Retail & Consumer Goods Industry

EGGER’s Decorative Collection 24+ Elevates Interior Design with Expanded Decors, Textures, and Digital Services

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – October 15, 2025 – EGGER has unveiled The Decorative Collection 24+, a comprehensive update to its renowned design portfolio, offering architects, interior designers, and furniture manufacturers an expanded range of materials, textures, and digital tools that redefine design flexibility. The new collection emphasizes connected solutions, sustainability, and digital integration, empowering professionals to streamline creative workflows while maintaining aesthetic precision.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – October 7, 2025 – Greek manufacturer Stohos Foods will present a refreshed frozen Greek street food and fried chicken portfolio at Anuga 2025 (Hall 4.2, Stand A31), targeting foodservice distributors, quick-service brands, and convenience retail looking for scalable, ready-to-cook SKUs. The exhibitor’s 2025 catalogues span gyros, meze, burgers, bakery and poultry platforms designed to standardize taste and throughput across multi-unit operations. (Instagram)

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – October 7, 2025 – Greek confectioner Chrisanthidis Delights will showcase a broad dessert portfolio at Anuga 2025 (Hall 3.2, Stand A70), positioning classic Mediterranean patisserie alongside on-trend cakes and cheesecakes for international retail and foodservice buyers. The line spans syruped phyllo specialties, layered cakes, and modern parfait-style desserts—an assortment aimed at category managers seeking premium taste with consistent execution across channels.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Anuga Frozen Food, the world’s largest trade fair for the frozen food sector, is set to mark a record year in Cologne this October with over 650 exhibitors, 93 percent of whom are international. The strong global presence, coupled with expanded exhibition space and high-profile industry awards, underscores the event’s strategic importance for manufacturers, retailers, and logistics providers shaping the future of frozen food.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Anuga Fine Food 2025 has opened in Cologne as the largest edition in its history, bringing together over 4,300 exhibitors and 135 group stands. The trade fair highlights how delicatessen, gourmet, and premium food products are shaping global markets, with strong international representation and a growing emphasis on health-conscious and luxury-driven offerings.

Record-Breaking Participation Across Global Food Leaders
The event features established brands including Altunkaya, Calvo, Develey, Saclà, La Molisana, Pietro Coricelli, and PT. Indofood, alongside new participants such as Antonio Viani, Nisshin, Samyang, and Reina Group. International pavilions from China, France, Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, the USA, and newcomers like Malta, Kyrgyzstan, and Nigeria demonstrate the fair’s global scope.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Koelnmesse and IFEMA MADRID are set to reshape the European food and beverage exhibition landscape with the launch of Anuga Select Ibérica, a new trade fair debuting in Madrid from February 16–18, 2027. The partnership aims to consolidate Spain and Portugal’s role as growth hubs for the global food industry while strengthening trade flows between Europe, Latin America, and North Africa.

Strategic Expansion of the Anuga Brand

Anuga Select Ibérica represents the next evolution of IFEMA MADRID’s Meat Attraction and InterSICOP (rebranded as Bake & Ice Attraction). By merging these formats under the globally recognized Anuga umbrella, the new event expands beyond meat and bakery to cover additional food and beverage sectors. This integrated platform positions Madrid as a central hub for innovation, networking, and international trade.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – Korea has been confirmed as the official partner country of Anuga 2025 in Cologne, bringing more than a showcase of flavors to the world’s leading food and beverage trade fair. With over 100 exhibitors under the banner “Flavour meets trends,” the nation will highlight how traditional culinary heritage can be leveraged to meet global consumer demand for health, sustainability, and innovation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 14, 2025 – DMEXCO 2025, Europe’s leading digital marketing and technology event, is set to return to Cologne on September 17–18 with more than 1,000 speakers, 220 hours of programming, and a sharp focus on digital commerce, retail media, connected TV, and creator-driven marketing. For B2B executives, the event is shaping up as a critical forum to understand how marketing innovation, platform partnerships, and data-driven technologies will reshape global digital commerce strategies.

Commerce and Retail Media in the Spotlight
This year’s program reflects the rapid evolution of commerce as a cornerstone of the digital economy. A dedicated Commerce Summit, powered by the BVDW in partnership with Shopify, will explore strategies across B2C, D2C, and B2B channels. Alongside, the Retail Media Summit will dive into how advertisers and platforms are redefining media spend through retail-driven ecosystems.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 2, 2025 – Zukunft Personal Europe (ZP Europe) is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in Cologne from September 9–11, 2025, with a forward-looking agenda that redefines its role from a human resources trade fair into Europe’s central hub for organizational transformation and enterprise performance.

From HR Exhibition to Strategic Transformation Platform

Originally launched as a specialized HR fair, ZP Europe has grown into a marketplace for cross-industry dialogue on workforce and organizational strategy. The 2025 edition, themed “Time for New Beginnings”, highlights how leadership, digitalization, and workplace culture intersect with business resilience. Instead of focusing solely on HR functions, the event emphasizes structural change and enterprise-wide adaptability in an era of rapid disruption.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel has launched a new aseptic training center in Atlanta, marking a strategic investment in workforce development for beverage manufacturers across the Americas. The facility, which opened on August 28, is designed to build specialized expertise in aseptic PET operations, equipping plant teams with the skills needed to boost productivity, minimize downtime, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Immersive training for aseptic line operations

The Atlanta site replicates real production conditions through technical benches and simulation-based training. Instead of relying solely on live equipment, participants gain hands-on experience in a controlled environment, reducing risk and costs for manufacturers. Courses span core aseptic processing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational excellence, with modules tailored to operators and technicians alike.