Annette Böhm

Modelo Continente (MC), part of the retail division of the Portuguese Sonae Group, has opted for Strongpoint's order picking solution. The solution from the Norwegian technology provider will be used to pick online orders in all of the retailer's Continente stores that process e-commerce orders.

Albert Heijn is stepping up the fight against food waste. The Ahold Delhaize subsidiary has developed a solution in-house that bundles its four existing initiatives against food waste in its customer app. The so-called ‘Laatste Kans Koopjes’ – Last Chance Bargains – offer dynamically graded discounts on products with a short shelf life.

Rema 1000 has selected GK Software as its technology partner for store operations. The Norwegian discounter is standardising its in-store processes and migrating the IT infrastructure of its more than 680 stores in Norway to the cloud-based Cloud4Retail platform.

Rewe has been enabling its customers to pay with the retailer's app since this week. With the new Rewe Pay function, the supermarket operator of Rewe Group in Germany deduces the purchase amount from the shopper's current account by direct debit.

dm Drogeriemarkt has started the Europe-wide roll-out of reusable secondary placement displays from pooling specialist Chep – following a successful pilot project for this solution in selected German stores.

Deutsche Post wants to update its POS system across the board with solutions from Diebold Nixdorf. Diebold Nixdorf will supply the approximately 13,000 company-owned acceptance points and stores of DHL Group's subsidiary with new POS terminals and install them.

Galeria manages its product supply with Blue Yonder's AI-powered solution. Germany's largest department store operator is using the US software company's technology to align its stocks more precisely with customer demand, reduce markdowns and significantly streamline processes – in real time and across all distribution channels.

Rewe Markt GmbH’s region West has announced an exclusive pilot partnership with the young robotics start-up Circus. From fall 2025, the retail company plans to test the technology provider's autonomous kitchen robot Circus Autonomy One (CA-1) in three selected stores – including cloud-based control software and a self-service terminal.

Kaufland is significantly expanding its test run with Tomra's R2 multi-feed reverse vending machines. For the first time, Schwarz Group's large-scale discounter is also piloting the latest generation of the system, which allows shoppers to return glass packaging together with PET bottles and cans – unsorted in one go.

The leading British retailer has been exploring electronic shelf labels for decades. But now Tesco is apparently really getting serious. In a proof-of-concept in selected Tesco Extra superstores and Tesco Express convenience stores with labels from VusionGroup and Hanshow, the company is evaluating their use.