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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Spar International signs framework agreement with Relex

The umbrella organisation Spar International has signed a framework agreement selecting Relex as its preferred supplier for forecasting and replenishment, pricing, merchandising, space and shelf space optimisation.

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Deutsche Bahn opens checkout-free ministore with AiFi

At Berlin's Ostbahnhof station, DB Station&Service AG has opened a checkoutless store as a 24/7 ServiceStore with technology from Californian Grab&Go specialist AiFi. Cameras on the ceiling and sensors in the shelves of the 40 square metre store replace scanning completely. It is the first publicly accessible AiFi store in Germany.

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Louis Pion builds supplier portal with Bayard

Louis Pion, the jewellery and watch specialist belonging to the French department store group Galeries Lafayette, has chosen Bayard's Byrd platform to receive quality-assured, validated product content from its suppliers, also for its online shop. The company is working closely with GS1 France, which is currently bringing the GDSN standard to the jewellery and watch industry.

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Kroger equips 500 stores with Cooler Screens

After a three-year pilot project with the company Cooler Screens, US retail giant Kroger has decided to equip 500 of its stores with these digital doors on refrigerated cabinets. These run, among other things, advertising content from brand manufacturers, which 'Kroger Precision Marketing' of the retail company's in-house market research platform 84.51° serves up.

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Coles opens world’s largest automated dry goods DC with Witron

Australia's Coles Group has opened the world's largest Witron-automated dry goods distribution centre for more than 18,000 different SKUs in Redbank, Queensland.

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GS1 Germany sells Atrify to 1Worldsync

GS1 Germany sells Atrify to 1Worldsync. The divestment unexpectedly reunites two major GDSN data pools. The 1Worldsync joint venture had only been separated in 2019, as GS1 US withdrew from the data pool business as one of the shareholders.

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Aldi Nord tests self-scanning and self-checkout with Shopreme

In the Netherlands, Aldi Nord will open a first store this week offering shoppers the option to scan their purchases with their smartphone or at a self-checkout. Not only the software, but also the hardware for the self-checkouts will be provided by Austrian specialist Shopreme.

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Auchan is testing Trigo in addition to Cloudpick

French retail group Auchan has started testing scanless technology from Israeli provider Trigo at its headquarters in Villeneuve d'Ascq this week. The store, called 'Auchan Go Le Lab', is only open to employees and guests of the company. The in-house customers do not necessarily have to register in the corresponding app.

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Clearance for takeover of GK by Fujitsu

Fujitsu was able to secure the majority of shares in GK Software SE on time. The authorities have also approved the takeover in the meantime. Thus, nothing more stands in the way of the plans for the acquisition of GK by Fujitsu.

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Autonomous stores from Rewe Group’s Iki show shopping basket in real time with Pixevia

Rewe Group's Lithuanian sales division Iki is opening more autonomous convenience stores this year, which are open around the clock. As with the first scanless store, which Iki Lietuva opened in Vilnius last year under the name Iki Express 24/4, the retailer is relying on technology from Lithuanian technology provider Pixevia. According to Pixevia, customers receive the entire item list…

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