Retail Design Expo, Europe’s leading annual event for innovation and inspiration in retail design, marketing, visual merchandising and shopfitting has announced the shortlist of it’s inaugural Innovation Trail and Awards, sponsored by 20.20.
Exhibitors at Retail Design Expo, and the co-located Retail Digital Signage Expo, were invited to submit the innovative solutions, services and products that will be on display at both shows.
A specially selected judging panel shortlisted the entries, resulting in the 18 innovations that will be on display at Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo, encouraging visitors to seek out the ideas and products that could drive future changes to the industry and their businesses.
The innovations will also be displayed in a dedicated innovation area, while an overall winner of the scheme will be announced at Retail Design Expo.
“Retailers need to reinvent themselves. They have spent many years improving internal processes, but today’s customers are asking retailers to focus on them, not on the systems,” says 20.20 director of retail Mariann Wenckheim. “Retailers must become more extrovert, more people focused, more generous, and more innovative.”
Annie Swift, Event Director, Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo said, “Innovation is crucial to the success of modern multichannel retailing, and that is why it sits at the heart of both Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo. We were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of the entries, and our judging panel had a tough job in selected the final shortlist.”
Innovation Trail and Awards finalists:
| Armourcoat | ArmourFX modular surface solutions | Stand H50 |
| Bright Goods | LED retrofit filament light bulbs | Stand E55 |
| CJ Retail Solutions | POPsysPRO field agent reporting platform | Stand F40 |
| Glassolutions Saint-Gobain | VS-I mullion only curtain wall/screen | Stand H72 |
| Global Display | Eco Mannequin | Stand E40 |
| Green Hippo | Par4Keet Player for video playback | Stand F73 |
| Green Room | Digital concept store – Sun & Sand Sports | Stand H40 |
| Icon | Meshh hyperlocal wifi network | Stand P10 |
| Iconeme | VMBeacon | Stand P6 |
| Innonet | Light and Intelligent Digital Signage | Stand B51 |
| Leach Impact | Vision 3D non-flat tension fabric systems | Stand E70 |
| Office Twelve | Making a splash with trash for Converse | Design Pavilion |
| PosterFix | No tools display system | Stand F74 |
| RTF Europe | SmartCircle multi platform sales tool | Stand P1 |
| Strata Tiles | Trinity Collection for Harvey Nichols | Stand F61 |
| Umdasch Shopfitting Group | ESL Inclusive electronic price labelling | Stand E50 |
| Unibox Retail | Kontakt no wires no connectors lit shelving | Stand G31 |
| WBC | BRIX modular display system | Stand F31
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The Judging Panel:
- Alan Taylor, Head of Retail Design, B&Q
- Nick Widdowson, Range and Merchandising Manager, Unilever
- Simon Bentley, Former head of Store Development, Desing and Merchandising, Telefonica O2
- Liz Silvester, Head of Visual Identity, Liberty
About Retail Design Expo
Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo are the specialist retail events from the Legend Exhibitions stable. Co-located with RBTE, they bring together the very finest exponents of retail design, visual merchandising, branding and in-store experience, and area clear reflection of how the retail sector is responding to the increasingly discerning consumer.
Showcasing solutions from designers, architects, fitters, digital signage providers and specialist contractors, they focus very clearly on innovation and inspiration in retail design, visual merchandising and branding. Retail Design Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo encompass additional features such as trends labs, student awards and roundtables as well as a full programme of conferences, seminars and workshops.
