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The new self-checkouts, featuring a large, portrait-format display and an overhead camera, which Kaufland is currently rolling out across Germany, are also becoming the new standard at Lidl. They were developed by Schwarz IT in collaboration with the discounter.

Rewe is launching a new pickup service called Drive&Go in Euskirchen, Germany. Shoppers can collect their online orders without leaving their cars. The service is part of a pilot project in the Rewe Region West and aims to make shopping more convenient for customers’ daily lives.

Coop Sweden has decided to drive its unmanned Coop Mini stores and other outlets, which only partly operate without staff, using solutions from Swedish start-up Honestbox. The company plans to gradually convert its current total of 21 stores, operating 24 hours a day, to the new platform.

Kaufland is rolling out self-checkouts from Itab throughout Germany. Outside of Germany, the retailer is also working with 4POS in addition to Itab as supplier of these devices. All German locations of Schwarz Group's full range discounter are to be equipped with self-service terminals by the beginning of 2029.

While many full-range retailers are phasing out scanless technology, Rewe has surprisingly opened a new store. This is already the retailer’s seventh test store to feature Trigo technology. At the 650-square-metre supermarket in Hanover, which is equipped with cameras and weighing technology, customers can shop without scanning products

British retailer Waitrose decided to deploy software from Satalia to optimise its grocery e-commerce delivery routes with the help of artificial intelligence. The solution is now fully operational at 170 Waitrose stores and two fulfilment centres.

Following successful tests, Zalando plans to install up to 50 more Nomagic picking robots in its European distribution centres. The robots use AI to handle picking, scanning and placing items to automated pocket sorters at the individual item level.

Aldi Süd has now also discontinued its pilot project with a scanless store in London. The discounter’s test store on Greenwich High Road in south London will in future be operated as an Aldi Local store – without Aifi’s scanless technology. Aldi Süd had already ended its scanless experiment in the US back in 2024. The service provider there, Grabango,…

Non-food discounter Tedi has commissioned Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions to provide Europe-wide field services. The company aims to ensure availability of IT systems at its more than 3,700 stores across 15 European countries. The technology partner promises rapid replacement of defective system components by the next working day.

Otto Group is offering other retail companies the opportunity to use the Virtual Content Creator (VCC), which its subsidiary One.O has developed as part of the Movex live shopping suite.