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Technology

LIDL Scan&Go put to the test: contactless, fast, and convenient?

This is how much our editor enjoyed shopping digitally with her smartphone.

Technology

Agentic AI in Retail: What Retailers Can Expect

What will happen when autonomous AI agents do the shopping for customers in the future?

Sustainability

Deposit Systems in Transition: Practical Examples from the Retail Sector

How LIDL, REWE, Kaufland, and companies abroad handle returns

Design

Store Design: Gold, Glanz und Geschmack im Bacha Coffee in Paris

Wie ein Kaffeegeschäft zum stilvoll inszenierten Gesamterlebnis wird

Design

Shopping in Paris: Retail highlights away from the tourist attractions

We were on a store tour through France's capital city.

Digital shopping carts: the key to successful retail?

REWE's smart shopping cart not only scans products, but also helps shoppers find their way around the store. How intuitive is the shopping experience really?

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Store Design: Gold, glamour, and taste at Bacha Coffee in Paris

How a coffee shop becomes a stylishly staged overall experience

Store Design Book paradise with local flair Thalia shows how modern accents and city history go together in its new flagship store

The New Frontier for Enterprise Mobility

How Zebra's EM45 will Transform Enterprise Efficiency

LIDL Scan&Go put to the test: contactless, fast, and convenient?

This is how much our editor enjoyed shopping digitally with her smartphone.

Agentic AI in Retail: What Retailers Can Expect

What will happen when autonomous AI agents do the shopping for customers in the future?

Preview: NRF Europe premieres in Paris

Follow-up – Retail’s Big Show with a European focus for the first time

TikTok reach on the shelves: dm launches with SHEGLAM

Short interview – What's behind the rollout?

Deposit Systems in Transition: Practical Examples from the Retail Sector

How LIDL, REWE, Kaufland, and companies abroad handle returns

Puppenkönig Bonn: Where shopping becomes an (play) experience

How a traditional toy store became the world of Playmobil

Photo: Marketplaces in the multichannel mix: what eBay, limango and OBI have to...

Marketplaces in the multichannel mix: what eBay, limango and OBI have to say

Trends, tools and success factors

More sales on Amazon: 10 tips for better product content

Retailers improve their Amazon performance with these measures

Mirror variety: ONLY focuses on spatial effect and style

The store in Bonn demonstrates how design and function go hand in hand – thanks to a design element.

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Between tradition and transformation: how Fissler is rethinking omnichannel

On the way to a cross-channel brand presence in the age of digital commerce

Customer loyalty at eye level: Why WhatsApp is becoming indispensable for retailers

Christian Strauch from hellomateo in an interview about the role of WhatsApp along the customer journey - from personal contact to conversational commerce

Sustainability

US tariffs: How “Brand America” is harming itself

Our colleague Ben Giese lives in the USA - this is his view of the situation

News

Geck at the Retail Technology Show 2025: Experience pioneering retail solutions live

J. D. Geck GmbH

Geck at the Retail Technology Show 2025: Experience pioneering retail solutions live

ProWein 2025 debut for ITL’s age estimation technology

Innovative Technology Ltd.

ProWein 2025 debut for ITL’s age estimation technology

Huge success for ITL at EuroCIS retail show

Innovative Technology Ltd.

Huge success for ITL at EuroCIS retail show

Salto achieves EPD for XS4 Original+ smart locking range

Salto Systems GmbH

Salto achieves EPD for XS4 Original+ smart locking range

Webinar Invitation: How retailers are using age estimation technology to revolutionise Challenge 25

Innovative Technology Ltd.

Webinar Invitation: How retailers are using age estimation technology to revolutionise Challenge 25

ISE 2025 Concludes with Record-Breaking Success in Barcelona

ITL head to EuroCIS to showcase latest retail innovations

Italian grocery retailer Coop Alleanza 3.0 Partners with VusionGroup for Next-Level Store Digitalization

VusionGroup SA

Italian grocery retailer Coop Alleanza 3.0 Partners with VusionGroup for Next-Level Store Digitalization

Zebra Technologies Germany GmbH

Loss prevention with new AI solution

LPR – La Palette Rouge Conquering new markets in DACH Region

LPR - La Palette Rouge Deutschland GmbH

LPR – La Palette Rouge Conquering new markets in DACH Region

ITL showcase age & identity technology at Seamless Europe

Innovative Technology Ltd.

ITL showcase age & identity technology at Seamless Europe

Hanshow Awarded FY24 China Top ISV Partner by Microsoft for Innovative Retail Solutions

Introducing the Design XS Keypad Wall Reader Series

Salto Systems GmbH

Introducing the Design XS Keypad Wall Reader Series

Zebra Technologies Germany GmbH

Time saving made easy

Introducing the Salto Glass XS Reader Series

Salto Systems GmbH

Introducing the Salto Glass XS Reader Series

Glory receives 2024 Red Dot award for Product Design

GLORY Global Solutions (Germany) GmbH

Glory receives 2024 Red Dot award for Product Design

Zebra: Using transparency to combat losses and shrinkage

Zebra Technologies Germany GmbH

Zebra: Using transparency to combat losses and shrinkage

Communication at the POS in focus at Meto

Meto International GmbH

Communication at the POS in focus at Meto

How efficient is your workforce management?

Zebra Technologies Germany GmbH

How efficient is your workforce management?

Extenda Retail expands into the German market

Extenda Retail Ab

Extenda Retail expands into the German market

US tariffs 2025: trade pressure and need for action for the retail sector

What the new US customs policy means for global supply chains and the European retail sector

Experience fulfillment up close: From order to delivery

My journey through the Fulfillment 360° LIVE Experience

Inside DSS Europe 2025: Innovation, Insight & Industry Game-Changers

Exploring the Strategic Shifts Defining the Future of Digital Signage – From AI to Managed Services

Supplier

snabble GmbH

Am Dickobskreuz 10
53121 Bonn

app

Kestronics

Unit 26 North Orbital Comm Park, Napsbury Lane
AL1 1XB Hertfordshire

smart card reader
scanner
RFID (radio frequency identification)

Planmöbel GmbH + Co. KG

Königsberger Straße 3-5
32339 Espelkamp

services (builiding technology, shop building, shopfitting)
shopfitting systems
shop building

Handelsverband Deutschland - HDE e.V.

Am Weidendamm 1A
10117 Berlin

retail

Menden Buchstaben GmbH & Co. KG

Landsberger Straße 80
45219 Essen

illuminated advertising with scrolling pictures
fluorescent lighting
illuminant

AdPoint GmbH - Google Ads Agentur Köln

Sürther Hauptstraße 59
50999 Köln

web services
search engine optimization (SEO)

BLICKFANG Messebau GmbH

Waltherstraße 78
51069 Köln

stand building company
stand construction equipment
stand construction systems

ForPOS Ltd

Unit G2 & G3 Kingston Business Park Kingston Bagpuize
OX13 5FE Oxford

POS solutions
cashpoints
epos systems

IBL Ltd

Unit 2, Albert Point, Albert Street
M43 7ZH Manchester

brand management

8select Software GmbH

Franz-Meyer-Straße 1
93053 Regensburg

customer journey
software as a service (SaaS)
e-commerce

Shanghai EStar Electronic Technology Co., Ltd

No. 500 Jianyun Road
201318 Zhoupu Town,Pudong New Area, Shanghai

surveillance systems
IT hardware
security technology

Philips GmbH Unternehmensbereich Lighting

Lübeckertordamm 5
20099 Hamburg

lamps
lighting planning, lighting concepts
light technology

Avocent Deutschland GmbH

Adalperostraße 31
85737 Ismaning

IT hardware

MagnWall GmbH

Am Mühlbach 1
71384 Weinstadt

shelfs
screens, display screen
shop illumination

EXPOformer AG

Feldstrasse 66
8180 Bülach

brochure holders
stand construction equipment
trade show stands

Finnwaa GmbH

Leutragraben 1
07743 Jena

online marketing
e-commerce

iGuzzini illuminazione spa

via Mariano Guzzini, 37
62019 Recanati (MC)

illuminated advertising with scrolling pictures
illuminated advertising, outdoor
illuminated advertising, indoor

ECS Cleaning Solutions GmbH

Storkower Straße 132
10407 Berlin

cleaning equipment

DEINZER GmbH

Max-Planck-Ring 16
D-40764 Langenfeld

POS software
POS management
POS communications

ARTITEQ

Herastraat 39
5047 TX Tilburg

walls, ceilings
shop systems

Photo: Retail Together – NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe: Shaping the...

"Retail Together" – NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe: Shaping the Future of Commerce

Europe’s leading retail event unites global industry leaders to shape the future of connected commerce

Thank you for a wonderful e-Commerce Day!

2,000 participants. Countless impulses. A day that connects.

Self-service: regional shopping made easy

The Stadt Hofladen in Nuremberg is a smart local supplier for any time of day

"Retail Together" – NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe

Shaping the Future of Commerce through Global Collaboration, Innovation, and the Power of Unified Retail Experiences.

TikTok Shop - cool, clever ... and somehow also a little unsettling

A commentary by iXtenso editor Lena Schmidt

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Registration is Now Open for Digital Signage Summit Europe 2025 as Focus Turns to AI & Managed Services

Early bird tickets are available for the digital signage and DooH industry’s flagship conference, which is now a three-day event from 21-23 May at the Hilton Munich Airport in Germany.