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French company Lapeyre is introducing Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) from SES-imagotag not only to display extensive product information electronically to customers, but also to connect physical sales outlets with online sales channel in the sense of omnichannel retailing.

Wholesaler Lekkerland, which is part of Rewe Group, is adding smart fridges from Portuguese specialist Reckon.ai to its portfolio of smart store solutions …

Following a training phase, the traditional butchery company Kübler has adapted its 24/7 store 'Kübler Go' in the German city of Stuttgart to AI-based Grab&Go technology from Walkout Technologies, a subsidiary of the Digital Convenience Group. Previously, customers in the store of the family-owned company at Rotebühlstraße 69 in Baden-Württemberg's capital scanned their goods themselves and paid at self-checkout terminals…

Reitan Convenience Sweden is expanding its use of Relex solutions. So far, the Swedish convenience store specialist has evaluated and optimised the advertising campaigns of its Pressbyrån and 7-Eleven banners with Relex's solution. Now, Reitan Retail's Swedish subsidiary wants to make even greater use of Relex's AI-based solutions and, from a single source, also improve the forecasting of promotions, reduce…

According to the latest report by RBR Data Services, now part of Datos Insights, nearly 200,000 self-checkout devices were shipped worldwide last year. By 2028, the analysts expect the number of global installations to exceed 1.9 million. NCR remains the largest player in the market with one-third of the shipments – and even increased its market share by one percentage…

dm Drogeriemarkt provides its own ChatGPT variant called dmGPT for employees at the company headquarters. The Retail Optimiser spoke with Andreas Gessner from dm Tech about the AI chatbot, which runs on dm's infrastructure to ensure data sovereignty. The solution is to be expanded step by step for all company divisions.

The travel retail specialist Gebr. Heinemann wants to introduce mobile checkouts with Snabble further locations. At Vienna Airport, the company had successfully tested the solution, which runs on employees’ standard Android devices, and is now using it there in regular operation.

Aldi Nord is testing the Too Good To Go app in 30 of its stores to sell off fresh produce left over at the end of the day. The measure is set to complement other initiatives against food waste by the discounter.

In the Bavarian towns of Burglengenfeld and Sünching, Edeka Group-owned discounter Netto is testing Wanzl's Hybridloc app-based shopping trolley system. The solution allows the shopping trolley to be unlocked either with a coin as a deposit, as before, or through the retailer's app.

Austrian Spar today launched an app that allows customers to use complex sales promotions in its stores without registering by name with the retailer.