Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 2023 - Accesa, a leading technology company with offices across Romania and in Munich, as well, celebrated a decade of creating value through collaboration with MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, EU's leading consumer electronics retailer and provider of related services, by hosting an anniversary hackathon at their headquarters in Cluj-Napoca. During two intense days of close collaboration, mixed teams from both companies developed solutions leveraging Generative AI and VR/AR technologies to bring innovation into their customers' experience.

By combining expertise from both companies, three teams designed creative solutions using ChatGPT and VR/AR technologies to push the Retail industry forward through a more innovative customer experience. A jury of representatives from both organisations evaluated the ideas based on their business potential, the value they might create for the clients and their end-customers, feasibility, technical execution, and scalability.

"The Accesa & MediaMarktSaturn hackathon brought a lot of great ideas and confirmed a fantastic collaboration between the participants. Deciding who the winners were, took a lot of work, especially as all three teams and their ideas were impressive." - Adina Suciu, Co-CEO at Accesa and one of the jury's members

The AIssistant won the Business Potential Award. Acting as a personal shopping consultant, the solution powered by AI eases customers' buying decisions with real-time product recommendations based on price, features, market trends, user feedback, and consumer's real need.

The Low Hanging Fruit Award was granted to the Review Assistant for its strategic approach to leveraging ChatGPT. The solution helps online clients make quick and informed buying decisions by analysing customers' reviews and extracting valuable insights.

rooMMS received the Technical Achievement Award. Using VR/AR, the team envisioned a feasible solution to help customers test how a product would fit into their home, office or workspace and decide whether to buy it or not.

"I'm so proud of the teams who came up with creative solutions aligned to today's consumers' needs, proving once again that we are problem-solvers focused on creating shared value for our clients and the broader community. Looking forward to the next 10 years of collaboration with MediaMarktSaturn!" - Dr. Andrea Marlière, CEO at Accesa

The joint effort of the 44 developers, testers and scrum masters involved in the competition led to feasible and viable technical solutions MediaMarktSaturn will further develop in partnership with Accesa.

"What a journey we have had so far, and we couldn't ask for better partners during our digital transformation process. Accesa helped us scale our projects, innovate our customer experience, and increase customer retention and sales. Back in 2013, we started with a small team of 14 people, and now we're working with multiple strong tech teams of over 150 experts in Java, SAP, DevOps, Microsoft 365 and frontend technologies. Happy for this successful partnership! Now, let's focus on the next 10 years!" - Bruno Bonando, Vice President of Technology at MediaMarktSaturn

Play the video below and get a glimpse into the Accesa & MediaMarktSaturn Hackathon experience.

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About Accesa

Accesa is a leading technology company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, with offices in Oradea, Bucharest, Timisoara, and Munich and 19 years of experience in turning business challenges into opportunities and growth.

A value-driven organisation, it has established itself as a partner of choice for major brands in Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, and Banking. It covers the complete digital evolution journey of its customers, from ideation and requirements setup to software development and managed services solutions.

With more than 1,200 IT professionals, Accesa also has a fast-growing footprint, establishing itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals who are passionate about problem-solving through technology. Coming together in strong tech teams with a customer-centric approach, they enable businesses to grow, delivering value for our clients, partners, industry, and community.

About MediaMarktSaturn

MediaMarktSaturn is Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer and provider of related services. The company operates with approximately 1,000 stores in 13 European countries and online sales platforms.

As part of its strategic reorientation, the company is now redefining this category: MediaMarktSaturn uses the term "Experience Electronics" to describe its repositioning and, at the same time, the range of services for its customers focusing on the customer experience and personal advice with its diverse range of products, formats and services. The MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group sells its own brands ok., PEAQ, ISY and KOENIC, through Saturn and MediaMarkt. The company employs around 50,000 people.

Media contact:

Corina Stirbu,

Head of Marketing and Communication at Accesa

marketing@accesa.eu