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For Belgium, Aldi Nord has chosen SoluM. The discount giant is currently still in negotiations with further technology providers for other countries.

With its Connected Store in GS1 Germany's Knowledge Centre, VusionGroup demonstrates how its technology optimises brick-and-mortar retail through the interaction of real-time data, AI and IoT.

Selgros, the cash and carry market operator belonging to Coop Switzerland, has brought the Supersmart solution for validation after self-scanning to Germany. The two Selgros stores in Neu-Isenburg and Braunschweig have already been equipped with the solution, which uses weight data and intelligent analyses to verify self-scanning.

British supermarket operator Waitrose is trialling Shopic's clip-on devices for shopping trolleys for the first time at a store in Bracknell. Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner at the British Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), told The Retail Optimiser that, according to sales staff, the solution has been in use there for a few weeks. This is the first installation…

The independent Edeka retailer Paschmann from the Rhine-Ruhr region has equipped its self-checkouts in a first store with Diebold Nixdorf's Vision Recognition solution to prevent fraud. Its supermarket on Suitbertusstraße in Düsseldorf is the first store in Germany to use Diebold Nixdorf's Vynamic Smart Vision Shrink Reduction solution, which was originally developed by British start-up SeeChange.

Kik is introducing AI-based solutions for planning, merchandising and inventory management from US specialist Impact Analytics. With the new platform, the textile and non-food discounter aims to modernise processes and provide its teams with more and better data for decision-making.

British retailer Iceland Foods has launched a nationwide initiative to reduce food waste. For this, the frozen food specialist is working with food-sharing platform Olio and technology start-up Gander. Consumers receive real-time notifications via apps from both partners when products nearing their expiry date are discounted at their local Iceland store.

Just a year after launching its own kiosk solution, Zebra Technologies has announced plans to acquire Elo Touch Solutions for 1.3 billion US-Dollars. This move will enable the company to meet the growing demand from retailers for larger in-store touchpoints to display product information and serve as platforms for Retail Media.

Fishbull Franz Fischer has introduced digital receipts in its almost 350 Sonderpreis DIY stores with Anybill and Zucchetti.

The world's leading travel retail company, Avolta (formerly Dufry), has worked with SAP Retail specialist Retail Solutions to standardise and consolidate its cross-country and cross-banner POS data processes within just six months. The project focused on the introduction of SAP POS DTA.