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Metro AG, through its technology subsidiary Metro Digital, is rolling out Symphony AI's shelf and assortment planning to more than 8,000 Eastern European locations. It aims to optimise assortments of its Metro and Makro C&C stores as well as owner-operated franchise operations.

At its Neckarsulm headquarters, Kaufland is testing the smart logistics solution from Heidelberg-based start-up HyPrint for monitoring the cold chain. Smart, self-adhesive labels are used to gain insights into the temperature course in the cold storage rooms.

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are using WhatsApp for digital customer communication. Both discounters send out their leaflets every Sunday via the short message service. Unlike Rewe, they do not yet plan to completely abandon printed flyers.

Tegut will be one of the first retailers in Europe to optimise its prices, stocks, floor space and shelf placement from a unified sales forecast. To achieve this, the Fulda-based grocery store chain, which is part of Migros Zurich, will implement Relex's AI-based solution together with Competera's price optimisation tool. For SAP, the decision is a bitter blow: for more…

Retail company Georg Jos. Kaes has opened its first V-mini store without staffed checkouts in Kaufbeuren. For this purpose, DRS AG has further developed its POS software solution to be used on self-checkouts, which can also be used as attended checkouts if required. The hardware concept of the checkout comes from Wanzl.

Jysk will optimise the sales forecasts of its ten distribution centres in Europe with Relex. The Denmark-based furniture and home furnishings company, formerly known as Dänisches Bettenlager in Germany, plans to grow from its current 3,200 shops to 5,000.

Coppenrath & Wiese will move its GDSN data management to Bayard's Byrd platform at the turn of the year. The subsidiary of Oetker Group will provide retailers with uniform product content through the b-synced master data pool integrated in Byrd from the beginning of 2023. In the process, the manufacturer of frozen bakery products will provide retailers in both the…

Colruyt is testing the use of autonomous vehicles for its online business. In a two-month trial, a compact driverless van from Estonian manufacturer Clevon transports customer orders to a Click&Collect pick-up station at the Londerzeel store in Belgium.

In April 2022, Danone operationally bundled four previously independent business units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in a move to further boost efficiency in these markets. One important area in which the group was able to increase its efficiency very quickly through consolidation, was the consistent supply of retailers with product content from the different divisions. This was made possible…

Following many years of cooperation, Dutch instore technology provider Pan Oston has taken over all shares of Swiss POS hardware specialist 4POS AG as of 1 December 2022. Both companies will nevertheless continue to serve the European market under their own brands and with their respective employees.