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Morrisons has decided to install electronic shelf labels from VusionGroup across all its 497 supermarkets in the coming year. In total, the British retailer has ordered more than 10.8 million labels from the technology vendor.

Walmart is set to introduce AI-powered shopping features for its US customers through OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The integration is expected to allow shoppers to plan meals, restock household essentials, and explore products via conversational interactions.

Walmart plans to equip Bluetooth tags from Wiliot to 90 million of its pallets by end of 2026. It is the largest rollout of this technology known globally. The decision was preceded by years of testing by the largest retailer of the world.

Jerónimo Martins retail banner Pingo Doce has decided for Symphony AI’s Cinde platform for its Category Management. The Portuguese retailer is replacing static reports with real-time, prescriptive insights that fuel sharper execution and stronger supplier alignment.

Asda is deploying VusionGroup’s electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across more than 250 of its newest Express convenience stores to improve operational efficiency and on-shelf availability. Asda plans to launch up to 20 new Express stores before the end of this year.

Carrefour Italy has selected forecasting and replenishment software from Relex. With the move, the retailer, that French Carrefour Group is currently selling to Italian food manufacturer New Princes, aims to reduce inventory while increasing product availability and better adapting its food and non-food assortments to local needs.

The purchasing and cooperation platform Retail Trade Group (RTG) is launching a cross-retailer in-store retail media network ‚RTG Media‘ with the technology company Cyreen in Germany. By April 2026, more than 800 interactive screens will be installed as part of the network in all Globus locations throughout Germany as well as in selected stores of Bartels-Langness, Bünting, Georg Jos. Kaes…

Amazon plans to close all its 19 Amazon Fresh stores in the UK. The US online giant announced this in a blog post on Tuesday this week. This also means the end of Just Walk Out technology in larger stores in the United Kingdom. Competitor Sainsbury's had already replaced it with self-checkouts at its London Holborn Circus store in February.

British retailer Marks & Spencer earmarked 400 million Euros investment in its food supply chain, the largest in its history. At the centre of this multi-year programme is the development of a flagship automated distribution centre.

After over a year of testing its in-house developed Smart Cart with employees, Colruyt is now offering the AI-powered, self-scanning shopping trolley to customers for the first time. The Belgian market leader has placed 15 units in its Halle store near Brussels. The technology was developed in-house by Colruyt Group in collaboration with intralogistics specialist Expresso.