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Fressnapf is strengthening its senior management team with the appointment of a Digital and E-commerce Manager. Marius Lückemeyer will take up the newly created role of Chief Digital & Online Officer (CDOO) in mid-September. He will be responsible for the pet supplies retailer’s entire online business.

In the second quarter of 2026, Decathlon reached the milestone of 700 stores using Vusion’s digital shelf labels. The sports retailer now uses Vusion’s platform in 54 countries across three continents.

DEH has opted for Bayard’s product content platform Byrd. The frozen bakery products manufacturer aims to use this technology to centralise its Product Information Management (PIM), improve data quality in the long term and make product information available to retail partners more efficiently. With the introduction of Byrd, DEH will in future consolidate its product content in a central location.…

Tesco is trialling Simbe Robotics’ inventory robot, Tally, in one of its stores. This reports Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner at British trade association Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). Tally moves autonomously through the store’s aisles to detect out-of-stocks, pricing errors and misplaced products.

Chronodrive, a grocery e-commerce subsidiary of Auchan in France, has selected Relex Solutions to improve fresh category management and reduce fresh produce shrink across its standalone click&collect locations.

Together with Nexum and GK, Hawesko Group is introducing AI-powered wine recommendations to the online shops of Hawesko, Vino and Tesdorf. The retail group specialising in premium wines, champagnes and spirits aims to help customers find the right wine more quickly and manage digital sales channels cost-effectively.

Schwarz Group and one of the Co-CEOs of Schwarz Digits are parting ways with immediate effect. Rolf Schumann has left the company after seven years. Christian Müller, previously also a Co-CEO, is taking sole overall responsibility for the Schwarz Group’s digital division.

In collaboration with Google, Salling Group has launched a project in agent-based retailing. The Danish retail group plans to use Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, to help online customers of its BK, Bilka and Salling retail chains select suitable products. The group aims to be the first Danish retailer to proactively utilise this new technology.

Since last week, Schwarz Group has been trialling Hanshow’s ‘Smart Cart’ clip-on devices at its large-format banner operation Kaufland in Germany. The devices from the Chinese manufacturer were initially introduced at one Kaufland store ...

4POS and Pan Oston, both part of Pan Oston Holding, have acquired a stake in the Berlin-based IT service provider Migrasys, thereby deepening their long-standing collaboration. The aim of this European alliance is to integrate expertise in POS technology, fulfilment and service more closely.