Spar Austria aims to operate its digital services on a uniform platform. To this end, the group’s in-house IT department Spar ICS has set up project Snowball. It is set to migrate business-critical applications to the geo-redundant Platform as a Service (PaaS) HPE Greenlake. The cloud platform from Hewlett Packard Enterprise will gradually replace Spar’s existing data centre infrastructure. The…
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Edeka Group has rolled out new pick-by-voice technology to the logistics centres from six of its seven regional companies. For order picking, employees now wear Lydia Voice Wear smart vests. Logistics solutions specialist Ehrhardt Partner Group (EPG) implemented both hardware and software.
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Longchamp is revamping its order management with solutions from omnichannel specialist OneStock. With this step, the French fashion company aims to optimise the customer journey across all sales channels and support its growth plans.
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JD Sports has signed a multi-year global Software-as-a-Service agreement with RFID specialist Checkpoint. The British sportswear retailer will initially use cloud-based RFID inventory management software ItemOptix at all its European stores, and later worldwide. With the move, JD Sports aims to increase product availability and make more accurate, data-driven decisions.
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Both Walmart and Carrefour announced this week that they are joining Google's new standard for agentic commerce, the Universal Commerce Protocol (UPC). The technology allows consumers to purchase products directly on Google's Gemini AI platform, for example, without having to switch to the retailer's website. At the NRF conference, which took place in New York City this week, Google Cloud…
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At the end of last year, Ocado Group has rolled off its mutual exclusivity agreements with retail companies. This applies to most countries where the group has currently implemented its fulfilment technologies, including the USA. The move allows the company to once again offer its automation solutions in many of the world's largest food markets.
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Waitrose wants to streamline cash handling at its supermarkets using systems from specialist Glory. The British retailer will install a total of 285 CI-100X cash recyclers in the back offices of its larger stores. The rollout has already begun.
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Czech online supermarket operator Rohlik Group is equipping its fulfilment centres in Germany and Austria with AI-driven robotic arms from Sereact. In a first step, the Stuttgart-based robotics specialist is installing a total of 24 of the systems at the Knuspr site in Berlin and at Gurkerl in Vienna. The further rollout will then serve Knuspr in Frankfurt/Main and other…
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The retail company Georg Jos. Kaes is piloting a project in one of its V-Markt stores in Northern Munich to see how redesigning the checkout area can improve customer experience and efficiency at the checkout. From February to April 2026, RNG member Georg Jos. Kaes will be testing various stationary and mobile self-checkout systems at the Munich location with technology…
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US supermarket operator Kroger has announced to close three of eight logistics facilities for its online business, which are equipped with Ocado automation technology, in January 2026. Other locations are also under review. However, the company intends to maintain those in regions with high demand. In addition, the company is stepping up its collaboration with delivery services Instacart, Doordash and…
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