In the last week of September, the German Direct Selling Association (BDD) held this year's Direct Selling Congress at Andel's Vienna House in Berlin. One of the many items on the program of the two-day congress was the presentation of the Science Awards.

From June 24^th to June 25^th, the Chair of Marketing and Dialogue Marketing represented by Prof. Kay Peters from the University of Hamburg, invited to this year’s Siegfried Vögele Institute (SVI) doctoral colloquium. The colloquium is a yearly get-together of selected marketing chairs aiming to offer doctoral students the opportunity to present and discuss their research. Due to COVID-19 it had been two years since the colloquium was held in presence.

Within the last few years, the use of technology has become an indispensable factor in sales. At the same time, the level of complexity in the selling environment is constantly increasing, as customers become more demanding, and new business models in sales focus on the creation of value for customers by providing individualized offerings.

Digital technologies are rapidly changing the way businesses operate. There is an increasing demand for partially or fully digital products and services; companies interact with customers and supply chain partners through digital channels; internal processes and operations such as production or manufacturing or office management also rely on digital technologies.

On June 20, the award ceremony for the "Preis der Deutschen Marktforschung" took place in Frankfurt am Main as part of the congress of German market research.