The ESSENtial Retail Summit will be held at Internationale Spieltage (commonly know as Spiel) in Essen, Germany on Friday, October 26 from 4 – 7 pm (GMT+2) in Room M of the Congress Center South.

The retailer event was launched last year (see “First Retailer Summit at Spiel”) as an opportunity for publishers to connect with retailers and provide sneak peeks, announcements, overviews and demos of new products. WizKids, Renegade Game Studios, Games Workshop, Alderac Entertainment Group, CMON, and Stronghold Games will all give 30-minute presentations.

The Internationale Spieltage is the premier gaming event in Germany, and is one of the largest game conventions held in the world.  In 2017, the show attracted 182,000 visitors and hosted 1,100 exhibitors from 51 nations. The show will run from October 25 to 28.