ECR Day 2025: The Future of Customer Experience Lies at the Intersection of Product, Data and Purpos

MÜNSTER, Germany - Oct. 6, 2025 - PRLog -- "AI knows everything, but understands nothing." Frank Dopheide's opening quote captured what many CMOs are feeling: While artificial intelligence may accelerate processes, trust is built only when brands create real meaning.

The ECR Day 2025 brought this tension into sharp focus—and revealed where marketing and retail are headed. AI isn't the solution; it's the context. Relevance emerges when technology helps shape relationships: when data provides guidance, products tell stories, and touchpoints aren't just seamless, but meaningful.

Packaging becomes a communication platform. Henkel demonstrated that brands must lead at the moment of purchase—not with discounts, but with clarity, guidance, and transparency. In a fragmented customer journey with up to nine touchpoints, price isn't the deciding factor; trust is built through context.

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) becomes an anchor of trust. DSSLR's new tennis line showed what this means in practice: Products today do more than persuade—they speak. With the DPP and GS1 Digital Link, every garment carries its origin, sustainability, and design philosophy—verifiable, transparent, and emotionally resonant.

This shifts the perspective: The DPP isn't just another compliance tool—it's a new marketing medium. It merges product data, storytelling, and first-party insights, laying the foundation for authentic customer relationships.

For marketers, the message is clear: Customer experience doesn't start with a campaign—it starts with the product itself.

When brands take responsibility instead of just communicating, they create something AI can't yet deliver: meaning.

The ECR Day 2025 proved that the future of customer experience is decided where physical and digital touchpoints merge—in the honest moment between brand, human, and product.

About Narravero (Münster, Germany)

Narravero is one of Europe's leading platforms for the Digital Product Passport (DPP). The company transforms products into active media—turning them into Product Experience Channels at the point of sale and in consumers' daily lives.

Through projects in cosmetics, textiles, and furniture, Narravero demonstrates how the EU Digital Product Passport can be more than a regulatory requirement—it's a strategic tool for brand leadership and customer loyalty.
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