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Norwegian DIY retailer Maxbo has signed a contract with StrongPoint to roll out Electronic Shelf Price Labels (ESLs) from Pricer across its stores. The DIY retailer, which is part of Løvenskiold Handel, will start the installation in the first quarter of 2023 and plans to have it completed by the end of 2024.

French home improvement chain Castorama has developed a voice assistant for DIY customers in collaboration with digital agency Razorfish. The retailer, which is part of British retail group Kingfisher, has integrated the new feature, called Hello Casto, into its Castorama mobile app. The app offers customers tutorial videos that can be found and used entirely by voice while working. Clients…

Zalando offers Snapchat users to try on selected own-brand products virtually. All they must do is upload a full body photo.

Retailer Jumbo announces that it will use electronic price labels (ESLs) from Hanshow in all its about 700 stores in the future. The second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, which also operates stores in Belgium, will then have a total volume of over 11 million labels. Currently, the retail company is already using ESLs in 250 stores.

Albert Heijn is constructing an automated logistics hub for grocery home deliveries in Barendrecht near Rotterdam. The new site will use technology from Swisslog and is scheduled to start operations in autumn 2023.

This week, Aldi Nord entered a partnership with Trigo to jointly develop its Vision Recognition-based store technology. The aim is to combine the technology used in Aldi Nord's first scanning-free store in Utrecht with other software to automate store processes such as the detection of out-of-stocks. The partnership was preceded by an investment by Aldi Nord in Trigo, the amount…

Sainsbury's wants to handle all payment processes on the platform of services provider Checkout.com in future. In a first step, the cloud-based solution will enable payments via the retailer's SmartShop app.

Numerous German retail companies offer their customers self-scanning via smartphone app or proprietary hand-held scanners. However, a study by the EHI Retail Institute shows that the offer is rarely taken up. At an event of Self-Checkout Initiative at the EHI Technology Days in Bonn this week, retail representatives discussed the topic controversially. Drugstore operator dm plans to launch self-scanning in…

Albert Heijn uses AI-based software for dynamic pricing in its shops equipped with ESLs. The self-developed solution is designed to help fully selling off fresh produce that is approaching its best-before date over the course of the day.

At Rewe Dugonjic in Unterschleissheim, Amazon’s voice system Alexa greets customers and explains the way to the desired goods. The solution has been provided by specialist for instore advertising Online Software with its software Prestige Enterprise.