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Aldi Nord is testing a modified self-checkout strategy at three stores in Germany. Similar to its competitor Lidl, the discounter is using GK's software consistently for both manned checkouts and self-checkouts. The discounter also uses the same hardware components in the checkout lanes as at the self-checkouts. The counter for the current self-checkout prototype is supplied by shopfitting specialist Kesseböhmer.

Together with service provider Arvato, Douglas has put an automation solution from Knapp into operation at its new central warehouse in Hamm. After a 25-month implementation phase, the solution is set to largely automate order processing for the retailer’s stores and online business in the DACH region.

Under the name Amazon Grocery, the US online giant is piloting a store in Chicago that sells brand-name items, drinks and snacks at a Whole Foods market. The new C-store uses a range of self-service systems, but not the just-walk-out technology.

Belgian Colruyt Group has started to equip stores of its Okay, Okay Compact and Spar Colruyt Group banners with self-checkout systems. The retailer is purchasing the devices from Toshiba, configured to the retail group's own specifications. The design of the self-checkouts, which Toshiba sells in a similar design as the ‘TCx Smart Wing’ product in Europe, comes from Dutch specialist…

Hornbach is implementing AI-based forecasting and replenishment solutions from Relex across Europe. With the platform from the Finnish software provider, the DIY store operator is replacing SAP's F&R Engine.

Walmart’s Cash-and-Carry store operation Sam’s Club will open a self-scanning-only store in Grapevine, Texas next week.

Kaufland has taken its highly automated distribution centre in Geisenfeld fully into operation. It took more than three years to optimise the systems and to gradually put them into operation. The heart of the system is a picking solution from Vanderlande, which uses robotic arms to pick and push dry goods. Kaufland picks fruit and vegetables using a customer-specific development…

Together with Mondelēz International, Markant Group and its subsidiary Retail.ai developed the Product Wizard, which uses generative artificial intelligence to create channel- and target group-specific product descriptions. The solution won this year's GS1 Germany ECR Award in the Innovation Excellence category.

The company behind the Enfore POS Software, which Fressnapf has been trying to implement since 2020, is insolvent. Enfore founder Marco Börries no longer belongs to the Fressnapf board of directors and Fressnapf is looking for a new point-of-sale software solution.

Hornbach has selected Blue Yonder for its new order management solution. With this, the operator of DIY and garden centres aims to offer its customers a seamless shopping experience across all channels.