Retail Tech Tour Germany-Austria
The sole event promoting the French Retail Tech savoir-faire in Germany and Austria. Get the chance to attend a key trade fair, meet some retailers, visit different POS, attend conferences, network at an exclusive event & get to know the local Retail Tech ecosystem during a tailor-made program between Düsseldorf and Vienna!
When?
February 18th
& 19th 2019
applications
Applications are closed
Where?
2 days in Düsseldorf, Germany
1 day in Vienna, Austria
What is the Retail Tech Tour Germany-Austria?
The French Retail Tech Tour is the unique chance to connect with the vibrant Retail Tech ecosystem and retail leaders in Austria & Germany.
2 days in Germany with key decision-makers of retail companies as well as attendance of the EuroCIS trade fair, visit of different POS, participation at an exclusive networking event with big players.
1 day in Austria with tailor-made activities: pitching session and B2B meetings with key decision-makers.
Do not miss the chance of being part of this unique program in two key german-speaking Retail Tech places like Vienna & Düsseldorf!
Get in touch with us and register!
Your application will be submitted to our board of Retail Tech experts.
Participants
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Program
Monday, February 18th in Düsseldorf, Germany
- Presentation of the retail market by the EHI Retail Institute
- Franco-German panel discussion with retailers
- Visit of an innovative Point of Sale
- Visit of a local start-up incubator and exchanges with its community
- B2B Meetings with German Retailers
Tuesday, February 19th in Düsseldorf, Germany
- Exclusive day on EuroCIS: the leading trade fair for retail technology in Europe!
- Guided Innovation Tour
- Participation for selected start-ups at an European panel discussion on stage
- B2B Meetings with exhibitors and visitors / Attendance to conferences
- Exclusive networking event: Retail Technology Awards Europe 2019
2nd Quarter 2019 in Vienna, Austria
- Pitching session in front of local retailers
- B2B Meetings with Austrian retailers and potential partners
Locations
February 18th
Consulate General of France in Düsseldorf
February 19th
EuroCIS
February 19th
Awards
Retail Technology Awards Europe
1st Quarter 2019
Business France in Austria
Partners
Soirée Française – Monday, February 18th
For registration, please click on the Factory Campus logo on your right
Who are we looking for?
YOU ARE…
a French Retail Tech startup or SME from the following fields:
- Digital (in)Store
- Equipment
- e-Logistics
- IT for Commerce
- Marketing / Data / Customer journey
- Cloud Commerce
- Seamless Shopping
- Robotics in Retail
- Predictive Analytics
- IoT, AI
- …
YOU WANT TO…
develop your business in Germany and Austria
meet senior and top executives from retail companies
broaden your knowledge of the Retail Tech environment
be part of an exclusive networking event
Retail Tech market at a glance
Retail Technology! At EuroCIS 2019. Where else?
- Concrete concepts for the retail of tomorrow and beyond
- Groundbreaking technology drivers for future business
An event with an ever growing success – as the leading trade fair for retail technology in Europe!
Quality of the trade visitors: Retailers (50% Top Management, 27% Middle-Management, 23% Lower-Management)
Growth in exhibitor numbers: 468 (increase of 16% towards 2016)
Growth in visitor numbers: 11 991 (increase of 17% compared to 2016)
The world of retail technology in a word: EuroCIS!
More information about EuroCIS : www.eurocis-tradefair.com
The Retail Market in Germany
A total turnover amounted to € 483 billion in 2016 (€ 471.5 billion in 2015)
E-commerce: 12.7% of total sales in 2016 thanks to key players such as Amazon (€ 12.75 billion) and Otto (€ 7.7 billion)
Domination of key players belonging to food chain (Edeka, Rewe, Schwarz, Aldi and Metro) generating € 173.9 billion in sales alone (around 36% of the total amount generated)
Major retailers belonging to the large non-food retail chain: Obi, Bauhaus and Hornbach for DIY; MediaMarkt and Saturn for Appliances and Electronics; DM and Rossmann for the drugstore market; Höffner and Ikea for furnishing.
The Retail Market in Austria
The combined turnover of the 100 largest Austrian retailers amounts to approximately € 36.3 billion.
The Austrian food retail market is marked by a strong concentration of REWE International and SPAR followed by the discounter HOFER.
Total absence of French players while German groups are present with REWE, HOFER (Aldi-Süd) and LIDL.
E-commerce is booming in Austria with an increase in online revenue of 14.2% between 2016 and 2017. This particularly affects the technology sectors and, to a lesser extent, fashion.
Kylii Kids, a specialist in digital and interactive kids corners games for retail, worked with Business France in order to conduct a targeted business trip mission in Germany. Their potential clients were difficult to approach for a company which is new on this market. Several contacts were initiated and the conclusion of a first collaboration with ECE, a real estate company with numerous shopping centers, was able to start successfully.
The commitment, rigor and precision of information and contacts provided by Business France made it possible for us to accelerate our international development. The rapid return on investment also allowed us to validate our commercial strategy.
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