DMEXCO Commerce Lounge: The Place for the Ecommerce Community
Commerce talk doesn’t just happen on the stages at DMEXCO. The ecommerce community will gather in the DMEXCO Commerce Lounge to discuss the topics that are currently driving digital commerce and make new contacts.
The future of ecommerce: Which topics really matter now?
AI commerce is transforming the customer journey, retail media is continuing to evolve, and new payment and fulfillment solutions are appearing on the market. Managers in digital commerce are looking for answers to several questions in particular: Which ecommerce technologies are going to be relevant? Which solutions are a good fit for their business? And which partners should they be working with as they take their next steps into the future?
At DMEXCO, you can get plenty of input for your business from leading industry thinkers when they appear on the big stages. But that’s not the only place to pick up new insights. Anyone who’s been to the Digital Marketing Exposition & Conference in Cologne knows that conversations that are at least just as interesting take place between the sessions.
With the DMEXCO Commerce Lounge, there is now a new destination for the ecommerce community at the 2026 edition of the event. This is where retailers will come together with decision-makers from brands, payment processors, fulfillment providers, ecommerce technology companies, marketplaces, agencies, and retail media.
This makes the Commerce Lounge the ideal place to get a quick overview of the key topics in commerce and to discuss them face-to-face with the people who are helping to shape the market.
Payment and ecommerce fulfillment to get more space at DMEXCO 2026
One focus topic for the Commerce Lounge will be payment and fulfillment. Two areas that digital commerce can’t do without – and they will be more visible than ever before at DMEXCO 2026.
Which ecommerce payment solutions are suitable for your business model? Which developments are changing checkout? What do retailers expect from payment service providers? And what solutions are available for fulfillment?
Anyone who wants to discuss questions like these in depth with other industry professionals is in the right place in the Commerce Lounge. It complements the program on the Commerce Stage with a more personal atmosphere and more opportunities for interaction.
On the Commerce Lounge Stage, the lectures and discussions will focus on the most relevant topics in the industry today. For example, the lecture “Payments: The Invisible Infrastructure behind Intelligent Ecommerce” will reveal how payment is evolving beyond checkout into the intelligent infrastructure for digital commerce. The lecture “Tech, Trust & Transactions: Kleinanzeigen’s Apple Pay Growth Strategy” will look at how trust and payment go hand in hand in C2C commerce. And the fireside chat “Can Live Shopping Work in Germany? Insights from wieCommerce? and TikTok Shop” will take a closer look at the German live shopping market.
Check out the program for the Commerce Lounge now, find out about the exciting sessions and other formats, and bookmark your must-attends for DMEXCO 2026.
Meet the speaker: Any more questions?
You’ve probably been there before: The session on the Commerce Stage has finished, and that’s exactly when you think of a question that you’d still like to ask if you had the chance.
At selected sessions, this is expressly encouraged. At a Meet the Speaker, you can delve deeper into the issues raised in the session with the ecommerce experts and ask your follow-up questions face-to-face.
Instead of going away with an interesting idea and researching it yourself later, you’re able to raise your questions directly at the event, compare experiences, and find out how other companies are tackling similar challenges.
But the Commerce Lounge is also designed to foster exchanges of ideas in other ways. The Community Meet-ups will bring different groups from the ecommerce community together. The Partner Houses will host roundtables, workshops, meetups, and ecommerce networking sessions.
For selected decision-makers, the Executive Breakfast and the Executive Lunch will be opportunities to discuss current challenges and future topics for the industry with other attendees. These sessions are on an invitation basis or require prior registration.
Speed Connect: Ecommerce networking accelerated
At a trade fair, the right contact might be sitting at the table next to you. But then again, they might not.
This is where Speed Connect comes in. The curated ecommerce networking format brings ecommerce managers and visitors together for focused conversations in quick-fire rounds. This is your chance to find out about new solutions and meet potential partners or other ecommerce professionals who perhaps weren’t on your radar yet.
For companies and partners, the Commerce Lounge is an excellent opportunity to position their topics in front of the right audience. Anyone who offers a solution to the latest challenges in commerce can speak directly and face-to-face with potential customers and partners.
Listen up: Live podcast recordings in the Commerce Lounge
A variety of podcast episodes will also be recorded directly in the lounge. Visitors will get to be there live when the hosts of Let’s Talk Marketplace discuss exciting topics with experts. And if you can’t make it to the recording, you can simply listen to it later.
The Commerce Lounge at DMEXCO 2026: Two days, one destination for the ecommerce community
DMEXCO will bring the entire digital economy together in Cologne on September 23 and 24. Within this large network, the Commerce Lounge has a clear focus: This is where the ecommerce community meets. It’s where you can attend a session and then continue the discussion with the speaker afterward. It’s where you can watch a podcast being recorded live, make new contacts at Speed Connect, and exchange ideas with other sector professionals at a Community Meet-up.
But above all, the Commerce Lounge is your go-to destination at the exhibition grounds. Is digital commerce your business? Then put the new Commerce Lounge on your itinerary for your visit to DMEXCO!
Get your ticket for DMEXCO 2026 now and drop by the Commerce Lounge on September 23 and 24.
