The best way to Predict the future is to invent it.

Retailers can rarely measure the cost of missed opportunities. But they can catch up by optimising their equipment. How? To find out on this episode of the Retail Gazette Unpacked podcast, we sat down with Dmytro Visyn, Chief Business Development Officer at Modern Expo – a company that has been providing solutions for UK retailers for 10 years.

With the onset of the full-scale war, it became clear that Ukrainian companies were far better prepared for severe challenges than one might have expected. Three years of brutal resistance to the aggressor have created an opportunity to rethink values, strategy, and one’s place in the world. How have the country, businesses, and expectations for the future changed? Forbes Ukraine asked three business leaders about this: Volodymyr Mnoholietnyi, co-founder and CEO of the IT company Genesis; Nataliia Andriichuk, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Viseven; and Petro Pylypiuk, co-owner and CEO of Modern-Expo Group.

LOKO LOGIS is more than just a parcel locker - it represents a new way of engaging with urban environments, seamlessly combining style, functionality, and advanced technology to deliver an exceptional user experience.

Modern Expo, holding europeo especializado en la fabricación y suministro de soluciones completas para el sector del retail y la logística, ha anunciado oficialmente la apertura de su delegación en el mercado ibérico, con sede en España y cobertura operativa en todo Portugal. La compañía sitúa este movimiento como un hito estratégico dentro de su crecimiento en Europa y como un paso para consolidar su presencia en el sur del continente.

In 2025, one of the largest retail equipment manufacturers in Eastern Europe — the Ukrainian-Polish company Modern Expo — delivered 600 parcel lockers to the UK’s Royal Mail and opened offices in Romania and Spain. Modern Expo’s goal for 2026 is expansion into the United States and South American markets. What is driving Petro Pylypiuk’s company to cross the ocean?

- Widzimy wyraźnie, że zaciera się granica między klasycznym sklepem a technologią. Klienci – szczególnie młodsze pokolenie – głosują nogami. Nie chcą stać w kolejkach, wolą interakcję z maszyną niż z człowiekiem, jeśli ta maszyna pozwoli im załatwić sprawę w minutę. Dlatego tak mocno stawiamy na automatyzację - mówi nam Taras Pylypiuk, Prezes Zarządu Modern Expo S.A.

The third year of the full-scale war became a severe test for Ukrainian business. Continuous terror by Russian occupiers against infrastructure, constant shelling, disruptions to energy supply, and losses from missile strikes could not help but affect businesses. At the same time, even under such conditions, Ukrainian entrepreneurs managed not only to endure but also to find opportunities for growth.

Budgens, a brand-new convenience store in East Grinstead, is fully fitted with Modern Expo’s energy-efficient Pro A Chillers and Freezers. They consume up to 75% less electricity than standard refrigerators — using only around 3.2 kWh per day — and operate whisper-quiet.

Modern Expo is bringing Conveniq micro-markets to the market — autonomous retail outlets powered by artificial intelligence. Why is this a new retail trend, and what makes it innovative? Over the past few years, Modern Expo, a manufacturer of retail equipment and last-mile delivery solutions, has been actively developing the micro-market segment — autonomous retail points that deliver a full sales cycle without any staff involvement.

Lutsk-based Modern Expo is selling parcel lockers to the UK’s Royal Mail and launching unmanned micro-markets. Its goal is to grow 2.5 times over the next five years. How will it achieve this? Key highlights from Modern Expo Group owner Petro Pylypiuk’s appearance on Business Breakfast with Volodymyr Fedorin.

“Those who never used the lockers tend to say they aren’t secure. But if you look at the number of lost packages during last year, you’ll see that thousand more packages were lost for home delivery to the door than those that were lost or stolen from the parcel lockers.” – Jacek Powałka