500 stores in great Britain.


15:30-18:00 Visit to McColl’s.

McColl’s is a British chain of twenty-four-hour convenience stores. The stores are stocked with a wide range of day-to-day goods. More than 1,200 stores have been opened. McColl’s is the third largest retail chain in great Britain measured by the number of stores.


18.00 dinner at a restaurant.

FRiday


9:00-12:00 Visit to the Morrisons Local Store

The store was opened in 2014. Morrisons is the fourth largest supermarket chain in great Britain, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Today, the company has more than 569 stores across great Britain. in 2014, the chain’s revenue amounted to more than 17 billion pounds sterling.


12:30-13:00 Lunch.

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13:00-15:00 Visit to budgens.Budgens is a British chain of grocery stores. The stores range in size from 140 m2 to 1,200 m2.


15:00-17:00 Visit to 7-Eleven.

7-Eleven is an international retail chain which operates primarily as a franchise. it has more than 40,000 stores around the world - the amount which the company plans to double by 2020.


17.00 Closing dinner of the week at a restaurant.

SatuRday

Cultural Programme.in order to save time and avoid traffic, the group will be transferred to central London by underground.

London Sightseeing Tour.

The visitors will be given a walking tour of the city which includes all the major London landmarks. trafalgar Square is an important traffic intersection with a number of underground stations, bus stops, and tourist routes leading to it. admiralty arch is also a popular landmark building located en route from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace is the London residence of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located next to Buckingham Palace, St. James’s Park is a large open green space which used to be quite popular among the English nobles as a recreation spot. the Palace of Westminster, commonly known as the houses of Parliament, is the seat of the british government, the meeting place of the house of Commons and the house of lords, and a beautiful example of an inspiring architectural skill. it is also the site of the famous Big Ben. Westminster abbey is the place of coronation and burial site for English and British monarchs.

14.00 free time.

Sunday

Breakfast at the Hotel, check-out. fastforward provides transportation from the hotel to the airport.

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an innOVaTiVE BUSinESS anD LEaDERSHiP DEVELOPMEnT FORMaT

Participation in management tours offers a unique opportunity to discover the real reason behind business success. Understanding the origins of success usually comes from monitoring, analysis, and communication with top managers who lay the foundations for a company’s future. When drawing up the tour program, we focus on the four principal elements: innovation, technology, working principles, and the people.

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ManagEMEnT TOUR FORMaTS

Corporate tours

• The tour program is based entirely on the customer’s requirements and the company’s key strategic development objectives.

• The program is approved by the client company.• There is an option of integrating internal management

and innovation sessions into the program. if such an option is taken, FastForward invites a facilitator, a repre-sentative of a top business-school, or a business guru to hold internal sessions in between visits to companies.

• number of participants: 15-20 representatives of one company.

open tours

• The tour program is based on an in-depth study of the achievements and strengths of the successful companies included in the program.

• fastforward selects case meetings and visits to opera-tion facilities and offers them to potential participants.

• The number of participants: 15-20 representatives of different companies.

Management tour Concept

• Top managers have read all the business bestsellers long ago. now, managers want to gain practical knowledge, and in order to do so they have to listen, watch, touch, and understand things first hand.

• Conventional business education can offer merely a general view of business. it is only a practical study of

successful business that can provide real hands-on expertise straight from the source.

• Management tour is an ideal way to observe a potential partner’s work and to see which innovations are worthy of attention and which are a waste of time and effort.

• This is the best way to motivate and develop your company’s talents, strengthen loyalty, and inspire an innovative way of thinking.

• Each visit sparks innovative groundbreaking ideas which will help your company work out a development strategy for the next few years.

BUSinESS TOUR OF BRiTain’S BEST RETaiL CHainS

great Britain (london). Secrets to British Retail. how do British retail companies operate?

tour Schedule example

day 1 Start of business program. Visits to the Tesco Extra Store, Tesco Head Office, Wembley, and asda Super-store.

day 2 Meeting with the executives at Morrisons. Visits to Waitrose Store and Sainsbury.

day 3 Visits to Spar, McColl’s, and the Harrods department store.

Day 4 Visits to the Whole Foods Market, Costcutter, and Londis.

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day 5 Visits to aldi, Poundland Store, and Waitrose Head Office.

Day 6 Cultural Program. Transportation from London to Canterbury. Visit to the White Cliffs of Dover.

JUST a FEW COMPaniES YOU WiLL ViSiT

tesco, aSda, Morrisons, Waitrose, Sainsbury, Spar, McColl’s, harrods, Whole Foods Market, aldi and others.

aSda

aSDa is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, and various other products. its headquarters is in Leeds, great Britain. in 1999, aSDa became a subsidiary of Wal-Mart, the american supermarket chain, and today it’s the second largest retail chain in the UK after Tesco. aSDa is Wal-Mart’s largest overseas subsidiary generating almost half of the profit from overseas operations. The company employs over 150,000 people.

Morrisons

Morrisons is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Today, the company operates over 569 stores across great Britain. in 2013, the chain’s revenue exceeded 17 billion pounds sterling.

tesco

Tesco is the largest retail chain in great Britain, headquar-tered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Tesco is the leading retailer in great Britain and the third largest retailer in the world, operating more than 2,700 grocery and manufactured goods stores. The company uses various store formats such as hypermarket, supermarket, convenience store and others. Tesco employs over 389,300 people. in 2005, its turnover amounted to $79 billion with a net profit of $2.96 billion.

aldi

aldi is a german chain of discount stores (with a trade mar-gin of about 12%). it saves on shopping space, equipment, and personnel, maintaining, however, a consistent level of service, product quality, and product range. notably, there are no display windows in the stores, and the assortment of goods is smaller. The average store area is 1,000-1,500 m2, and the product range is limited to 700-800 items more than 80% of which are under aldi’s own brand. Three to four people work in each store. in 2011, the company had 1,150 stores in the US.

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