PRESTIGE Partner Day 2026
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Impressions 2026
Monday, 19 January 2026
19:00
Get-together
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
09:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Greeting
Jürgen Berens von Rautenfeld
Board of Directors,
Online software
9:10 - 09:45 a.m.
Keynote „European consumer trends - outlook for 2030“
Mathias Breier
VP of Operations & Finance, World Data Lab, Vienna
Global shopper data as the basis for the right decisions in stationary retail.
World Data Lab uses big data to model and forecast global population, consumption and spending trends as well as demographic developments - down to city and country level - and delivers actionable insights for companies and organisations.
09:45 - 10:20 a.m.
How smart technologies are revolutionising retail - No future without (IT) investment.
Michael Gerling
Management EHI Retail Institute , Cologne
The presentation summarises the latest EHI findings on IT solutions in retail: current investment priorities, market movements, proven technologies that really make an impact, as well as trends such as automation, AI-supported processes and modern checkout concepts. Concise, data-based and straight from the field.
10:20 - 10:45 a.m.
Coffee time
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
PRESTIGE Next Level - The path to the cloud
Michael Richter
Software Development Director, Online software
The PRESTIGE journey from established software for price and advertising communication to a platform-based POS content platform with ever more comprehensive solutions, more intelligent templates and noticeable process optimisation for in-store price labelling. Head of Software Development Michael Richter explains the next steps towards a cloud-based solution and the focus of our development in terms of functionality and architecture.
11:15 - 12:30
Professional Service & PRESTIGE Solution Campus
Dennis Harbich
Head of Professional Service, Online software
Find out how the „Professional Services“ team at Online Software AG can help you optimise PRESTIGEenterprise for your Connected Store. We provide a structured overview of consulting, support, managed services and training and show you how these services can reliably enhance your system environment. At the PRESTIGE SOLUTION CAMPUS, you will also gain in-depth insights into current solutions and technologies.
PRESTIGE Solution Campus
PRESTIGE4Scaling
Scale correctly: With the right scaling for a noticeable increase in performance and system stability
PRESTIGE4Multiple-SSP
Open for everything: multi-SSP capability as a driver for retail media at the POS
PRESTIGE4Monitoring
Understanding monitoring: From data to dashboards - Prometheus meets Grafana
PRESTIGE4Mobile
Mobile event communication: The PRESTIGE app kit for events
12:30 -13:30
Lunchbreak
13:30 - 13:55
From simple digital signage to profitable retail media in 3 months
Gerd Betz
Sales Director Retail, Online software
Dr Klaus-Holger Kille
Retail media expert from the very beginning, university lecturer and speaker
How one of Germany's largest food retailers turned almost 7,000 screens into Germany's largest digital marketing space at the POS.
13:55 - 14:20
Technologies in practice
Sven Stiegler
Management, EDEKA-Stiegler
EDEKA Stiegler is a growing, owner-managed family business with nine stores in the Vorderpfalz region and a strong focus on freshness, regionality and modern services. EDEKA Stiegler shows how consistent innovation is driving the market forward: from modern audio and digital solutions to new service ideas and efficiency-enhancing technologies in everyday shop operations. The presentation provides practical insights into how such concepts improve both the customer experience and processes - directly from a retailer that tests new approaches early on and boldly implements them.
14:20 - 14:45
PRESTIGEenterprise: experiences, challenges and success factors
Daniel Horn, Lead of IT Operations
Luca Bergmann, Lead of Business Applications
Furniture Kempf
Find out what success factors and challenges characterised our project to introduce PRESTIGEenterprise. We show how our support and partner network helped us, give an insight into the next steps and explain how we will continue to develop and utilise the system in the future.
14:45 - 15:10
Tea time
15:10 - 15:30
FastLaner: The new stage for retail media
Christoph Kübel, Key Account Manager Digital and Access Solutions
Wanzl
Dr Frank Thiedig, Retail Media Advisor
Online software
Financing POS innovations with retail media using the example of the Wanzl Fastlaner
Retail media is still more of a wish than a reality for many retailers. Wanzl
and Online Software show how technology can become a business model. The shopping trolley serves as an access point for a direct approach to customers in the decisive phase of the purchasing decision process. Hardware is thus developing from a cost item into a new source of revenue.
15:30 - 3:50 pm
Retail media in the furniture trade
Peter Kattrup
Authorised signatory, Head of Product Management,
SHD
Volker Wissmann, Managing Director,
BrandLogistics.NET
The presentation shows how furniture retailers can tap into new sources of revenue with retail media and offer manufacturers precise, data-based advertising opportunities. The most important formats as well as typical hurdles such as data quality and attribution will be explained and practical approaches to setting up retail media in furniture retail in a profitable and scalable way will be explained.
15:50 - 16:30
Panel discussion: „Data, AI and retail media in retail - curse or blessing?“
Michael Gerling
EHI
Sven Stiegler
EDEKA Stiegler
Dr Frank Thiedig
Online software
Christoph Kübel
Wanzl
16:30 - 17:00
Desire for responsibility - How do I anchor responsibility as a leadership principle in order to successfully shape new paths?.
Felix Royer
Grundl Leadership Institute
Permanent peak performance with mental health.
The presentation shows how responsibility-orientated leadership enables long-term corporate growth. Felix Royer explains how a strong corporate culture is created, how employees can realise their potential and how responsibility leads to better results. With experience from over 1,000 consultations and 500 analyses, he provides practical advice on how managers can effectively develop themselves and their teams.
17:00
Summary & Farewell
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