As the most international, influential and professional event in China's retail industry; C-star stands out in the highly competitive exhibition industry. It is well known to be a distinguished exhibition series with high-standards, which is a perfect communication platform for retail equipment solution providers and retail brands.
Due to the official announcement from the General Office of the State Council regarding public holiday this year, the previous show dates (April 26-28) are now affected by the Labor Holiday arrangement and will be scheduled over the weekend.
In order to facilitate the business for trade visitors and ensure successful show result, the organization committee has decided to change the show dates to April 25-27, 2019. All the other arrangement remains unchanged and C-star will continue to serve as a high-quality trading platform for retailers.
Retail Forum 2019 features the theme of ‘Dynamic Future of Retail Ecosystem’
The theme of C-star 2019 Retail Forum will be ‘Dynamic Future of Retail Ecosystem’, bringing together domestic and overseas retail brands, shopping center operations executives, reputed academic experts from the retail industry, leading technology service providers, etc., to share knowledge, insights and interaction.
Currently, Prof. Dr. Helmut Merkel, Chairman of Eurasia Global Limited Global Concept, has confirmed his attendance at the event. He will share his insights on 'Global retail trends in 2019: Retail formats who will win, who will lose?'. Prof. Dr. Helmut Merkel serves as shareholder and founder of a number of companies focusing on retail and retail services (logistics, procurement, brand management) in Hong Kong, China and Europe.
At the same time, Mr. Wang Wei, China Strategic Advisor of Australia Azurium Shanghai, will deliver a speech 'How to win this retail innovation competition?'. Mr. Wang Wei is also the executive director of Shanghai Xi Aidi Marketing Planning Co., Ltd., EMBA graduate from China Europe International Business School, senior consultant of China Shopping Center Industry Information Center, expert member of China Shopping Union Shopping Center Development Committee, and member of Academic Committee of Asia-Pacific Commercial Real Estate College. With more than 20 years of experience in retail and commercial real estate, he has held senior management positions in a number of multinational corporations and well-known brands, such as Yingzhijie Group, Taikoo Group, Zhengda Group, Volvo and famous Italian sports brand FILA.
Jian 24 unveiled with smart unmanned Mini-Store Solution at ReTailor Hub
ReTailor Hub, a side brand under the C-star exhibition series, has been widely featured in the industry since its appearance last year. This year, Jian 24, an unmanned convenience store, will make its debut at ReTailor Hub with its smart Mini-Store Solution, delivering vision-based technology and giving shoppers an unparalleled experience of cashless payment.
What you can experience:
• AI technology: use computer vision, deep learning and other technologies to achieve a completely unmanned convenience store, saving labor costs
• User digitization: get comprehensive data of user’s interaction with different products in the store, the display shelf holding the product, the store location and the time of the transaction.
• "Take and go" user experience: automatically identify users, automatically identify products, no need to queue, automatic payment settlement.
In addition, ReTailor Hub will welcome apparel and beauty brands to create an enhanced version of a Smart Retail Life Zone. In 300 square meter exhibition area, you will experience AI fitting, AI beauty, customer flow analysis, face recognition, LED interaction, unmanned convenience store, self-checkout and other eye-catching store designs.
Visitor pre-registration is in full swing. One-click to enjoy 5 benefits
• Free entry to the show (Valued RMB 100)
• One complementary show catalogue (Valued RMB 100)
• Faster admission to avoid long queues
• Free access to monthly newsletters
• Free access to four concurrent events
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Ms. Renee Zhao
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Organizers background information
Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Established in 2009, Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (MDS) is a subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, one of the world’s top 5 exhibition organizers. MDS is committed to introducing world’s No. 1 trade fairs to China and to providing Chinese and international customers with superior exhibition services. MDS is successfully holding more than 20 leading trade fairs and conferences in China, covering the industries of printing, packaging, wire and tube, plastics, renewable energy, medical devices, retail, safety and health, wine & spirits and caravanning. MDS runs branch offices in Shanghai and Beijing with a workforce of some 70 full time employees. The worldwide outbound exhibition business (trade shows in Düsseldorf, Germany and other leading Messe Düsseldorf Global Shows) is organized by Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd. (MDC), serving Chinese exhibitors and visitors with superior customer service from its Hong Kong branch office. Find out more at www.mds.cn.
Ms. Coco Ying
Tel: +86-21 6169 8364
Email: shanghai@mds.cn
Address: Units 2902/03/04A, Sinar Mas Plaza, 501 Dongdaming Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai 200080, P.R. China