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Aeon Stores Hong Kong is installing cash recycling systems from Glory. At its Aeon Style supermarket in the Whampoa shopping centre, the company has both automated cash payments at self-checkout as well as the cash office. More stores are planned to follow.

Rewe Group's Lithuanian sales division Iki is opening more autonomous convenience stores this year, which are open around the clock. As with the first scanless store, which Iki Lietuva opened in Vilnius last year under the name Iki Express 24/4, the retailer is relying on technology from Lithuanian technology provider Pixevia. According to Pixevia, customers receive the entire item list…

Aldi Süd is continuing its rollout of self-checkouts at great speed. Each week, about 50 newly opened or renovated stores in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Australia and the USA deploy an average of three of the systems each. The technology comes from Diebold Nixdorf.

Officeworks optimises planning processes along the supply chain with software from Relex. With the move, the Australian office supplies retailer aims to achieve better availability of inventory and reduce operating costs.

Netto is testing an AI-based system from Checklens to reduce shrinkage at self-checkouts. Edeka Group’s discount subsidiary has equipped two stores in Regensburg with technology from the Austrian specialist.

With the help of CAS AG, Esprit has brought the store processes of all its outlets in Europe to mobile devices so that employees can work user-friendly in real time with the data from the central SAP system. This

Rewe subsidiary Lekkerland today put an autonomous container store with technology from AiFi into operation on its own premises in Frechen. One for all shoppers is to follow soon.

As part of its modernisation plan Galeria 2.0, the struggling department stores' group Galeria overhauled its e-commerce as well as its omnichannel processes and technology from the ground up last year. With support of the retail technology specialists from CAS AG, Galeria was able to implement the SAP module Omnichannel Article Availability and Sourcing (SAP OAA) for omnichannel article availability…

Schnucks has equipped 22 of its grocery stores in the US with smart salad bars from Swedish specialist supplier Picadeli. Digital technologies and AI automate replenishment, optimise inventory and enable produce traceability.

Fully autonomous drones from Swiss manufacturer Verity take the stock of Ikea stores and central warehouses outside their opening hours. In 2020, Europe's leading furniture retailer had successfully carried out a pilot project in both the central warehouse and the furniture store in Spreitenbach, Switzerland. There are now 100 drones in use at 16 locations in Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany,…