Björn Weber

Amazon is offering other retail companies the use of its AI shopping assistant on their websites. It will be interesting to see who actually has enough confidence to run their most sensitive data on the technology of their biggest competitor.

British retailer Asda plans to roll out Ocado’s Smart Platform starting in early 2027 to modernise the picking of online orders in its stores and dark stores, as well as its delivery planning.

Dunnhumby has appointed Jamie Samaha as Chief Executive Officer. He joins from Reward, where he most recently served as CEO. Prior to that, he worked at fintech firm Prezzee and Mastercard, amongst others.

The crisis at Stratacache is causing unease in the retail media market. Since 5 May 2026, two UK subsidiaries of the US retail media group, Stratacache UK and PRN UK, have been subject to insolvency and liquidation proceedings. Currys and Iceland Foods are particularly affected by the UK liquidation proceedings.

Norwegian retail market leader Norgesgruppen is enabling more of its Spar supermarket operators to run their stores 24/7 or extend opening hours beyond staff working times. Technologically, the stores are based on the RMA-Butikkstyring platform from Norwegian technology provider Liberty Now.

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.