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Coopérative U has migrated its entire fleet of 19,541 checkouts to GK’s software. Internally, the French retail group refers to the new solution as Nemo. Coopérative U has replaced its Diebold Nixdorf software with GK.

Auchan Romania has launched a pilot with a smart cart clip-on solution at its Drumul Taberei hypermarket in Bucharest. According to information of The Retail Optimiser, the retailer is using hardware from Hanshow and software from Shopreme. The solution is available to Auchan loyalty programme members who have at least 1,000 loyalty points.

Yesterday, Rewe Group and Mars were jointly honoured with an ECR Award from GS1 Germany for their efforts to bring impulse items to self-checkouts. The partners received the award for their ‘European NextGen Checkout Project’ in the ECR Collaboration Excellence category.

Swiss market leader Migros has launched a new fulfilment centre for online orders in Regensdorf, featuring automation solutions from Knapp. The site will be able to process up to 7,500 orders per day in future. Migros Online will handle goods receipt, storage, order picking and dispatch in one location.

Carrefour considers testing Instacart’s Caper digital shopping trolley in Belgium. The two parties are currently in discussions. Should an agreement materialise, Carrefour would become the first retailer to test Caper trolleys in the country.

Morrisons has introduced Instaleap’s software for processing and picking online orders. Instaleap was acquired by Instacart in April this year. Morrisons is now using the solution to consolidate orders from Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo and to support its in-store staff with order picking.

Japanese convenience retailer Family Mart has started rolling out new POS systems across its approximately 16,500 stores in Japan. Toshiba is supplying the CV-330 POS system, which the retailer can use flexibly as either a staffed till or a self-checkout.

Skechers is building Europe’s largest footwear distribution centre in Liège, Belgium. The centre will use automation technology from Knapp. The facility will fulfil orders from stores and end customers across Europe. Spanning around 230,000 square metres, the site is expected to handle up to ten million pairs of shoes per month and offer over 3.3 million storage locations.

Alcampo has selected Chinese manufacturer Hanshow for a companywide rollout of digital price labels. Auchan Group’s Spanish subsidiary plans to equip all its 507 supermarkets and hypermarkets with ESLs. Before end of this year, it aims to roll out a total of 560,000 labels across 84 of its supermarkets.

Norwegian discounter Rema 1000, part of Reitan Retail group, has selected Itab Group to remodel its store interiors and implement advanced loss prevention solutions. The Swedish supplier, which specialises in store design and retail technology solutions, has evaluated the deal's combined products, services, and installations at approximately 30 million euros.