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French retail group Système U has entered into a partnership with Alkemics to optimise cooperation with its suppliers of all sizes.

Drugstore operator Müller has decided to deploy Relex software for forecasting and replenishment across its store network. The goal is to reduce inventory levels while warranting high product availability.

In partnership with delivery service Inabuggy, McEwan Fine Foods in Toronto, Canada offers customers a virtual shopping experience in 3D.

A Pyaterochka store in Moscow offers customers fully automated shopping according to Amazon Go principle. The Russian X5 Retail Group has implemented largely inhouse-developed technology based on neural networks. The Electronic Shelf Labels come from SES Imagotag.

Start-up Campo of former Tank&Rast manager Carlo Caldi will open its first fully automated, round-the-clock grocery store under the name Typy in Düsseldorf's Medienhafen on Wednesday this week. Convenience goods will come from local caterer Broich. Typy was realised with robotic systems from Smark.

Edeka Meyer's offers customers a new and efficient type of checkout. In its newly opened store at Freesen Center in the city of Neumünster, the retailer has deployed two Itab ScanMate self-checkout systems.

Walmart has terminated its contract with start-up Bossa Nova Robotics and will no longer use robots for stock-taking in its stores. German retail CIOs are also sceptical about robots on the sales floor.

Hagebau goes into the cloud: With GK Software, Infor and Microsoft, the building materials and DIY group Hagebau is building its merchandise and workforce management as well as its store solutions completely on a Software-as-a-Service infrastructure. At the EHI Technology Days, other retailers also report on their plans to use cloud solutions for core applications of their business.

Austrian beverage group Ottakringer has automated the data supply of the retail trade from its Akeneo PIM system with the help of Bayard Consulting and switched to the GDSN data pool b-synced.

Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom is pushing the digitalisation of its stores forward using technology from Instore Solutions.