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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,…

Swedish grocery retail group Axfood has developed a new assortment planning software together with SAP. The application features above all an improved modern user interface. SAP is marketing the new solution as a standard product.

Estonian grocery market leader Coop Estonia is also set to optimise its sales promotions with Relex. Relex acquired Swedish promotion planning specialist Formulate in May last year, whose clients include Sweden's Coop and the convenience arm of Norwegian retailer Reitan. Coop Estonia has already been optimising inventory at its approximately 330 distribution outlets with Relex's AI-based forecasting solution since 2019.

Israels leading grocery retailer Shufersal has decided to rollout Shopic`s smart cart solution across its store network. “Over time, they are planning to equip all 200 stores with 800 square meters or more with our solution”, Raz Golan, CEO and Co-Founder of Shopic, told The Retail Optimiser at Euroshop in Düsseldorf. For the project, Shufersal was awarded with one of…

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.