Björn Weber

Travel retail specialists Gebr. Heinemann have launched a new project to revamp their POS software – this time with Diebold Nixdorf as the solution provider. According to information of The Retail Optimiser, the solution is set to replace the LS One system from Icelandic retail specialists LS Retail, which was acquired by Aptos in 2021.

DIY retailer Obi has introduced electronic shelf price labels from VusionGroup in selected product ranges in around 200 of its German stores. The introduction is part of an extensive digitalisation project of the DIY retailer, which also includes the introduction of McKinsey's Periscope price optimisation solution.

Slowly but surely, electronic shelf labels (ESL) are also becoming widespread in the United Kingdom. With Lincolnshire Co-op, another regional retail company has now decided to equip 100 stores with digital labels by the end of the year.

Aldi Nord expanded its app-based customer loyalty programme to the whole of Belgium back in July. The discounter is relying on solution GK Engage from its POS software provider GK Software. This raises the question: will self-scanning with the Aldi Nord app finally become a reality?

The leading German drugstore operator is paving its store network with self-checkouts. 3,000 devices from Pan Oston are already in place at dm stores and the rollout is continuing at full speed. While the success of the ongoing introduction of devices from Dutch specialist Pan Oston is exceeding all expectations, self-scanning with shoppers smartphones is as good as dead at…

Edeka Group has reorganised the management of its IT subsidiary. As The Retail Optimiser has learned from the company's consultants, Benjamin Beinroth is joining the management board of Edeka IT today.

Germany's leading drugstore operator dm is the second retail company worldwide after Walmart to opt for VusionGroup's innovative EdgeSense shelf label technology.

Carrefour is testing new shelf layouts in collaboration with CPG companies on its category management platform from In The Memory (Memory for short), which has been part of the VusionGroup since February 2023.

Morrisons has decided to install electronic shelf labels from VusionGroup across all its 497 supermarkets in the coming year. In total, the British retailer has ordered more than 10.8 million labels from the technology vendor.

Walmart plans to equip Bluetooth tags from Wiliot to 90 million of its pallets by end of 2026. It is the largest rollout of this technology known globally. The decision was preceded by years of testing by the largest retailer of the world.