The EHI - EuroHandelsinstitut e. V. - is a research and consulting institute for the retail industry and its partners. Currently, in Europe the organization has more than 500 company members in its network.
Research and consulting projects of the EHI focus on the following issues:
- Information and communication technology
- Payment systems, credit cards and customer loyalty cards
- Shop design and fittings
- Security
- Retailing structure and development
- Sales promotion
- Quality and traceability assurance
- Packaging and logistics
- Product-range analysis and shelf optimisation
- Location analysis and valuation
The results of the research projects are published in the professional journals of Dynamik im Handel, stores & shops and Retail Technology. Short research reports are published on the Internet under www.ehi.org while detailed information can be obtained in the form of reports or in the institute's series of Enzyklopädie des Handels. Conferences, seminars and congresses offer the opportunity for intensive discussions about current issues. The results of coordination projects lead to agreements and guidelines throughout the entire industry of concern.
In close cooperation with the Messe Düsseldorf the EHI carries through EuroShop - the worldwide leading capital goods exhibition for the retail industry - and Retail Technology, the specialist international exhibition for information and security technology.
The EHI ist the Secretary's Office for
- EUREP - Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group
- ISSO - International Self Service Organization
- 50 % of the CCG - Centrale für Coorganisation - the other partner is the "Markenverband"
- 50 % of ORGAINVENT Entwicklungs- und Koordinationsgesellschaft mbH - the other partner is CMA, Central Marketing Agency of German Agriculture
The EHI can be reached at:
Spichernstrasse 55 D-50672 Köln
Telefon: +49-(0) 221 5799-0
Telefax +49-(0) 221 5799-45
Info@ehi.org
