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Rewe Group's discounter Penny has opened a first experience store on sustainability with digital touchpoints from Swiss software house Instore Solutions.

Rewe Group is semi-automating the creation of store-specific planograms with Relex. The project is part of the initiative of the Cologne-based retail group to localise its assortments data-driven based on regional shopper demand.

In a pilot store, Tegut is testing to sell an assortement of 800 articles around the clock. The subsidiary of Migros Zurich relies on solutions from Wanzl, Snabble and Pan Oston in its T-Box for access control, self-scanning, anti-theft protection and check-out. Further stores are planned for autumn.

At the beginning of next week, Lidl will officially launch its digital customer loyalty programme in Germany. With it, Europe's largest discounter has solved another problem: Lidl Plus offers the digital receipt.

Swedish e-food retailer MatHem optimises sales planning and scheduling of fresh produce with Relex.

At last the most important manufacturers of drugstore goods seem to have reached an agreement with Edeka, dm, Rossmann and Müller at GS1 Germany on an industry-wide reusable transport container for drugstore goods. The plastics processor Georg Utz and the pool operator IPP have been commissioned to initially circulate 100,000 standardised reusable boxes from spring 2021.

In Pioltello, near Milan, Esselunga has installed the first machine for online orders which transports the goods automated to the output tray. The Click&Collect store complements a range of chilled parcel lockers that the Italian retailer has already installed for the pick-up of online orders.

North American convenience store operator Circle K plans to transform a Phoenix store into an Amazon Go style just-walk-out shop using technology from Standard Cognition.

Lenta turns its Zebra mobile self-scanners into navigation devices with software from Re-Vision and indoor positioning specialists Signify. The team of the Russian hypermarket operator also want to use the solution in future to offer individual promotions depending on the location in the store.

The world's first Amazon Fresh supermarket has opened: A short tour provides insights into Amazon's food strategy.