Guided Tour: Sustainable Materials & Store Designs

iXtenso will offer guided tours at the trade fair in 2026 in collaboration with EuroShop.

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Discover green retail hands-on – experience the latest solutions for forward-looking store concepts with ecological awareness and sustainable materials.

This tour takes you to exhibitors from the shopfitting, store design, and visual merchandising dimension, who show how environmental awareness can be combined with aesthetic and functional store design. Be inspired by innovative approaches to the point of sale – from planning to store furnishings.

The focus is on environmentally friendly solutions and ecologically produced components for floors, walls, and ceilings, as well as innovative surface materials. The exhibitors prove that mannequins, presentation furniture, shelving systems, and many other elements of shop design can also be manufactured and recycled in a resource-saving manner.

Mannequins filled with straw in green at the EuroShop trade fair....
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Inspire with a sustainable shopping experience

More and more customers value environmental awareness and responsible consumption – harness this potential for your store concept. With sustainable materials, thoughtful design, and forward-looking solutions, you can create a shopping experience that will be remembered. True to the motto “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”

Amidst the wide range of products on offer at the trade fair, the guided tours provide a compact insight into the most important trends, solutions, and innovations from store design providers.The stops are carefully selected and present specific applications with real added value for the retail sector. The exhibitors taking part in the tours are yet to be announced.In groups of approximately 15 to 20 participants, the tours will take you through the highlights of the Shopfitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising dimension. This provides direct, practical access to the industry's innovation drivers.

The tours are currently scheduled for Sunday through Thursday, with morning and afternoon sessions. 

The exact times will be announced later.

Your benefits from the Guided Tours

  • Curated selection of relevant exhibitors
  • Early access to tomorrow's innovations
  • Compact orientation in a short time
  • Direct contact with innovation drivers
  • Focus on solutions with real commercial benefits
  • Expert guidance from industry insiders
  • Valuable inspiration for your energy management strategy
  • Networking opportunities with industry colleagues

The Guided Tours at EuroShop 2026 offer international visitors the opportunity to gain in-depth insights into current retail topics and innovative approaches in compact tours.The curated and guided tours cover a maximum of ten exhibitors, are conducted in English, and last approximately 2.5 hours. They are organized in cooperation between iXtenso and the EHI Retail Institute.

Other tour topics: 

Innovation Tour RetailTech and Energy Management & Optimization

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