AREA42 at NRF’26 Retail’s Big Show Europe: solving short-term B2B financing challenges

‍NRF’26 Retail’s Big Show Europe

What is NRF’26? NRF’26 Retail’s Big Show Europe gathers…

…12,000 retail professionals from 60 countries: more than a trade show, it is a hub for networking, innovation, and business opportunities shaping the future of retail.

AREA42’s Sales Executives, Benoit Langue, Wouter Versonnen, and Afonso Rebelo de Sousa, will be there! (Set up a meeting below.)

Problems retailers face before they sell to consumers

Cash flow misalignment.

Retailers (buyers) want extended payment terms (e.g., 30, 60, 90, 120 days) so they can sell their inventory to consumers before having to pay for it. Their suppliers want to get paid as early as possible.

Credit Risk Exposure

Suppliers take on risk when providing credit to retailers: change of late payments, no payments, the retailers going bankrupt, etc.

Costly traditional financing

Bank credit and traditional factoring come with costs that affect profit. Even offering incentive discounts to pay early further erodes margins.

Slow, manual underwriting

Assessing credit-worthiness is time-consuming and apart from core business; and, it can cause delays.

AREA42’s financing solution

AREA42’s short-term B2B financing solution, TermsTech, addresses those issues and helps to increase cash flow for both merchants and sellers.

TermsTech enables buyers to get the payment terms they need to have inventory and maintain a healthy cash flow. TermsTech pays suppliers upon proof of delivery. Additionally, TermsTech carries out the credit checks and determines qualified buyers.

TermsTech allows merchants and manufacturers, with or without e-commerce, in the retail supply chain to offer payment terms to their business customers on a transaction-by-transaction basis.

AREA42 at Stand L-044

We’ll be at stand L-044. We’re looking forward to understanding your business, how it operates, where your cash flow pain points are, and helping you to solve your working capital problems.

When is NRF’26?

15-17 September 2026

Where is NRF’26?

Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, France

NRF’26 on the map

Contact AREA42 before NRF’26 and start the conversation

Get in touch with Wouter, Benoit, and Afonso if you’re a manufacturing company who (a) is in a weaker cash flow position and needs early payments from your B2B buyers; or, (b) wants to offer flexible payment terms to your retail dealers to win new business.

B2B BNPL has never been so straightforward and easy to use. Qualified buyers select deferred payments up to 120 days while merchants get paid upon delivery. No more long waiting periods and both parties see their cash flow improve.