Magdalena Nowak

Spanish Eroski Group will equip all its hypermarkets and larger stores with solutions from VusionGroup to optimise store operations and improve customer communication.

Starting yesterday, Spar Austria became the first grocery retailer in Austria to test Simbe Robotics' autonomous robot. The Tally robot will roll through the Eurospar store in Vienna and the Interspar store in Eisenstadt over the next five months.

Freiburg-based retailer and baker Johannes Ruf has installed self-checkouts (SCO) from Diebold Nixdorf in his new Beckesepp store in Waltershofen. The systems use AI technology to automatically recognise fruit and vegetables as well as perform age checks on restricted goods.

British Co-operative Group is replacing paper with electronic shelf labels (ESLs) from VusionGroup in all of its 2,400 stores across the UK. This marks the largest rollout of ESLs by a single retailer in the UK and Ireland.

The convenience division of the Rewe Group, Lekkerland, is implementing VusionGroup’s solutions in its unmanned smart kiosks – mini stores with self-checkouts that are open around the clock. Following a successful pilot project in Düsseldorf, the rollout has been extended to smart kiosks throughout Germany.

Dutch non-food specialist Hema is implementing the cloud-based RFID platform from Nedap. The aim is to optimise the retailer’s inventory management. By mid-2026 the solution is planned to be rolled out in 740 stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany and Austria. Customers will be able to check the availability of specific products in real time via the app…

Pharmacy operator Dr. Max has chosen VusionGroup's solutions to digitalise the shelf labelling in its approximately 1,000 stores across six countries. The technology is already being implemented in 220 stores.

Rossmann is automating large parts of its distribution centre in the polish town of Pyskowice with solutions from Körber. Various automation technologies from the general contractor will be used in the distribution centre.

Norwegian cooperative Coop Norge has chosen Omnium as its order management system (OMS) provider as part of its omnichannel transformation strategy. With the move, the retailer aims to streamline operations and provide a seamless shopping experience for its customers across its distribution channels.

Independent Edeka merchants Max and Robert Aschoff are testing the further developed version of the digital shopping cart with KBST's ScanBox 2.0 in their store in Kassel, Germany. The new solution features a wide-angle camera that makes scanning errors visible by showing the customer a video sequence in real time, alerting them to any mistakes they may have made.