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According to the latest report by RBR Data Services, now part of Datos Insights, nearly 200,000 self-checkout devices were shipped worldwide last year. By 2028, the analysts expect the number of global installations to exceed 1.9 million. NCR remains the largest player in the market with one-third of the shipments – and even increased its market share by one percentage…

dm Drogeriemarkt provides its own ChatGPT variant called dmGPT for employees at the company headquarters. The Retail Optimiser spoke with Andreas Gessner from dm Tech about the AI chatbot, which runs on dm's infrastructure to ensure data sovereignty. The solution is to be expanded step by step for all company divisions.

The travel retail specialist Gebr. Heinemann wants to introduce mobile checkouts with Snabble further locations. At Vienna Airport, the company had successfully tested the solution, which runs on employees’ standard Android devices, and is now using it there in regular operation.

Aldi Nord is testing the Too Good To Go app in 30 of its stores to sell off fresh produce left over at the end of the day. The measure is set to complement other initiatives against food waste by the discounter.

In the Bavarian towns of Burglengenfeld and Sünching, Edeka Group-owned discounter Netto is testing Wanzl's Hybridloc app-based shopping trolley system. The solution allows the shopping trolley to be unlocked either with a coin as a deposit, as before, or through the retailer's app.

Austrian Spar today launched an app that allows customers to use complex sales promotions in its stores without registering by name with the retailer.

Edeka Südbayern has implemented 20 so-called SmartShoppers from start-up company KBST in its E-Center in Penzberg, South of Munich. With this, Edeka Group now has more than 2,000 of the manufacturer's intelligent shopping trolleys in use across Germany.

Aldi Nord allows customers to shop at its cashierless store in the Dutch city of Utrecht without the Shop & Go app.The discounter is testing a new feature from technology partner Trigo that also accepts card payments without app.

A few weeks after joining the MACH Alliance, Order Management System specialist OneStock strengthens its partnership dynamics by welcoming Kevin Bessat as the Head of Channel & Partnerships. With a technical and commercial background and successes in web agencies and various software vendors such as Sylius and commercetools, Kevin joins OneStock to support the company's partner-led development.

Ikea is implementing Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) from SES Imagotag. Under the first part of the contract, the labels will be introduced in 110 stores in six European countries. The tags will also support in-store picking of goods ordered online in the stores.