Björn Weber

Björn Weber has been a journalist, analyst and consultant specialising in the retail and consumer goods industry for over 20 years. Prior to founding Fourspot, which is publishing The Retail Optimiser, Björn Weber headed the international analyst group LZ Retailytics. Previously, he was Research Director Retail Technology and Head of Planet Retail in Germany. Before that, Björn Weber was editor for IT & logistics topics at Lebensmittel Zeitung for eight years. Björn Weber is a member of the jury of the Retail Technology Award (Reta Europe) of the EHI. He is a regular speaker at events of the EHI, the NRF, industry media and the Consumer Goods Forum.
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Penny rolls out self-scanning-app with Re-Vision

After initial tests in two stores in Cologne and Marburg last year, Rewe Group's discounter Penny is starting the roll-out of its mobile scanning solution in an initial 111 stores in the coming weeks.

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Stress over checkout technology

In addition to new tax law requirements, the temporary reduction in value-added tax poses major challenges for the retail trade in Germany With the temporary reduction of the value-added tax, the German government wants to stimulate the economy. However, this will create a gigantic expense for the retail trade in Germany, which is probably out of all proportion to the…

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The race for the 2021 Reta Awards is on

With immediate effect, both retail companies and their technology partners can submit applications for Reta Europe 2021.

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