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dm Drogeriemarkt has chosen US-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) specialist Centric Software to develop and manage its private label brands collaboratively with the manufacturers.

In the converted ServiceStore DB of Swiss retailer Valora at Düsseldorf's central station, customers can now shop around the clock, seven days a week. During normal business hours, staff from the retail company are present during the day, while the store runs completely autonomously at night. During times without staff presence, shoppers gain access to the hybrid store via the…

Lidl is now also introducing self-checkouts in Germany. With Swiss hardware specialist 4POS and its software supplier GK, Lidl is embarking on a platform strategy using the same standard components as at its attended checkouts. Cash payment is possible at all devices: thanks to cash recyclers from Glory.

Henderson Group, operator of Spar stores in Northern Ireland, is investing more in cash automation using systems from Glory. Following successful initial steps, the number of outlets with a closed cash cycle will be doubled.

In the Upper Franconian village of Pettstadt, Rewe Markt GmbH is piloting Josefs Nahkauf Box, a retail format with around 700 items for daily needs. On an area of 39 square metres, customers can independently scan goods at a self-checkout from 4POS and pay by debit or credit card seven days a week, around the clock.

Convenience wholesaler Lekkerland, which is part of Rewe Group, plans to launch several different types of unmanned vending boxes under its Rewe To Go banner operation. Lekkerland has developed a vending machine with German start-up Latebird. Now Lebensmittel Zeitung reports that parallel vending boxes with scanless technology from AiFi are also planned under the name Rewe To Go. With Latebird,…

Auchan in Poland will be one of the first retailers to use Ocado's innovative on-grid robotic picking technology for its online business. For Poland, Ocado will be the exclusive technology partner across all areas of B2C retail. It was only at the beginning of this year that Ocado presented its new robotics to the industry, with which single products can…

In its new convenience format Quartier, Tegut is piloting self-scanning in combination with stationary self-checkouts on a new technological basis. For the first time, Tegut is using the software from GK. The self-scanning apps for both formats were developed by Aracom.

In the newly opened Roberta Goods convenience store in Stuttgart, automation technology from start-up Smark and Bizerba's Smart Shelf solutions enable customers to shop autonomously around the clock. Another store is set to open soon in the west of the city.

Rewe Group’s Lithuanian subsidiary Iki has opened its first cashierless store in the city of Vilnius. The Iki Express convenience store uses technology from start-up Pixevia.