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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.

South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay is reorganising its information technology leadership: David Cohn took up the role of Group Chief Information Officer last week. He had worked for direct competitor The Shoprite Group for about two decades.

Marks & Spencer is using artificial intelligence to ensure sustainable animal welfare at all dairy farms supplying its M&S milk range. The technology utilises cameras already installed in barns and complements the AI-powered monitoring solution provided by CattleEye. The British retail company claims to be the first retailer using AI to monitor animal welfare across its entire milk supply chain.…

British retailer Asda has rolled out Vusion’s electronic shelf labels (ESLs) across all its convenience and filling station stores. The roll-out has covered more than 550 Asda Express stores and petrol station outlets. In total, the retailer has installed more than 1.2 million electronic shelf labels.

Spar Austria has added a digital shopping list to its app and the Spar Product World. Full use of the app and website requires neither registration nor the entry of personal data.

Carrefour has brought its grocery offering to ChatGPT in Belgium. The integration is provided by Mealz, a French artificial intelligence platform designed for grocery e-commerce. To turn the AI assistant into a new portal for grocery shopping, shoppers must activate a dedicated plugin.

Marks & Spencer has selected Zeos to handle the fulfilment of all orders from its online shops in 22 European markets. Zalando’s logistics unit will take charge of order picking and packing, shipping and the handling of returns.

After a one-year trial in Nijmegen, Hornbach introduced a new navigation feature to its smartphone app, which is now available for use in all 18 of its DIY stores in the Netherlands. The app uses a digital map to guide customers to the aisle, shelf and shelf level where the item they are looking for is located. The feature has…