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Freiburg-based retailer and baker Johannes Ruf has installed self-checkouts (SCO) from Diebold Nixdorf in his new Beckesepp store in Waltershofen. The systems use AI technology to automatically recognise fruit and vegetables as well as perform age checks on restricted goods.

Woolworths has opened its first largely automated fulfilment centre in western Sydney, equipped with technology from Knapp. The Australian supermarket operator expects to be able to process up to 60,000 online orders per week in future.

Carrefour is testing the integrated use of VusionGroup’s latest technologies in a hypermarket in Villabé, South of Paris, for planogram compliance, label verification, on-shelf availability, digital shelf labelling and precise product instore location.

Fashion and homeware retailer Matalan will be the first user of the Visual Store Platform from Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions in the UK. The company plans to roll out the new solution to all its stores by spring 2026.

Natsu Foods has chosen Aiperia’s AI-based optimisation solution to supply retailers even more tailored to shoppers' demand with healthy sushi and convenience items from its own production. The Neuss-based company supplies over 1,200 stores – including retail outlets of the Rewe and Edeka groups.

British Co-operative Group is replacing paper with electronic shelf labels (ESLs) from VusionGroup in all of its 2,400 stores across the UK. This marks the largest rollout of ESLs by a single retailer in the UK and Ireland.

Trigo is now also marketing its software as a loss prevention solution. The provider of scanless store technologies claims that using existing CCTV systems with AI, it can automatically detect discrepancies between picked up articles and those scanned.

Mäurer & Wirtz is working with Bayard on implementing an intelligent Product Information Management (PIM) system that will enable the company to aggregate product information from different sources and manage it efficiently. The manufacturer of branded fragrances will use this system to provide the retailers with quality-checked product content tailored to their requirements.

dm Drogeriemarkt has started the Europe-wide roll-out of reusable secondary placement displays from pooling specialist Chep – following a successful pilot project for this solution in selected German stores.

Thalia is introducing the order management software from Fulfillmenttools as part of its Log2025 logistics strategy. Implementation partner for the project is Adesso. The book retailer aims to use the new platform to make its omnichannel processes more efficient and deliver online orders directly from its stores.