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Edeka Hessenring is erecting its first automated central logistics hub near Melsungen. From mid-2029, the new distribution centre will supply more than 500 stores with a dry goods range of up to 16,500 items. As with four other Edeka regions, the technology will be supplied by intralogistics specialist Witron.

Lengermann & Trieschmann (L&T), a premium fashion and sports retailer in Germany, has brought smart hangtags and AI-based price optimisation into regular operation. Since September 2025, the Osnabrück-based company has been dynamically managing its sales prices with GK Air.

UK supermarket chain Morrisons is set to roll out Ecrebo’s point-of-sale (POS) marketing technology company across its store network.

British grocery retailer Iceland Foods selects American supplier Stratacache to deploy advanced digital display, content management and sensor-based analytics technology. The rollout will span 766 locations across both Iceland frozen food stores and The Food Warehouse supermarkets.

Monolith Group's retail banner operation Mix Markt, which specialises in Eastern European products, has installed Mettler-Toledo's AI-supported FreshAI article recognition system. At a location in Karlsruhe, the vision recognition solution from the weighing technology specialist is helping staff at the attended checkouts to recognise fresh items without barcodes more quickly.

The companies 4POS (Switzerland) and Pan Oston (Netherlands), which joint forces Pan Oston Holding, supplied more self-checkouts to retailers in German-speaking countries in 2024 than all other suppliers combined, according to Datos Insights. Diebold Nixdorf ranked second among suppliers of self-checkouts, followed by Swedish shopfitting and checkout giant Itab, which secured third place.

Carrefour will introduce Vusion's platform in all of its hypermarkets and supermarkets in France. The French retail giant will be the third major retailer after Walmart in the United States and dm Drogeriemarkt in Germany to use Vusion's EdgeSense technology.

Netto Marken-Discount is arming its roughly 4,400 stores with POS monitors for digital retail communication. Edeka Group's discount banner provides its stores with content for in-store advertising via media interface Prestige Enterprise from Online Software AG. With more than 7,000 screens, the company now operates one of the largest retail media networks in Germany.

Bartels-Langness intends to enable payment directly at the Snapcart system, which Bela IT developed in collaboration with Shopreme and Hanshow. A development by Shopreme will also soon enable customers to upload handwritten shopping lists onto the smartcarts.

As CEO of GK, Michael Scheibner regularly talks to the top executives of the world's largest retail companies and is familiar with many of their strategies. In the run-up to EuroShop in Düsseldorf, he shared his thoughts with Björn Weber, whom he has known well for 16 years.