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Aldi Süd manages its global supply chain with AI-based logistics solution Intelligent Control Tower from specialist One Network Enterprises (ONE). The platform enables logistics partners to work together in real time and helps minimising logistics costs.

Netto opened its second Pick&Go store with technology from Israeli provider Trigo this week. Customers can shop in the 800 square metre store of the Edeka Group's discounter in Regensburg without a check-in and without having to scan goods.

Boots is trialling the use of ChatGPT for its online business. Generative AI will provide Boots.com customers with recommendations when choosing beauty products. The measure is part of a larger initiative that also includes implementation of the Boost platform from Ocula Technologies.

The cash handling specialist Glory Global Solutions intends to completely acquire British POS software provider Flooid. With the acquisition, the Japanese technology supplier aims to expand its retail portfolio beyond the cash handling machine business.

Carrefour has opened its first autonomous vending machine store at the headquarters of its Belgian unit in Zaventem. The 18 square metre shop near Brussels, called Carrefour BuyBye, is equipped with Smart Fridges.

While NCR Voyix (formerly NCR) continues to lead the ranking of all new POS software installations not only in the USA, but worldwide, European challengers GK and Flooid are achieving respectable successes in the number one’s US home market. According to the recently published Global POS Software 2023GK accounts for over a quarter of all new POS software installations in…

Swiss sportswear company On is implementing the cloud platform of Dutch RFID-specialist Nedap. With this step, On wants to be able to track every single item seamlessly – from the manufacturing process to the consumer – worldwide.

The renowned branded goods manufacturer Peter Kölln, which alongside its famous flakes also sells muesli, cereals, oils and vegetable fats to retailers in 23 countries, will switch to Bayard’s GDSN data pool b-synced by the end of January 2024. Going forward, the food producer wants to supply retailers with product content of its around 500 products via GDSN not only…

Gries Deco Company, the retail company behind the Depot stores, has developed a user-friendly quantity planning tool using SAP technology with the help of CAS AG. The self-developed solution optimises the company’s merchandise management by providing its buyers with a high degree of transparency regarding stocks, sales, demand, and planned delivery times. With the support of CAS AG, the company…

Aldi Süd is piloting automatic recognition of fruit and vegetables at its self-checkouts. Diebold Nixdorf's AI-based Vynamic Smart Vision software analyses the camera image of goods placed on the scanner scale to identify items without a barcode. Aldi Süd's checkout software partner Gebit managed the integration into the existing system.