EHI Retail Institute

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The EHI Retail Institute e. V. (EHI) is a research and educational institute for retail and its partners based in Cologne . It was founded in 1989.

The EHI is supported by trading companies and trade associations and supported by manufacturers of consumer and investment goods. The EHI network has around 770 members worldwide. The EHI is also the founder and ideal sponsor of EuroShop , an international trade fair for retail capital goods.

The association has been certifying online shops since 1999 with the EHI certified online shopseal of approval . Internet retailers who are allowed to carry the EHI Certified Online Shop seal of approval meet standards with regard to reliability, data protection and data security and are subject to an annual review. Due to the requirements of the certification, mostly large providers are currently GOS certified. The 650 certified shops include around 50% of the TOP 1,000 online shops with the highest turnover in Germany.

From the various researches of the EHI z. As the EAN - Barcode emerged. This resulted in the establishment of GS1 Germany , formerly ccg, in which the EHI has a 50% stake.

In 2001, Foodplus GmbH, in which the EHI has a 100% share, emerged from a division of the EHI.

Since 2008, the EHI and GS1 have been awarding the science prize, endowed with a total of 40,000 euros, for excellent scientific work and cooperation projects that are highly relevant to the retail sector and cooperation partners along the value chain.

In February 2006 Götz W. Werner took over the presidency of the EHI.

In 2018 the mobile payment initiative was founded together with various market players .

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  1. https://www.ehi.org/de/das-institut/geschichte/ Until May 2006 it was called EuroHandelsinstitut e. V.
  2. Information about the fair ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 5, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ehi.org
  3. ↑ The market for cashless payments has developed positively - EHI founds mobile payment initiative In: it-finanzmagazin.de, October 16, 2018, accessed on October 23, 2018.