Regina Wagner

Israels leading grocery retailer Shufersal has decided to rollout Shopic`s smart cart solution across its store network. “Over time, they are planning to equip all 200 stores with 800 square meters or more with our solution”, Raz Golan, CEO and Co-Founder of Shopic, told The Retail Optimiser at Euroshop in Düsseldorf. For the project, Shufersal was awarded with one of…

Swiss retail leader Migros has started to test the delivery of goods by a self-driving van from Swiss start-up Loxo this week. The autonomously driving delivery vehicle with electric propulsion will autonomously bring groceries under the name 'Migronomous' from the Migros store in the shopping center Mall of Switzerland to the company campus of lift manufacturer Schindler in Ebikon, in…

In the USA, start-ups are launching new grocery stores that provide ready-picked goods for pick-up – exclusively for online ordered purchases. In the US state of Massachusetts, the company Addie's has opened its first store of this kind, while in Oklahoma the start-up JackBe is launching drive-up stores.

Retailers are increasingly turning to cash handling automation. According to a recent study by British analyst group RBR, the number of cash handling systems installed in retailers' stores increased by more than 20 per cent between the end of 2019 and 2022, to more than 900,000 devices worldwide.

Following many years of cooperation, Dutch instore technology provider Pan Oston has taken over all shares of Swiss POS hardware specialist 4POS AG as of 1 December 2022. Both companies will nevertheless continue to serve the European market under their own brands and with their respective employees.

Since this week, Carrefour is testing together with Goggo Network the delivery of Carrefour Drive orders with the help of an autonomously driving and electrically operated pick-up station. With the test on the Plateau de Saclay, South of Paris, the retailer aims to expand its delivery area while optimising delivery time and costs.

French home improvement chain Castorama has developed a voice assistant for DIY customers in collaboration with digital agency Razorfish. The retailer, which is part of British retail group Kingfisher, has integrated the new feature, called Hello Casto, into its Castorama mobile app. The app offers customers tutorial videos that can be found and used entirely by voice while working. Clients…

Retailer Jumbo announces that it will use electronic price labels (ESLs) from Hanshow in all its about 700 stores in the future. The second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, which also operates stores in Belgium, will then have a total volume of over 11 million labels. Currently, the retail company is already using ESLs in 250 stores.

Rewe Group has merged its IT divisions for brick-and-mortar retail and its online operations. Rewe Systems was integrated into Rewe Digital at the beginning of this month in order to meet challenges of omnichannel retailing. In addition, synergies are to be used, performance is to be increased and ideas are to be implemented in a more targeted manner. The Rewe…

Lekkerland, in cooperation with energy supplier ENBW, opened the first fully automated unmanned container store named Rewe Ready end of September. The autonomous grocery store of the Rewe Group subsidiary is located at the EnBW fast charging park for electrical cars in Bispingen, Lower Saxony. The store's technology originates from Paderborn-based company Latebird.