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Review of IFA 2026

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The future is now

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Where the future of home and consumer tech is written.

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Five days, more than 2,000 brands, product innovations and technological leaps: Under the motto “The Future is now,” IFA 2026 concluded with record results – with 240,000 visitors from 155 countries and over 2,000 exhibitors. The trade show demonstrated how electrical home appliances, consumer electronics and future tech are increasingly shaped by connectivity, how robotics and AI are gaining importance in almost every product category, and how electromobility is becoming part of consumer tech.

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For GFU as the brand owner, this once again confirmed the strength of IFA as a place where industry, retail, media, research and politics come together. Here, it becomes visible how technology is shaping our lives of tomorrow.

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Read everything that happened at the trade show in the IFA 2026 Report, and find below a brief excerpt from GFU’s perspective. Further results and statements can also be found in our press release.

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GFU at IFA 2026

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IFA 2026 was full of highlights – countless trade show innovations, world premieres, live formats and stage moments over five days. As the brand owner of IFA, GFU always pays particular attention to trends, technology and market developments in home & consumer electronics, to the interests of its shareholders, and to the topics that move the industry forward. From this perspective, we have selected a few milestones that GFU played a particular role in shaping – chronologically from the first preview in August through to the trade show.

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IFA Warm-Up
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\nIFA Opening Night
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20 August 2026 · Berlin

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IFA Warm-Up

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With the IFA Warm-Up on 20 August, Leif Lindner, CEO of IFA Management, and Carine Chardon, Managing Director of GFU Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH, together with partners and industry representatives, set the stage for IFA 2026. Berlin media outlets and local content creators in particular were invited to receive advance information about this year’s trade show and current industry topics. In three different content tracks, attendees were informed about industry and market trends, IFA’s partnerships and start-up activities. Here, GFU presented the half-year figures for technical consumer goods in Germany.

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