Joachim Pinhammer

Matalan is further expanding its distribution centre in Knowsley near Liverpool with automation technologies from Knapp. The British fashion and homeware retailer has been relying on scalable solutions from the Austrian intralogistics specialist since 2021.

Thomann is equipping all buildings on its campus with direct room humidification systems from specialist supplier Condair. The German music retailer uses controlled humidity to protect its valuable instruments and ensure well-being and comfort of its customers and employees.

Clothing retailer C&A has improved inventory accuracy from 70 to 95 percent and increased sales by more than 5 per cent by introducing Checkpoint Systems' RFID solution in all European stores and distribution centres. With the project, C&A won the ’Best RFID Implementation in Retail’ award at this year’s RFID Journal Awards.

Canadian grocery retailer Metro uses Fujitsu's Profit Protection Monitoring to optimise store processes and ensure compliance with guidelines. The technology provider developed the cloud-based platform in collaboration with leading German retailers.

Walmart expands its collaboration with Scandit. The Swiss specialist in automated data capture is providing additional tools and technologies to improve speed and accuracy of the retailer’s employee app.

Woolworths has opened its first largely automated fulfilment centre in western Sydney, equipped with technology from Knapp. The Australian supermarket operator expects to be able to process up to 60,000 online orders per week in future.

Fashion and homeware retailer Matalan will be the first user of the Visual Store Platform from Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions in the UK. The company plans to roll out the new solution to all its stores by spring 2026.

Trigo is now also marketing its software as a loss prevention solution. The provider of scanless store technologies claims that using existing CCTV systems with AI, it can automatically detect discrepancies between picked up articles and those scanned.

Thalia is introducing the order management software from Fulfillmenttools as part of its Log2025 logistics strategy. Implementation partner for the project is Adesso. The book retailer aims to use the new platform to make its omnichannel processes more efficient and deliver online orders directly from its stores.

L. Stroetmann is replacing its existing Oracle checkout software with drs/Store from DRS deutsche Retail Services AG. The retailer’s board member Dr David Schüppler told The Retail Optimiser that the Edeka wholesaler and retailer's seven E-Centres and around 80 stores from affiliated independent retailers would be equipped with the new solution by the end of the year.