EuroShop 2026 - Fraunhofer IAIS

Cutting-Edge AI Solutions for Wholesale and Retail

As one of the leading research institutions in AI, we offer bespoke intelligent solutions designed to give your business a competitive edge. Our focus is on delivering reliable, responsible AI that integrates seamlessly into your existing infrastructure.

At EuroShop 2026, we will present selected AI solutions developed specifically for the demands of the retail sector:

Assortment management with our Multi‑Agent-System RetAIl Assortment Fit↓: market and trend signals, demand and inventory are continuously monitored and analyzed, then linked with your company’s internal systems to optimize your assortment and derive concrete action recommendations.

Intelligent markdown planning and store allocation with our RetAIl Allocator: demand, inventory, and location‑specific conditions are analyzed to automatically distribute goods and allocate channels.

Secure your free day ticket in combination with an appointment at our booth. We will show you our AI solutions in a live demo and discuss your specific requirements. The ticket gives you direct access to the trade fair. The number of tickets is limited to 50. We look forward to your visit!

In the Spotlight: AI Agents in Assortment Management

The retail landscape is evolving rapidly: consumer trends emerge at high speed, and shoppers increasingly expect individualized assortments and immediate availability. Markets are becoming faster and more dynamic than ever before, making data‑driven decision‑making essential.

RetAIl Assortment Fit is a multi‑agent system developed as part of the Fraunhofer Heilbronn Forschungs- und Innovationszentren HNFIZ. It enables retailers to react more quickly to market and consumer behavior through dynamic forecasting and strategic control. Purchasing and category managers can combine market and trend signals with their internal company data to intelligently evaluate and optimize assortment decisions. Based on this foundation, assortments can not only be analyzed based on data, but also specifically optimized, further developed, and proactively adapted to market changes.

Masterclass: "Software-on-Demand mit Agentic AI"

How to rapidly accelerate innovation cycles in wholesale and retail

Many great ideas don’t fail in the market, but in the IT backlog. Months, sometimes even years, can pass between the conception of an idea and its implementation. Your customers aren’t waiting, so why should your software?

In this exclusive Science4Retail masterclass by Fraunhofer IAIS, we will show you how Agentic AI resolves this bottleneck and how AI agents can turbocharge your process optimization. Not as a "magic wand", but as a practical tool to bring business units and IT closer together and to develop software on demand.

Experience live how abstract requirements turn into clickable prototypes within minutes. Learn how to detect errors early, reduce costs, and bring true innovations to the shop floor faster than the competition.

When?

25 February 2026, 11:00-12:00 am (German)
25 February 2026, 14:00-15:00 Uhr (English)

Where?

The masterclass will take place in the newly built Exhibition Hall 1, on the first floor in Room 17a. The passage to the CCD is located nearby.

Contact

Narine Brsikyan

Business Development

Phone: +49 151 50622833

I am happy to assist you with any questions. Feel free to contact me using the form below. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Our AI Solutions for the Retail Sector

We support retailers in meeting their specific requirements. The use of AI solutions helps build valuable knowledge while increasing efficiency across all processes. Here you will find our complete portfolio and current use cases of AI for the retail industry.

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Science4Retail

With our Science4Retail initiative in cooperation with OPCORE, we aim to bring retailers in wholesale and retail up to next‑generation standards:

Using artificial intelligence wisely
Designing processes more efficiently and reducing costs
Making retailers fit for the future of commerce

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RetAIl Assortment Fit was developed as part of the Fraunhofer Heilbronn Forschungs- und Innovationszentren HNFIZ.

At the Research and Innovation Center for Hybrid AI Technologies, Fraunhofer IIS and Fraunhofer IAO combine hybrid AI technologies, machine learning, and logics‑based school concepts.

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