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Fressnapf loses head of IT Benjamin Beinroth

Benjamin Beinroth has left Fressnapf. As Head of IT and member of the management board, he played a key role in shaping the processes and systems of Europe's leading pet supplies retailer for over nine years. After Fressnapf founder Torsten Toeller brought investment company Cinven into the company last summer and Fressnapf-CEO Johannes Steegmann left, there is reportedly a lot…

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Amazon Whole Foods pilots fully automated vertical farming with Auto Store and One Point One

Whole Foods is trialling delivery of fresh herbs and leafy vegetables from a fully automated vertical farm to selected stores in Phoenix, Arizona. The technology, developed by Auto Store and One Point One, produces ready-to-harvest vegetables locally and climate-friendly twice as fast as traditional farming.

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Edkea Lüning continues optimising inventory with Remira

Edeka Lüning has moved its replenishment processes to the latest AI-based version of Remira's sales forecasting and replenishment solution. The Westphalian grocery retailer has thus been able to increase the share of automated order items to 75 per cent.

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H&M invests in e-commerce platform Centra

The H&M Group has acquired a stake in its technology supplier for e-commerce and omnichannel processes, Centra. H&M Ventures invested the equivalent of 4.3 million Euros to secure a strategic stake in the technology company – though it remains below ten per cent.

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Galeria optimises stocks with Blue Yonder

Galeria manages its product supply with Blue Yonder's AI-powered solution. Germany's largest department store operator is using the US software company's technology to align its stocks more precisely with customer demand, reduce markdowns and significantly streamline processes – in real time and across all distribution channels.

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Kaufland introduces digital labels in the store bakeries with SoluM and Hanshow

Kaufland is expanding the use of electronic shelf labels to its range of unpackaged baked goods. The more than 170,000 additional digital price tags come from two different technology vendors.

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Rossmann offers digital receipts with Anybill and Combase

Rossmann now offers customers a digital receipt via its app. Anybill's technology is designed to save paper and make the app even more attractive. On the implementation, Anybill worked together with POS software supplier Combase.

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Carrefour Belgium selects Strongpoint’s instore-picking solution

Carrefour has selected the Strongpoint’s solution to enhance the efficiency of its in-store picking in Belgium. The order picking solution from Strongpoint emerged as the preferred choice due to its strong alignment with Carrefour’s operational needs. The manual picking system is specifically engineered for grocery retail and reportedly boasts an average manual picking rate of 240 items per hour.

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Hema chooses Nedap for RFID-based inventory management

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…

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Rewe announces pilot with cooking robots from Circus

Rewe Markt GmbH’s region West has announced an exclusive pilot partnership with the young robotics start-up Circus. From fall 2025, the retail company plans to test the technology provider's autonomous kitchen robot Circus Autonomy One (CA-1) in three selected stores – including cloud-based control software and a self-service terminal.

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