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Carrefour has brought its grocery offering to ChatGPT in Belgium. The integration is provided by Mealz, a French artificial intelligence platform designed for grocery e-commerce. To turn the AI assistant into a new portal for grocery shopping, shoppers must activate a dedicated plugin.

Walmart is to pilot an automated micro-fulfilment centre system based on technology from Symbotic within one of its superstore’s backroom at an undisclosed location. The prototype will be operational in a few months with a second site reportedly in the pipeline.

South Korean retailer Lotte has taken its first automated customer fulfilment centre powered by the technology and expertise of British online grocer and technology company Ocado into operation.

British grocery retailer Morrisons is expanding the deployment of Vision AI technology to enhance self-checkout accuracy across its network. Following a successful pilot, the grocer has signed a long-term contract with Everseen to roll out its Evercheck Vision AI solution across 200 stores.

Regional DIY retailer Homebase USA, which operates in Texas und Wyoming, will be rolling out Simbe Robotics’ Tally autonomous shelf-scanning robot across its store network over the coming months.

The UK market for electronic shelf labels (ESLs) has historically developed at a slower pace than other European counterparts. While retailers have been piloting the technology for decades, large-scale rollouts have often remained limited in scope.

Chronodrive, a grocery e-commerce subsidiary of Auchan in France, has selected Relex Solutions to improve fresh category management and reduce fresh produce shrink across its standalone click&collect locations.

French lingerie retailer Etam Groupe has deployed the Product Information Management (PIM) solution from Austrian software provider Pimcore to improve the completeness, consistency and visibility of product data across its operations. Datasolution helped implementing the solution.

Monoprix, the French urban supermarket chain owned by Casino Group, has selected commerce media platform Criteo to develop and commercialise its new digital retail media proposition, trade publication LSA reports. The partnership will cover advertising displayed across Monoprix’s websites and mobile applications including sponsored product listings.

French retailer Carrefour is implementing QR codes based on the GS1 Digital Link standard in private-label ranges. To date, 50 own-brand products packages already feature the new-generation QR codes, across categories as varied as baby food, wine, organic or regional culinary specialities. The number of products is expected to continue to grow over the coming months.