On 3rd November, the new S.M. WILD jeweller's shop opened at Taubenmarkt in Landstraße 16 in Linz. On an area of around 60 m², the traditional jeweller presents itself with a large Rolex display as well as other well-known brands from the watch and jewellery industry. The umdasch Store Makers were responsible for the design, concept and shopfitting of the S.M. WILD multi-brand area as well as for lighting and general contracting throughout the store and implemented a sophisticated, uniform brand image. A project with premium quality.

At the production site of umdasch The Store Makers in Litomyšl, Czech Republic, the ceremonial ground-breaking on 7 November 2023 marked the official start of construction for the expansion of the production area. With the investment, it is planned to triple the wood production on site by the beginning of 2025 in order to create additional capacity for current and future large-scale projects.

On 10 October 2023, the first upper floor opened at BETTENRID in Theatinerstraße in Munich. As part of the joint master concept by umdasch The Store Makers and BETTENRID, all four floors of the traditional Bavarian company for high-quality home textiles have been converted in the style of an old villa since 2018. The Store Makers were responsible for the design, shopfitting and general contracting of the entire building. With the completion of the first upper floor, the long-standing cooperation between BETTENRID and umdasch in Theatinerstraße comes to a crowning conclusion.

Six years after its founding in 2017, the online platform for agricultural, regional products from sustainable production has now opened its first physical store in Vienna. umdasch The Store Makers was asked to accompany the pilot store as shopfitting partner.

At the beginning of the year, Aranyani, India's first international luxury handbag brand, opened its exclusive flagship store in London's Mayfair district. Based on a concept by the renowned design studio Kinnersley Kent Design, umdasch The Store Makers was responsible for shopfitting and general contracting. The store is a tribute to craftsmanship, tradition, sustainability, longevity and timelessness – the core values of the Aranyani brand.

umdasch The Store Makers created an open design with marketplace character for the recently opened duty-free areas in Terminals 1 and 2 at Cologne/Bonn Airport. On behalf of the Turkish duty-free operator Setur, the experienced travel-retail experts from umdasch were also responsible for shopfitting and general contracting. Regionality, openness and sustainability are the core themes of the concept. It includes a completely new shopping experience – customer-oriented, modern and with a high quality of stay.

On May 31, 2023, the renowned POPAI D-A-CH Awards 2023 were presented in Cologne. umdasch The Store Makers, the experts for shopfitting and digital solutions at the POS, was able to claim four awards. The two submitted projects – the dealer app at TotalEnergies and the O2 Live Concept Store in Berlin – convinced both the audience and the jury and together received two gold, one silver and one bronze.

PALFINGER World was opened in Lengau, Upper Austria, on 8 May 2023. The umdasch designers created and implemented a concept for the integrated retail space in the welcome area that optimally reflects the values of the globally active supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions and enables an ideal presentation of the fan articles in its own fan shop. General contracting, shopfitting, digital signage and lighting included.

Helping to shape current retail trends and creating modern shopfitting solutions for retailers is one of the core competencies of umdasch The Store Makers. In cooperation with the leading provider of Scan & Go solutions shopreme, umdasch now presents the innovative self-checkout system "matrix". This revolutionises the retail landscape and sets new standards in the future trend of self-checkout (SCO). matrix covers the needs of retailers and consumers alike – the first installations at customers are planned this year.

"A new horizon" – the motto for the German premiere of the start-up for e-mobility, NIO, could not have been more fitting. As general contractor and shopfitter, The umdasch Store Makers are paving the way for the brand to Europe. The vehicle for their expansion are the club lounge-like NIO Houses as a meeting point, community space and ideal stage for the smart premium electric vehicles from NIO.