Björn Weber

Retail companies aim to test innovations faster in unvarnished real-world use. What they expect from their core technology suppliers is: more openness. Preferably in the style of Apple and Google's app policy, they should enable start-ups to develop on their platforms and provide add-ons. A wish that does not go unheard.

Lidl has made data from its entire private label range available to consumer apps such as Yuka in France via the Alkemics platform.

Edeka Group, Aldi Süd, Aldi Nord, Lidl and numerous other German retail groups can breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to fiscalisation. After the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) surprisingly came up with new requirements for the Fiskal Cloud solution, which had already been certified at the end of September 2020, the already implemented solution now had…

Agrarius has launched a project with Yaliyomo to harness blockchain technology for the seamless tracking of its agricultural products. In the highly competitive market, the agricultural company not only wants to prepare itself for new legal requirements such as the Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz), but also to differentiate itself from the competition through proof of quality and transparency.

Tests in some stores and even framework agreements with technology suppliers are not yet proof that electronic labels will soon be seen in all stores. Retailers will only achieve a rapid ROI if they use the labels to react more dynamically to market developments with intelligent price optimisation solutions, to optimise in-store processes or to offer customers significant additional benefits.

Douglas has chosen Relex to optimise its inventory along its entire supply chain and from a single source for its online and brick-and-mortar business. Hardly any software provider is currently reporting more success in retail than Relex. The Finnish specialist was able to report 33 new customers last year.

PBS Network and Bayard Consulting have formed a partnership. As part of their cooperation, the suppliers of paper, office and stationery products currently connected to the marketplace will enjoy an additional option how to make their product master data available to retailers via GDSN data pool b-synced.

Retailers prefer to use GK Software for new POS software installations globally. If restaurants, hotels and petrol stations are also taken into account, NCR is at the top of the list of new software installations globally. In the field of POS hardware, HP has worked its way to the top of worldwide installations, according to new study from RBR. The…

In less than a year, Rimi Baltic, a grocery retailer belonging to the Swedish ICA Group, has switched its pricing to the optimisation solution from Revionics, a pricing specialist recently acquired by Aptos. This has increased sales of its 280 stores in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Start-up Campo of former Tank&Rast manager Carlo Caldi will open its first fully automated, round-the-clock grocery store under the name Typy in Düsseldorf's Medienhafen on Wednesday this week. Convenience goods will come from local caterer Broich. Typy was realised with robotic systems from Smark.