Retail Trends 2026: Online Event with Retail Futurist Kate Ancketill on 27 August 2025

6 Aug 2025

Digital innovations are reshaping retail landscape. In the era of AI assistants, decision-makers need clear guidance. The online event Retail Trends 2026, taking place on 27 August 2025 from 10.00 to 11.00 a.m., provides exactly that.

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Online-Event: Retail Trends 2026 - on 27 August 2025 with Kate Ancketill — On 27 August 2025, Kate Ancketill will take the consumer goods industry on a journey through the most exciting developments in the global retail landscape. Image: Messe Frankfurt

Kate Ancketill, CEO and founder of GDR Retail Innovation Consultancy and multiple award-winning trend speaker, will be joining the Digital Academy to talk about the factors that will shape shopping habits, consumption patterns, and the way we connect across the globe. Ancketill will provide new insights into a number of key topics based on retail innovations from Tokyo to Dubai:

Agentic AI and the Digital Revolution
Understanding the Dopamine Economy
Global Retail Innovations
Social Commerce Strategies

Date: 27 August 2025, 10.00 – 11.00 a.m.
Languages: German / English
Free registration at: https://consumergoods.digital.messefrankfurt.com

With the Digital Academy, Messe Frankfurt's consumer goods trade fairs offer online events on a joint platform on topics that move the industry – free of charge, digital and international.

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Nordstil Winter will take place from 10 to 12 January 2026 in Hamburg.

The next editions of the consumer goods fairs will once again take place simultaneously at Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre in February.

Ambiente/Christmasworld: 06 to 10 February 2026
Creativeworld: 06 to 09 February 2026

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Discover further expert knowledge and ideas for retail on Conzoom Solutions. With the Conzoom Circle network, Messe Frankfurt links the most important international platforms for the global consumer goods and retail industry and bundles industry knowledge and expertise.

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