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Non-food discounter Tedi has commissioned Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions to provide Europe-wide field services. The company aims to ensure availability of IT systems at its more than 3,700 stores across 15 European countries. The technology partner promises rapid replacement of defective system components by the next working day.

Otto Group is offering other retail companies the opportunity to use the Virtual Content Creator (VCC), which its subsidiary One.O has developed as part of the Movex live shopping suite.

Drugstore operator dm is testing the processing of two-dimensional codes at the checkout in selected stores. The pilot project is set to provide important insights for the planned gradual replacement of barcodes with 2D codes using the new GS1 Digital Link standard. Beiersdorf's 8X4 brand deodorants are among the first products to be labelled according to the new identification standard.

The highly acclaimed mini-stores, which Tegut operated largely unmanned under the name Teo, will be transferred to Edeka headquarters along with their operating company Smart Retail Solutions. It is very likely that Edeka Group will further optimise and expand this format in order to be able to offer food in structurally weak areas throughout Germany and to operate 24-hour convenience…

Colruyt has attracted a lot of attention in the retail industry with its innovative Easy Checkout system. Now, the market leader in Belgian retail is allowing its hardware supplier Partner Tech Europe to market the system to other retailers. This includes the vision recognition software developed by the Colruyt team itself, which reads a barcode as soon as the item…

Edeka Hessenring is erecting its first automated central logistics hub near Melsungen. From mid-2029, the new distribution centre will supply more than 500 stores with a dry goods range of up to 16,500 items. As with four other Edeka regions, the technology will be supplied by intralogistics specialist Witron.

Lengermann & Trieschmann (L&T), a premium fashion and sports retailer in Germany, has brought smart hangtags and AI-based price optimisation into regular operation. Since September 2025, the Osnabrück-based company has been dynamically managing its sales prices with GK Air.

UK supermarket chain Morrisons is set to roll out Ecrebo’s point-of-sale (POS) marketing technology company across its store network.

British grocery retailer Iceland Foods selects American supplier Stratacache to deploy advanced digital display, content management and sensor-based analytics technology. The rollout will span 766 locations across both Iceland frozen food stores and The Food Warehouse supermarkets.

Monolith Group's retail banner operation Mix Markt, which specialises in Eastern European products, has installed Mettler-Toledo's AI-supported FreshAI article recognition system. At a location in Karlsruhe, the vision recognition solution from the weighing technology specialist is helping staff at the attended checkouts to recognise fresh items without barcodes more quickly.