Joachim Pinhammer

British supermarket operator Waitrose is trialling Shopic's clip-on devices for shopping trolleys for the first time at a store in Bracknell. Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner at the British Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), told The Retail Optimiser that, according to sales staff, the solution has been in use there for a few weeks. This is the first installation…

Kik is introducing AI-based solutions for planning, merchandising and inventory management from US specialist Impact Analytics. With the new platform, the textile and non-food discounter aims to modernise processes and provide its teams with more and better data for decision-making.

British retailer Iceland Foods has launched a nationwide initiative to reduce food waste. For this, the frozen food specialist is working with food-sharing platform Olio and technology start-up Gander. Consumers receive real-time notifications via apps from both partners when products nearing their expiry date are discounted at their local Iceland store.

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.