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Rewe is expanding the reach of its delivery service to 1.6 million households in the Ruhr region with a new Food Fulfilment Centre (FFC) in the city of Bochum. The distribution centre, which relies largely on manual processing, supports employees with pick-to-light technology during order picking.

Fujitsu today announced its decision to make a voluntary public takeover offer to GK shareholders to acquire all shares outstanding of GK. The two companies have entered into a Business Combination Agreement. Rainer Gläß, GK's co-founder and CEO, will leave the company as a member of the Executive Board in the event of a successful takeover bid.

Spar Switzerland has teamed up with service station operator Avia to open its first autonomous Spar Express convenience store in its country. Via smartphone, customers gain access and register their purchases in the store.

Rewe International is introducing Körber's K.Motion warehouse management system (WMS) at 40 European locations. Rewe International, headquartered in Wiener Neudorf, operates around 4,000 stores in Austria, Italy and eight Eastern European countries. Körber, the Constance-based conglomerate, supplies numerous solutions for optimising intralogistics processes through its Supply Chain division. From the retail sector dm, Tchibo, Douglas, Mango, and Intersport Deutschland use…

Codè Crai Ovest has started to deploy an app called `Last minute sotto casa' by start-up LMSC to minimise food waste. The Italian cooperative uses it to inform shoppers on items to be bought at lower prices shortly before they reach their expiry date.

Markant Group has acquired a majority stake in Cologne-based product content management specialist Bayard. With its investment, the retail and services group aims to become the leading provider of product information management services for industry and retail in Europe.

Swiss retail leader Migros has started to test the delivery of goods by a self-driving van from Swiss start-up Loxo this week. The autonomously driving delivery vehicle with electric propulsion will autonomously bring groceries under the name 'Migronomous' from the Migros store in the shopping center Mall of Switzerland to the company campus of lift manufacturer Schindler in Ebikon, in…

In the USA, start-ups are launching new grocery stores that provide ready-picked goods for pick-up – exclusively for online ordered purchases. In the US state of Massachusetts, the company Addie's has opened its first store of this kind, while in Oklahoma the start-up JackBe is launching drive-up stores.

Quick, easy and secure – this is how the optimal checkout works. Customers pay for their purchases stress-free without long waiting times and go home with a positive experience. It's a win-win situation – but unfortunately this is easier said than done. Flexible, holistic solutions that take into account different preferences are especially promising. Automated cash handling can play an…

Colruyt is testing the use of cameras and AI to identify goods at a supermarket in Halle, Belgium. The solution, developed by its in-house technology team, is designed to reduce workload of checkout staff and speed up the process by a fifth.