Joachim Pinhammer

Kroger is testing smart shopping carts from New York start-up Caper. Retailers around the world are increasingly testing computerised shopping carts, from a wide variety of providers.

Lenta has implemented Blue Yonder software to automatically create store-specific planograms. Accenture supports the implementation of the solution.

Magnit implements Relex software for automated replenishment in all of its stores and distribution centres. The artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution is set to optimise ordering and delivery processes.

Maxima in Lithuania has launched mobile checkout service Scan&Go. At its store in the Akropole Shopping Centre in Riga, customers can scan and pay for goods using their smartphones. Maxima is the first retailer in the Baltic States to offer this service.

Drugstore operator Müller has decided to deploy Relex software for forecasting and replenishment across its store network. The goal is to reduce inventory levels while warranting high product availability.

In partnership with delivery service Inabuggy, McEwan Fine Foods in Toronto, Canada offers customers a virtual shopping experience in 3D.

A Pyaterochka store in Moscow offers customers fully automated shopping according to Amazon Go principle. The Russian X5 Retail Group has implemented largely inhouse-developed technology based on neural networks. The Electronic Shelf Labels come from SES Imagotag.

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.

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.

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