Björn Weber

Lidl has integrated a grocery ordering feature into its Lidl Plus App in Ireland. It is not designed for home delivery of groceries, but only for ordering for collection from the car parks of its stores. This reports Lebensmittel Zeitung today.

Aldi Süd has announced plans to cut around 1,250 jobs within Aldi International Services by the end of 2027. The majority of these cuts will affect the international IT and digital unit, Aldi DX, based in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The company has significantly expanded its partnership with the Indian firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

H&M Group has appointed Diego Teijeiro Ruiz as its new Chief Information Officer. He joins from rival Inditex. Diego Teijeiro Ruiz will take up the post on 25 May, reporting to CEO Daniel Ervér, and will be a member of the Executive Management Team.

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.