Annette Böhm

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.

Lidl launches a pilot for a digital reservation service for non-food promotion items in its Lidl Plus app in the UK this week. For the first time, the discounter's customers will be able to reserve selected products via app and collect them from a store of their choice before the official sales start. While Lidl is launching a digital Click,…

Deichmann had chosen Centric solutions to manage its private label products across countries. The market leader in European shoe retail is using the US provider's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to harmonise processes and bring products to market faster.

There was a great atmosphere at Dr. Thompson's Seifenfabrik in Düsseldorf last night: IT managers from leading retail companies such as Colruyt, dm Drogeriemarkt, Edeka, Lidl, MediaMarktSaturn, Migros, Takko Fashion, Woolworths and many more celebrated together with their technology partners. EHI Retail Institute has selected the winners of the 18th Retail Technology Awards.

M-Preis standardised communication between its employees in the stores and the headquarters last year. This has enabled the Austrian food retailer to reduce the number of tasks by over 60 per cent compared to previous processes. Christoph Enzinger, project manager at M-Preis, explains the results achieved so far at this year's EHI Technology Days in Bonn last week.