Joachim Pinhammer

Joachim Pinhammer supports retail and technology companies with consulting and marketing expertise. He was Senior Analyst and Research Director Retail Technology at the London-based analyst group Planet Retail. Prior to that, he was the global marketing director for the retail division of Wincor Nixdorf (now Diebold Nixdorf). Joachim Pinhammer is a regular speaker at events organised by Messe Düsseldorf (EuroShop and EuroCIS), the EHI and further industry conferences. His reports are regularly published by trade magazines and online retail industry media.
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Independent Edeka shop owner automates scanning at the checkout with Itab

Edeka Meyer's offers customers a new and efficient type of checkout. In its newly opened store at Freesen Center in the city of Neumünster, the retailer has deployed two Itab ScanMate self-checkout systems.

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Walmart bans robots from stores

Walmart has terminated its contract with start-up Bossa Nova Robotics and will no longer use robots for stock-taking in its stores. German retail CIOs are also sceptical about robots on the sales floor.

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Swisscom enhances customer experience with new digital shop concept

Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom is pushing the digitalisation of its stores forward using technology from Instore Solutions.

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Kruidvat introduces self-checkouts from NCR

A.S. Watson Group-owned drugstore operator Kruidvat is equipping its stores in the Netherlands and Belgium with NCR self-checkout systems.

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Casino Group opens unmanned Monoprix Store with intelligent weighing technology

Casino Group is testing a new unattended store concept. In contrast to Amazon Go, the new Monop' convenient store uses intelligent weighing technology from Shekel Brainweigh.

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Iki plans labour with artificial intelligence

Lithuanian supermarket chain Iki, part of Rewe Group has decided to implement workforce management software Reflexis from Zebra Technologies.

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M-Preis shows shoppers the assortment of its stores online

The Austrian supermarket chain M-Preis has modernised its web presence on the cloud platform of the software specialist Emporix. Shoppers can now see the assortment of each store on their smartphone.

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Rossmann automates shelf planning with Symphony RetailAI

Rossmann has implemented Category Management Software from Symphony RetailAI for the automatic creation of store-specific planograms.

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Edeka and Penny secure shoppers’ smartphone with Wanzl

In Germany, Rewe Group has equipped a first Penny store in Eching with SmartFix from Wanzl. The Smartphone holder at the shopping trolley secures customers’ devices during shopping. Edeka stores will also install the system.

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Penny customers experience sustainability with touchpoints from Instore Solutions

Rewe Group's discounter Penny has opened a first experience store on sustainability with digital touchpoints from Swiss software house Instore Solutions.

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