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According to Jean McCabe, CEO of Retail Excellence Ireland and advisory board member for NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show Europe, supporting small and medium-sized businesses must be a national priority. Rising costs weigh heavily on small businesses Retailers across Ireland are grappling with increasing financial pressure. Higher labour costs, soaring energy prices and rising fuel expenses are hitting smaller businesses particularly hard.

Vusion (VU - FR0010282822), the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, today announced the expansion of its long-standing partnership with JYSK, one of Europe's leading home furnishing retailers, through a major new agreement supporting the retailer's next phase of store modernization and cloud transformation strategy.

Vusion (VU - FR0010282822), the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, today announced that it has been awarded an “A” score in CDP's Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA), recognizing the company's strong commitment to engaging its value chain on climate-related issues. CDP is a global non-profit that operates an independent disclosure system, helping organizations manage and report their environmental impact.

SEO Smile - SEO Agentur München Leopoldstraße 23 80802 München Germany Phone: +49 89 24883004 E-Mail: info@seoagentur-muenchen.eu Internet: seoagentur-muenchen.eu/ Founding Year: 2017 Number of Employees: 1-10

Connect Displays SP.Z.O.O Ul. Wolińska 4, 03-699,Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland 03-699 Mazowieckie Poland Phone: 828881016 Fax: 1156355695795 E-Mail: seo2@connectdisplays.com Internet: www.connectboothdisplays.com/ Founding Year: 2014 Number of Employees: 51-100

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"Empties have to be sexy." When Josef Mühlenbein, owner of EDEKA Mühlenbein - a grocery store in Kassel, Germany talks about deposit returns, it sounds pragmatic and pointed at the same time. For 20 years, harmonised return of deposit-bearing beverage packaging across retailer boundaries has been a daily reality in Germany – internationally, the DPG system is considered a model.

After Switzerland, Ireland, the UK, Italy and the Netherlands, Germany is the latest market in Lidl's pan-European loyalty overhaul. The shift from coupon-based rewards to a permanent points programme reflects a broader trend in European grocery retail – from short-term discounts towards unified, data-driven customer platforms. What changes in Germany "Lidl Points mark the beginning of a new era," says Julius von Schnurbein, Head of Customer Relations at Lidl Germany.

Source: Anne-Emmanuelle Thion Held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the event runs under the theme The Next Now, positioning Europe as a pacesetter across five pillars: Agentic AI and customer services, Demand forecasting and personalisation, Creating community and embracing influencers, Licencing and new business models, and Retail media.

Die Veranstaltung findet in der Paris Expo Porte de Versailles statt und steht unter dem Motto „The Next Now“. Dabei positioniert sie Europa als Vorreiter in fünf Bereichen: Agente-KI und Kundenservice, Nachfrageprognosen und Personalisierung, Aufbau von Communities und Einbindung von Influencern, Lizenzierung und neue Geschäftsmodelle sowie Retail Media.