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Decathlon is supporting the development of new products and the portfolio management of its product ranges with the platform solutions from Centric Software, the Californian specialist for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The sporting goods retailer wants to use the PLM solution to develop, source and sell its own-brand products more effectively.

CAS AG and Lobster are strengthening their partnership to jointly support retailers and their suppliers in the upcoming challenge of the legal obligation to issue electronic invoices. Today, the consulting firm and the software specialist are already enabling their customers to achieve integrated data management and smooth business data exchange. Lobster’s user-friendly no-code solutions are used by over 2,000 companies…

Despite the growing number of competitors in the market for POS hardware, the largest global vendors HP, NCR, Toshiba and also Diebold Nixdorf were able to defend their market shares steady in 2022, with NCR even growing by two percentage points.

Aldi Süd enables customers to pay cash at its self-checkouts going forward in Germany. The latest installations of Diebold Nixdorf machines have integrated cash recyclers. The Retail Optimiser spoke to Aldi Süd Communication Specialist Carolin Sunderhaus about motivations and experiences with self-checkout in this country.

Karlsberg Direkt has opted for Byrd from the specialists Bayard – which has been part of the Markant Group since the beginning of the year – as its consistent Product Information Management (PIM) solution. The beverage wholesaler of Karlsberg Group in Saarland aims to deploy a consistent product data platform to receive quality-checked product content for its online shop from…

Maxima is expanding its fleet of self-checkouts in the Baltics. The retail company agreed on a framework contract with Norwegian manufacturer Strongpoint, which is to install at least 1,000 systems within three years. Maxima had previously purchased self-checkouts from Diebold Nixdorf.

CAS AG and Solace have formed a partnership to jointly support retail companies with their omnichannel challenges. Through the cooperation, the Hamburg-based consultancy and the Canadian event mesh platform help companies to realise the real-time processing of product, inventory, customer, and receipt data more efficiently. This should allow customers to shop seamlessly across all sales channels. Solace’s event mesh platform…

Fressnapf Group is implementing Relex Solutions to optimise on-shelf availability across its 1,900 Fressnapf and Maxi Zoo store network as well as its eleven distribution centres in 13 European countries to gain comprehensive end-to-end visibility over its supply chain.

Aldi Nord is expanding its self-scanning and self-checkout pilot to 18 stores in the Netherlands. In May this year, the discounter had started the tests in the Dutch town of Berkel-Enschot. Customers can scan their items in these stores via a self-checkout terminal (SCO) or through the Aldi Nord app installed on their smartphone and pay cashless.

Walmart is deploying a solution jointly developed by technology providers Knapp and Packsize to ship online orders in exactly right-sized packaging. Thus, deliveries can be handled in a more cost-effective and sustainable way.