Last year, the first edition of NRF Europe, which aimed to create a major regional trade show hosted in Paris, brought together 500 exhibitors and 12,500 visitors. This year, the mobile app mentionned 287 exhibiting companies. This represents, according to our calculations, a 43%-decrease.
In its event report, the NRF does not communicate the number of visitors for the 2026 edition, which ended on September 17. “This edition welcomed thousands of retailers and sector partners from 70 countries, with more than 200 speakers across 80 sessions, stated a press release. Both exhibition halls hosted nearly 300 exhibitors and thousands of solutions over a surface area of 5,615 sq.m.”
An impasse on several tech segments
In terms of exhibitor profiles, “major topics like POS payment and store equipment (ordering terminals, ESLs, computer vision…)
