E-Commerce & Retail Tech

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - March 24, 2026 - The Internationale Aktionswaren- und Importmesse (IAW) marks its 40th edition today as it opens in Cologne, bringing together 300 exhibitors and more than 5,000 expected visitors across Halls 6 and 9 at the Koelnmesse from March 24 to 26. The anniversary event spans 30,000 square meters and covers product categories ranging from garden articles, toys, and electronics to drugstore goods, food products, and e-commerce services. Alongside the exhibition floor, the IAW features its established E-Commerce Arena stage program and a redesigned hall layout, with extended opening hours on the final day for the first time.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - March 24, 2026 - The Internationale Aktionswaren- und Importmesse (IAW) opens today in Cologne, running from March 24 to 26 in Halls 6 and 9 of the Koelnmesse exhibition center. Alongside its core exhibition of 280 exhibitors across 30,000 square meters, the trade fair features its established E-Commerce Arena - a three-day stage program where specialists share strategies and best practices for online retail. Now in its second decade, the Arena focuses this spring on the broad state of e-commerce, covering artificial intelligence, live commerce, marketplace diversification, and conversion optimization for online sellers.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - February 24, 2026 - Diebold Nixdorf GmbH is promoting its unified retail commerce platform, globally scalable services, and in-store technology portfolio as it prepares to meet retail decision-makers at EuroShop in Düsseldorf (Hall 6 / E62). The company is framing its value around two persistent store-floor priorities: reducing inventory shrink and removing checkout friction. Central to that positioning is visual AI at the point of interaction, combined with modular self-service concepts and advisory services designed to help retailers implement and integrate self-service without being locked into a single hardware and software vendor. For operators, the message is about improving store performance through easier integration, higher system availability, and more proactive service models.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - February 23, 2026 - Wanzl GmbH & Co. KGaA is presenting its FastLaner® smart shopping trolley and HybridLoc digital lock at EuroShop 2026 as a practical route to digitize in-store processes without forcing customers into entirely new shopping habits. The concept links physical equipment to digital workflows: shoppers scan items at the trolley and can pay at a staffed checkout, self-checkout, or directly via app or card. For retailers, the promise is a smoother customer journey, reduced queue friction, and better process visibility-while keeping day-to-day trolley collection and return routines largely unchanged.

What Wanzl is bringing to EuroShop 2026

Wanzl positions FastLaner® and HybridLoc as "smart modules" that fit into existing store routines. Instead of treating the trolley as passive transport equipment, the setup turns it into an active part of the checkout and store-process chain.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - February 21, 2026 - EuroShop 2026 in Düsseldorf will put a dedicated spotlight on start-ups and "Young Innovators" that aim to turn emerging retail technology into deployable, store-level solutions. The program centers on practical applications across payment, analytics, AI-supported decision-making, smart store operations, POS experiences, and margin management. For retail operators, the relevance is less about showcasing "new tech" and more about how tools can reduce waste, improve availability, tighten loss prevention, and standardize execution across locations. The exhibition runs from February 22-26, 2026, with curated zones intended to help buyers and transformation teams compare solutions by real operational use cases.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 30, 2025 - CPGIO says it has expanded its digital retail footprint by launching on multiple major marketplaces, positioning the company to support consumer brands with broader omnichannel distribution across a mix of mass, specialty, and B2B wholesale platforms.

Multi-marketplace expansion and timing

The company reported successful launches across Nordstrom, Chewy, Lowe's, Faire, and Best Buy, with the rollout beginning in November 2025. For consumer brands, the announcement signals a continued push toward diversified third-party marketplace presence as a growth lever, particularly as retailers extend marketplace models beyond core categories. For service providers and operators, the business impact typically centers on onboarding speed, catalog and content compliance, inventory synchronization, and the ability to manage pricing and pack-out strategy consistently across channels.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 04, 2025 - Restaurant operators facing tight margins and rising equipment costs have a new digital sourcing option as CrazyGoodBuy.com officially launches with a combination of deeply discounted commercial kitchen gear and a weekday "one-cent" auction format aimed squarely at independent and multi-unit foodservice businesses across the United States.

Auction-Based Equipment Buying for Cost-Pressed Operators

At the core of the new platform is the CrazyGood Buy Daily Deal Auction, a simple but aggressive model designed to help operators access premium equipment without tying up unnecessary capital. Each weekday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, the site lists a single piece of brand-new equipment-ranging from refrigeration and prep tables to cooking lines and bar essentials-with bidding starting at just one cent and running until 5:00 p.m.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – November 01, 2025 – Germany’s DIY and home improvement sector has selected Klaus Meffert, longtime head of Meffert Farbwerke AG, as recipient of the 2025 DIY-Lifetime-Award, honoring four decades of expansion, market internationalization, and active association work that helped position a regional paint maker as a European supplier to the building, renovation, and home improvement trade. The award will be presented during the BHB Congress, underscoring how closely the German-speaking DIY ecosystem links entrepreneurial continuity with sector-wide modernization.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 01, 2025 - The 26th International BHB Congress will convene Germany's DIY and home improvement leaders at the World Conference Center Bonn on November 26-27, 2025, pairing board-level strategy sessions with hands-on masterclasses spanning AI, logistics, retail media, and circular economy. A gala aboard the MS RheinMagie on November 26 includes the presentation of the DIY-Lifetime Award, underscoring the event's status as the sector's flagship gathering.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – October 22, 2025 – A new joint report by Diebold Nixdorf and Coresight Research reveals critical behavioral trends influencing the modern in-store shopping journey — highlighting how friction at checkout, inventory shortages, and outdated store designs directly impact conversion and customer loyalty across the retail sector.

Retail Friction: From Inventory Gaps to Checkout Bottlenecks
The report, titled “Reinventing Store Checkout: Minimizing Friction to Drive Business Growth,” surveyed over 1,600 U.S.-based shoppers and retail decision-makers to assess pain points that interrupt purchasing intent. The findings point to persistent operational challenges: