Land’s End lecture Oct. 20

This year’s Land’s End Lecture at UW–Madison Tuesday, Oct. 20 will feature Robert Frisch, a Chicago consultant and associate director of the Center for Retail Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Frisch will speak at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union Theater on “Inside? Outside? Upside Down? The Box is Changing! Key Trends Impacting the Future of Retailing.” His talk is open to the public without charge.

Frisch is a strategic development consultant with Andersen Strategic Services of Chicago. In his Oct. 20 lecture, he will discuss external trends that are important in strategic thinking for retailers, such as an aging population, a rise in alternative households and the growth of electronic commerce.

Frisch has extensive experience in helping businesses around the world develop strategies for a global marketplace. He was director of corporate strategy for Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1994 as the $55 billion conglomerate planned a major reorganization.

His lecture at UW–Madison is sponsored by Land’s End, Inc. in cooperation with the Center for Retailing Studies of the Department of Consumer Science in the School of Human Ecology.