Björn Weber

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

With the help of CAS AG, Esprit has brought the store processes of all its outlets in Europe to mobile devices so that employees can work user-friendly in real time with the data from the central SAP system. This

Companies in the retail and hospitality industries are facing major tasks in adapting their network of locations to the rapidly changing consumer behaviour. On 40 pages, this report by The Retail Optimisers and Targomo reveals how the experts in the industries face the challenges and what solutions are available. Not least, the efficient and intelligent use of data and AI…