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Rewe Group trials digital shopping trolleys with Catch – without self-scanning

At the Rewe Center in Cologne-Bickendorf of independent merchants Daniel and Boris Dugandzic, Rewe Digital has installed special tablet computers on around half of all 220 shopping trolleys to guide customers through the store. However, the devices are currently not used for self-scanning, for which customers still have to use the Zebra devices or their own smartphone.

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Poco launches retail media with VusionGroup

Following a successful trial in its newly opened flagship store in Mannheim, furniture discounter Poco is planning to start marketing advertising content in its stores with innovative displays from VusionGroup (formerly SES Imagotag). The content management platform for this was developed by the furnishing specialists, who are part of the Austrian MW Holding of the XXXLutz Group, together with LN…

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Branston brings GS1 Digital Link with Orca Scan to UK supermarkets

UK food brand Branston is putting the GS1 Digital Link QR code on its products to provide consumers with access to useful information. The company is using the platform of software specialist Orca Scan, which is integrated into the GS1 Resolver system.

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Retail Insight strengthens team with Andy Brockway

Retail Insight has appointed Andy Brockway as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The move is part of Retail Insight's growth plans to accelerate the product roadmap and innovation strategy for its software solutions that help retailers and their suppliers realise the full potential of every store.

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Rimi Baltics optimises listing decisions with Symphony AI

The grocery retailer Rimi Baltic, which is part of Swedish ICA Group, is now using the Symphony AI platform also to tailor assortment of its 308 stores precisely to the needs of its customers. The Baltic company has been using Symphony AI for store and shelf space optimisation since 2022 in order to increase the efficiency of its sales areas.

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Edeka Zurheide embraces retail media technology from Digooh Media

Edeka Zurheide is equipping its six stores in Düsseldorf and the northern Ruhr region with large-format digital screens from Digooh Media. So-called Digital City Light Posters (DCLP) serve as an advertising platform for brand manufacturers and local suppliers. Retailers are increasingly utilising them to promote sales and as an additional income source.

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Lidl pushes ahead on self-checkout with 4POS, Itab and GK

While Lidl has already implemented the new self-checkouts throughout Romania, the major roll-out in Germany, as well as in other countries such as Spain and Italy, will apparently start in Lidl's next financial year, which begins in March and ends in February 2025.

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Scotmid Co-op continues its fight against waste with Retail Insight

Scottish retail co-operative Scotmid has extended its contract with Retail Insight to use its cloud-based WasteInsight software to reduce food waste in its 185 convenience stores.

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Rewe Group Lekkerland goes live with Smart Fridges from Reckon.ai

Lekkerland has deployed its so-called 'Smart Shop' concept in live operation for the first time. In the newly opened Rewe Ready container store at the EnBW loading park in Lichtenau, near Chemnitz in the German federal state of Saxony, the Rewe Group company implemented smart fridges from Portuguese specialist Reckon.ai.

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Aldi Süd tests scanless in the US with Grabango

Aldi Süd is testing the use of a technology that makes the scanning of goods obsolete for the first time in the USA. However, for its Aldi Go store in the city of Aurora near Chicago in the US state of Illinois, the discount giant is not relying on AiFi technology to automatically recognise purchases, as in London, but on…

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