According to the latest report by RBR Data Services, now part of Datos Insights, nearly 200,000 self-checkout devices were shipped worldwide last year. By 2028, the analysts expect the number of...

Zalando offers Snapchat users to try on selected own-brand products virtually. All they must do is upload a full body photo.

Einzelhandels-Unternehmen schätzen das Potenzial Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der Lieferketten-Optimierung hoch ein. Doch es bestehen einige Hürden, welche die Branche zögern lässt, sie auch...

Unicoop Firenze has chosen SES Imagotag solutions to gain reliable in-store data and optimise business processes.

While NCR Voyix (formerly NCR) continues to lead the ranking of all new POS software installations not only in the USA, but worldwide, European challengers GK and Flooid are achieving respectable...

After Delivery Hero and Jokr, Flink has now also decided to optimise its goods processes with solutions from Finnish specialist Relex.

North American convenience store operator Circle K plans to transform a Phoenix store into an Amazon Go style just-walk-out shop using technology from Standard Cognition.

With the SmartID project, Fraunhofer institutes are developing a new type of labelling system with which products can be clearly verified and authenticated via smartphone.

Currently, retailers offer their customers the opportunity to scan items while shopping in over 46,000 stores worldwide. By 2027, this ...

Lifvs, Betreiber einer Kette bedienerloser Convenience Stores in Schweden, hat elektronische Regalplatz-Etiketten (ESLs) von Pricer für die Preiskommunikation eingeführt.

Aldi Süd manages its global supply chain with AI-based logistics solution Intelligent Control Tower from specialist One Network Enterprises (ONE). The platform enables logistics partners to work...

Carrefour und Publicis gegründete Retail Media Joint Venture Unlimitail startet steil: Bereits 13 weitere Handelsunternehmen haben sich angeschlossen.

Aldi Süd enables customers to pay cash at its self-checkouts going forward in Germany. The latest installations of Diebold Nixdorf machines have integrated cash recyclers. The Retail Optimiser spoke...

Aldi Süd is now also allowing customers at its scanless Shop&Go store in London’s Greenwich district to shop without using the app.

Since January 2020, retailers and restaurants in Germany have been legally obliged to issue receipts, a major annoyance for the industry. Digital receipts are a way to avoid the additional burden on...

Rewe Group's Lithuanian sales division Iki is opening more autonomous convenience stores this year, which are open around the clock. As with the first scanless store, which Iki Lietuva opened in...

Løvenskiold Handel is deploying ESLs from Pricer in its DIY chain Maxbo. The framework agreement was signed this week with Pricer partner StrongPoint.

Leading grocery retailers in Ireland, such as Dunnes Store, Tesco and Aldi Süd, are using the AI-based purchasing platform from Kwayga to find more favourable procurement channels for food and...

Douglas has chosen Relex to optimise its inventory along its entire supply chain and from a single source for its online and brick-and-mortar business. Hardly any software provider is currently...

Migros Group is now building its 'Logistics Data Marketplace' with the Norwegian platform technology provider Kezzler. The retail cooperative consistently follows the GS1 industry standard EPICS 2.0...

Tegut will be one of the first retailers in Europe to optimise its prices, stock, floor space and shelf placement from a unified sales forecast. To achieve this, the Fulda-based grocery store chain,...

Aldi Süd is continuing its rollout of self-checkouts at great speed. Each week, about 50 newly opened or renovated stores in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Australia and the USA deploy an...

Migros is testing the autonomous store concept Teo, which was developed by Tegut, in Bürglen in the Swiss canton of Thurgau since ...

Aldi Nord and Süd have completed the Europe-wide introduction of reusable fruit and vegetable containers from Ifco. The recyclable load carriers save logistics costs and packaging waste.

Rewe is expanding the reach of its delivery service to 1.6 million households in the Ruhr region with a new Food Fulfilment Centre (FFC) in the city of Bochum. The distribution centre, which relies...

In its new convenience format Quartier, Tegut is piloting self-scanning in combination with stationary self-checkouts on a new technological basis. For the first time, Tegut is using the software...

From May, consumers will be able to buy grocery bags of leftover food via the Too Good To Go app in all Salling Group’s Netto stores in Germany.

Aldi Nord wants to move its entire POS software to the cloud with GK Software and Microsoft, Sinanudin Omerhodzic, In the area of inventory optimisation, Aldi Nord relies on artificial intelligence.

Retailer Jumbo announces that it will use electronic price labels (ESLs) from Hanshow in all its about 700 stores in the future. The second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, which also...

Reitan Convenience Sweden wants to make even greater use of Relex's AI-based solutions.

US grocer Kroger is expanding its home delivery test operation with self-driving vehicles in Houston, Texas. For this, it will use the latest generation of electric, driverless vehicles from specia...

Hagebau goes into the cloud: With GK Software, Infor and Microsoft, the building materials and DIY group Hagebau is building its merchandise and workforce management as well as its store solutions...

The market for self-checkout systems is growing by 11 percent worldwide, according to market research company RBR. Biggest growth driver is the Asia-Pacific region. NCR remains the undisputed market...

Edeka Jäger at Stuttgart Airport allows customers to shop autonomously at night. Shoppers then gain access via a Wanzl card access system and pay cashless at self- checkouts from Diebold Nixdorf...

Edeka Meyer's Frischecenter in Prisdorf near Hamburg offers customers fast and convenient reverse vending. At the Tomra R1 machine, they can deposit PET bottles and beverage cans in one go, directly...

The travel retail specialist Gebr. Heinemann wants to introduce mobile checkouts with Snabbel at further locations

With Byrd, the Cologne-based product content specialists from Bayard have launched an integrated software platform for product data management that also facilitates work with the Global Data Synchr...

Netto opened its second Pick&Go store with technology from Israeli provider Trigo this week.

Relex Solutions and supply chain visibility platform provider Fourkites have formed a partnership. Together,

Norwegian food discounter Rema 1000 enables automated recognition of fruit and vegetables in its stores.

Douglas is piloting mobile checkout directly on the sales floor. Sales assistants use the S-Payment app on their smartphone. This is integrated with the GK POS software and allows PIN entry on the...

Albert Heijn uses AI-based software for dynamic pricing in its shops equipped with ESLs. The self-developed solution is designed to help fully selling off fresh produce that is approaching its...

Esselunga has opened a test centre with a Grab & Go store and a cafeteria to enable agile testing of technologies.

Die dänische Coop integriert Regalplanung und Auto-Dispo mit der `Living Retail Platform´ des finnischen Anbieters Relex. Das Unternehmen will mittelfristig Sortimente und Produktplatzierungen...

Danish Salling Group is testing digital shopping trolleys from the New Zealand start-up Imagr in five stores of its discount banner operation Netto. ...

Lidl is now also introducing self-checkouts in Germany. With Swiss hardware specialist 4POS and its software supplier GK, Lidl is embarking on a platform strategy using the same standard components...

Aldi Süd is remodelling its checkout zone. The discounter is equipping stores in Germany with self-checkout terminals and double checkouts.

Lapeyre brings its online catalogue with electronic shelf price labels to its stores. (Photo: SES Imagotag)

UK food brand Branston is putting the GS1 Digital Link QR code on its products to provide consumers with access to useful information. The company is using the platform of software specialist Orca...

Sainsbury's is deploying software from Norwegian provider Strongpoint to pick food home deliveries from its stores. With the move, the British retailer aims to process customer orders more efficien...

Metro is introducing self-scanning with customers' smartphones in its wholesale stores. Software from start-up Nomitri uses visual AI and the camera of the smartphone to detect potential fraud and...

Many consumers have become more price-conscious and actively seek favourable offers. Simultaneously, customers have heightened expectations regarding sustainability, shopping experiences, and product...

Aldi Nord is introducing Relex for replenishment automation based on sales forecasts as well as shelf space optimisation. The discounter sees inventory optimisation as a central component of its...

Biedronka has already 15,000 self-checkouts fro NCR in use.

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Aldi Süd has agreed a multi-year collaboration with professional services provider Genpact in the USA and Australia. In these countries, the discounter is piloting the introduction of its new,...

At the Rewe Center in Cologne-Bickendorf of independent merchants Daniel and Boris Dugandzic, Rewe Digital has installed special tablet computers on around half of all 220 shopping trolleys to guide...

Aldi Süd has started to equip its stores in Germany with Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs). Contrary to expectations, the discount market operator is not using labels specially developed for its...

The Polish market leader for convenience stores Żabka has opened its first hybrid store, Żabka Non Stop. From

Mit Beginn kommender Woche startet Lidl offiziell sein digitales Kundenbindungs-Programm in Deutschland. Nebenbei hat der größte Discounter Europas aber noch ein weiteres Problem gelöst: Mit Lidl...

Regional co-operation Edeka Minden-Hannover relies on intelligent shopping trolleys from manufacturer Pentland Firth.

Fujitsu was able to secure the majority of shares in GK Software SE on time. The authorities have also approved the takeover in the meantime. Thus, nothing more stands in the way of the plans for the...

Netto is testing hybrid checkouts that can be used both as regular checkouts and as self-checkouts in some newly opened and reopened stores.

With the installation of self-checkout terminals – as an addition to the manned cash register – Thalia wants to improve the shopping experience for customers.

Drugstore retailer dm has equipped around 2,100 of its 4,036 stores across Europe with Samsung smartphones of the Galaxy A series.

A growing number of independent Edeka and Rewe shop owners have deployed Tierwohl-TV, showing live streams from stables and outdoor livestock areas.

Since 1 June this year, Migros customers have been able to do their online shopping directly in the Migros app. The online app has been integrated into the Migros app.

Carrefour testet seit dieser Woche zusammen mit Goggo Network Auslieferung von Carrefour-Drive Bestellungen mit Hilfe einer autonom und elektrisch fahrenden Abholstation. Das Handelsunternehmen zielt...