EuroShop 2026: umdasch The Store Makers bring diversity to the stage with “Colours of Retail”

Market Place: A bazaar of efficient solutions

The Market Place unfolds as a stage for versatile shelving solutions, smart furniture and innovative store concepts. From modular systems and fruit and vegetable displays to intelligent baking boxes and self-checkout zones, this area showcases the many facets of modern retail. Visitors wandering through the individual themed worlds will discover, step by step, how exciting well-designed shopfitting can be - and how much innovation and creativity can be found in functional solutions.

The headliners in this area are:

• the self-checkout ecosystem in cooperation with shopreme, which shows how checkout can be transformed from an optimisation step into a real experience. Seamless app integration, intelligent device networking and flexible hardware create a checkout process that reduces waiting times, increases usability and enables customers to complete their purchases smoothly, intuitively and even inspiringly.
• the Smart Bakery Box, the latest version of which is making its debut at EuroShop. It brings real innovation to the bakery department: the right amount of baked goods at the right time, always in optimal quality - resulting in significantly less food waste and optimised storage and baking processes. The display unit is equipped with precise weight sensors which, in combination with the software solution from partner AIPERIA, collect valuable sales-related data: from internal processes and stock levels to times of day and even weather conditions. The system automatically recognises when goods need to be replenished, how sales are changing - and how product ranges can be managed accordingly.
• the Impulse Zone and the Hybrid Kiosk demonstrate how digital touchpoints take the shopping experience to a new level. The direct connection between physical products and dynamic content creates presentation areas that intuitively guide and inform customers and encourage spontaneous decisions. Elements such as video rails, stretch screens, digital shop windows, ESLs and other information surfaces come together here to form a networked system that is flexibly scalable - from shelves to compact convenience formats. This smart, data-based mix of analogue goods and digital communication makes processes more efficient and strengthens customer proximity - regardless of whether a store is personally managed or operated autonomously.
• the Produce Future Zone and our F.O.M furniture (Flexible, Optimal, Maximal) jointly illustrate how the Basixx shelving system is becoming a flexible and future-proof platform for different retail requirements. The system is modular, 'Ready to Cool' and can be easily adapted to seasonal ranges or new product images. Technologies such as UV LED lighting from Lumitech increase the freshness quality in the O&G sector, while integrated info touchpoints offer customers guidance and added value. With the F.O.M extension system, Basixx is additionally supplemented with new shelf sizes, back panels, presentation modules and industry add-ons - making it a multifunctional solution for food, drugstores or convenience stores. Modern lighting technology from Thorn and Zumtobel harmoniously showcases products and supports individual store experiences.

Efficiency World: Where rollouts run smoothly

Efficiency World is all about the processes that make large rollouts work. Here, umdasch shows how well-coordinated project teams, clear procedures and an international value chain merge into a perfectly coordinated set-up. This area highlights how the Store Makers orchestrate hundreds of brand spaces, relying on one thing above all else: their many years of experience as their strongest asset.

RE…THINK: Sustainable instead of new

This area represents a change of perspective in shopfitting and interior design: reusing spaces instead of building new ones, thinking about resources in a circular rather than one-dimensional way, transforming spaces instead of demolishing them. Here, umdasch The Store Makers presents concepts for renovation and refurbishment as well as solutions such as ECOlib - its own specially created digital material database.

The lifecycle approach of the Umdasch Group, which includes not only the Store Makers but also the formwork and scaffolding company Doka and the industrial solutions provider umdasch Industrial Solutions, spans the strategic bracket from the outset: In future, the Umdasch Group wants to be the best partner for its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their property: from development, planning, execution, furnishing and ongoing operation to refurbishment and, ultimately, demolition and recycling - all from a single source, all with the aim of long-term quality and sustainability.

umdasch XP: digital solution in the beat of the 'Colours of Retail'

In the lobby, the digital centrepiece, the umdasch eXperience Platform (umdasch XP), becomes an interactive DJ desk: vinyl records activate short videos, screens convey the digital full-service ecosystem of the Store Makers. Here, you can literally experience how strategy, content, operation and 10/7 support work together.