The first edition of the NRF 2025 Retail’s Big Show will be held in pavilions 4 and 5 of the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on September 16-18. Formerly known as Paris Retail Week, the event will showcase 480 exhibitors and expects nearly 15,000 visitors.

The Parisian event is set to become the top European retail show organised by NRF, a trade show that was first held in New York under the aegis of the USA’s National Retail Federation. Representatives from some 7,000 international retailers are expected to visit the show, which will be staged across an exhibition area of 25,000 square metres.

Paris Retail Week, originally born from the merger of the E-commerce Paris and Equipmag trade shows, is therefore leaving the floor to a new event which will feature nearly 70 presentations by exhibitors, as well as demonstrations of some 30 innovative retail solutions. Visitors will be able to take advantage of personalised meeting opportunities engineered through the show’s Startup Hub, focusing on cutting-edge solutions. It will also be possible to take part in ad hoc tours of the event, which will take visitors to some of the show’s key stands as well as around Paris, to discover some of the French capital’s leading retailers.

The show will feature a rich conference programme addressing the retail industry’s eight major current themes: the concept of seamless unified retail, store design innovation and technology, logistics and the supply chain, CSR and ESG, the growth of marketplaces, payments innovation, CRM systems, and the intelligent use of digital data.

Many leading industry figures are expected to attend the show, including senior executives from LVMH, On, Galeries Lafayette, Tara Jarmon, Authentic Brands Group (owner of Reebok, Forever 21, Dockers, etc), Kiabi, Norrona, Kiko, Sephora, Zalando, Tiktok Shop, Veja, Snipes and Douglas. Also set to attend, representatives of Fevad, France’s national e-commerce association, of the international association of department stores (IADS), and of Amazon, Google, Apple, Nvidia, Carrefour, Ikea and Mirakl.

As was the case at Paris Retail Week, an industry jury will recognise the most innovative companies with a series of awards, in nine separate categories.

The Paris Retail Week event held on September 17-19 2024 featured 380 exhibitors and welcomed 18,000 visitors, staging 150 between conferences and workshops.