--- title: "digitalPIONEER 2023 | Spreat" description: "Five companies from the Aachen region were honored at digitalSUMMIT - Spreat was one of them." url: "https://spreat.com/en/stories/company/digitalpioneer-2023" language: "en" --- [Back](https://spreat.com/en/stories?tag=company) - Press & newsroom - Company # digitalPIONEER 2023 Five companies from the Aachen region were honored at digitalSUMMIT - Spreat was one of them. 7 September 2023 Translated from German [Read the original version](https://spreat.com/stories/company/digital-pioneer-2023) ![The digitalPIONEER 2023 winners in Aachen](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/digital-pioneer-2023/cover-800.webp) On 7 September 2023, digitalHUB Aachen named five companies digitalPIONEER at digitalSUMMIT. Spreat was one of them - back then still right at the start, with the idea of turning stores into marketplaces. The selection ran in several stages: the Aachen Region focus group drew up a shortlist, and a jury of the focus group spokespeople, chaired by Sven Pennings, made the final call. It was the fifth time the award was given. ![The digitalPIONEER 2023 winners in front of the roll-up banner in Aachen](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/digital-pioneer-2023/foto-03.jpg) Five award-winning companies from the Aachen region, digitalSUMMIT on 7 September 2023. Photo: digitalHUB Aachen ![Spreat at the digitalPIONEER 2023 award ceremony](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/digital-pioneer-2023/foto-01.jpg) The jury's reasoning describes exactly what still holds today: customers pay at the store's till, but legally they buy from the producer, and the store earns a commission instead of a retail margin. Published by AGIT8 September 2023 [Read the original](https://www.agit.de/agit/presse/details/pm-10-23-digitalpioneer-2023-fuenf-unternehmen-als-digitale-pioniere-ausgezeichnet-deinwerk-erhaelt-zusaetzlich-sonderpreis-nachhaltigkeit) Written by [Paul Kirchbichleron LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kirchbichler/) Co-founder and managing director Share this article ## More stories - [![Slide from the webinar: five use cases for the Viertelladen](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/webinar-fashionconsult-2026/cover-800.webp) - Press & newsroom - Retail & insights ## The questions retailers really ask Paul Kirchbichler and Mattis Klöpper in the fashionconsult web meeting - an hour on the marketplace model, hard numbers from the freenet project and an open Q&A with fashion retailers. fashionconsult Read the story](https://spreat.com/en/stories/press/webinar-fashionconsult-2026) - [![Announcement: both founders speak in Frankfurt at the end of September](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/trendforum-retail-2026/cover-en-800.webp) - Retail & insights - Company ## Both founders at Trendforum Retail 2026 Paul Kirchbichler and Mattis Klöpper speak in Frankfurt at the end of September - about space, assortment and who carries the risk. Trendforum Retail Read the story](https://spreat.com/en/stories/company/trendforum-retail-2026) - [![Typographic card for the Mirakl Summit on 16 April 2026 in Munich](https://spreat.com/media/images/stories/mirakl-summit-2026/cover-en-800.webp) - Retail & insights - Company ## Mirakl Summit 2026 On 16 April the marketplace industry met in Munich. A day about assortments the retailer does not own - standard online for twenty years, rare on the shop floor. Mirakl Read the story](https://spreat.com/en/stories/company/mirakl-summit-2026) ## And how about you? Store or brand - the way in is a different one. Tell us which side you are coming from. [I have a store](https://spreat.com/en/stores) [I have a brand](https://spreat.com/en/brands)