Björn Weber

Rossmann is expanding the use of Service Now’s workflow automation platform to further fields to support its staff more efficiently through standardised, transparent service and support processes.

Rossmann baut den Einsatz der Workflow-Automation-Plattform von Service Now in weitere Bereiche aus, um seine Mitarbeiter durch einheitliche, transparente Service- und Supportprozesse effizienter zu unterstützen.

Obi will install 2600 large-format displays on pedestals in the aisles of its stores. The first 1000 of these 55-inch displays are set to be installed this year — in company-owned stores across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Cologne-based company Ben Hur, which specializes in large digital advertising screens, will supply and commission the pedestals.

Global Retail, the Carrefour Group franchisee in Israel, has signed a contract with A2Z Cust2Mate valued at approximately 50 million US-Dollar, to deploy 4,000 smart carts across Carrefour Israel stores, alongside a data, retail media and digital services collaboration.

The new self-checkouts, featuring a large, portrait-format display and an overhead camera, which Kaufland is currently rolling out across Germany, are also becoming the new standard at Lidl. They were developed by Schwarz IT in collaboration with the discounter.

Following successful tests, Zalando plans to install up to 50 more Nomagic picking robots in its European distribution centres. The robots use AI to handle picking, scanning and placing items to automated pocket sorters at the individual item level.

Otto Group is offering other retail companies the opportunity to use the Virtual Content Creator (VCC), which its subsidiary One.O has developed as part of the Movex live shopping suite.

The highly acclaimed mini-stores, which Tegut operated largely unmanned under the name Teo, will be transferred to Edeka headquarters along with their operating company Smart Retail Solutions. It is very likely that Edeka Group will further optimise and expand this format in order to be able to offer food in structurally weak areas throughout Germany and to operate 24-hour convenience…

Colruyt has attracted a lot of attention in the retail industry with its innovative Easy Checkout system. Now, the market leader in Belgian retail is allowing its hardware supplier Partner Tech Europe to market the system to other retailers. This includes the vision recognition software developed by the Colruyt team itself, which reads a barcode as soon as the item…

Carrefour will introduce Vusion's platform in all of its hypermarkets and supermarkets in France. The French retail giant will be the third major retailer after Walmart in the United States and dm Drogeriemarkt in Germany to use Vusion's EdgeSense technology.