News

The branded goods manufacturers Kraft Heinz and Hengstenberg, which in Germany merged their sales forces at the beginning of the year, are making their work more efficient with Trax. The cloud-based solution analyses shelf photos and rapidly provides a dashboard that visualises the optimisation potential in a sales location.

Asda is integrating its logistics processes on the Blue Yonder Luminate platform. The decision marks an important step for the company's transformation process following its spin-off from the Walmart Group.

Aldi Nord plans to open a cashierless store in the Netherlands in early 2022. With the Israeli specialist Trigo, the discounter wants to test under real conditions how the checkout process can be automated using artificial intelligence (AI), cameras and shelf sensors.

Together with Relex, Migros Online has intelligently decoupled the delivery of its distribution centres from customer orders in terms of time and product range in order to smooth out peaks in staff deployment. This was reported by the partners this week at the German-language ECR conference.

Aldi Süd has launched a just-walk-out store in London on a trial basis. The technology comes most likely from Californian specialist AiFi, with whom Aldi Süd has been testing for several months.

In a sign that forward-thinking brands are increasingly exploring technical solutions to satisfy customer concerns, Organic Garden AG is part of the new wave of innovative food companies embracing blockchain-backed technology to give customers clear visibility of sustainability and traceability information. The Bavarian firm will begin incorporating Yaliyomo’s blockchain-based tracking across their product line of health-conscious, sustainably-sourced groceries this autumn.…

Furniture retailer Porta integrates its supply chain planning with Relex Solutions to benefit from aligned processes, reduced inventory and costs, and increased availability.

At two commuter stations in the greater Munich area, Deutsche Bahn is testing convenience vending machines from Glory with high-quality goods from Munich-based specialist Bite Delite. The stock is managed centrally taking the sell-by-dates into account. Commuters can reserve goods from a responsive website and pay in advance.

Drugstore company dm optimises cash handling in the cash office with systems from Glory. The retailer has already equipped 1,000 stores with CI-100 cash recycling devices from the Japanese specialist supplier.

DIY chain Hagebau guides customers at its Neumünster location via smartphone app to the desired product. Technology from start-up company Locandis enables in-store navigation by intelligently linking different sensor systems.