Björn Weber

Morrisons has introduced Instaleap’s software for processing and picking online orders. Instaleap was acquired by Instacart in April this year. Morrisons is now using the solution to consolidate orders from Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo and to support its in-store staff with order picking.

Japanese convenience retailer Family Mart has started rolling out new POS systems across its approximately 16,500 stores in Japan. Toshiba is supplying the CV-330 POS system, which the retailer can use flexibly as either a staffed till or a self-checkout.

South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay is reorganising its information technology leadership: David Cohn took up the role of Group Chief Information Officer last week. He had worked for direct competitor The Shoprite Group for about two decades.

British retailer Asda has rolled out Vusion’s electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across all its convenience and filling station stores. The roll-out has covered more than 550 Asda Express stores and petrol station outlets. In total, the retailer has installed more than 1.2 million electronic shelf labels.

Following two pilot projects designed to pave the way for the Edeka Group’s switch to the K.Motion software from Infios (Körber Group) for warehouse management, the matter has now been dropped. According to information of The Retail Optimiser, Germany’s largest grocery retail group has now decided to stick with SSI Schäfer as ...

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Robert Elsey is set to depart from the UK-wide Co-op Group in October after just under five years as Group Chief Technology Officer. It is not yet known what role he will take on next. The Co-op Group has begun the search for a successor. The retail group has not yet named a candidate, nor has it announced an interim…

By switching its automated replenishment system to AI-powered demand forecasting and replenishment optimisation from Symphony AI, Delhaize has significantly reduced stock shortages and wastage.

Vusion has signed an agreement to acquire In-Store Media (ISM). The French provider of digitalisation solutions for brick-and-mortar retail and the Barcelona-based specialists in retail media advertising are both active on a large scale for Carrefour and now aim to build a joint platform for digital in-store retail media. The completion of the transaction is still subject to regulatory approvals…

Lidl is the first grocery retailer in Germany to offer Wero as an e-commerce payment method.