Joachim Pinhammer

Amazon is relying on AI to weed out damaged goods before they are shipped to customers. The e-commerce company is already using the inhouse developed solution in two of its fulfilment centres and plans to roll it out to ten more international facilities.

Douglas is piloting mobile checkout directly on the sales floor. Sales assistants use the S-Payment app on their smartphone. This is integrated with the GK POS software and allows PIN entry on the device's touchscreen.

Walmart is equipping 500 of its stores in the USA with a total of 60,000 Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) over the next 18 months. The retailer will deploy battery-free labels from SES Imagotag.

Fashion retailer Zalando is enabling customers in its outlets to check the fit of a selected range of jeans using a 3D avatar. By testing the virtual fitting room, the company wishes to gain insights into customers’ usage in order to develop a scalable solution for the future.

Aeon Stores Hong Kong is installing cash recycling systems from Glory. At its Aeon Style supermarket in the Whampoa shopping centre, the company has both automated cash payments at self-checkout as well as the cash office. More stores are planned to follow.

Aldi Süd is continuing its rollout of self-checkouts at great speed. Each week, about 50 newly opened or renovated stores in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Australia and the USA deploy an average of three of the systems each. The technology comes from Diebold Nixdorf.

Officeworks optimises planning processes along the supply chain with software from Relex. With the move, the Australian office supplies retailer aims to achieve better availability of inventory and reduce operating costs.

Netto is testing an AI-based system from Checklens to reduce shrinkage at self-checkouts. Edeka Group’s discount subsidiary has equipped two stores in Regensburg with technology from the Austrian specialist.

Schnucks has equipped 22 of its grocery stores in the US with smart salad bars from Swedish specialist supplier Picadeli. Digital technologies and AI automate replenishment, optimise inventory and enable produce traceability.

Swedish grocery retail group Axfood has developed a new assortment planning software together with SAP. The application features above all an improved modern user interface. SAP is marketing the new solution as a standard product.