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PBS Network and Bayard Consulting have formed a partnership. As part of their cooperation, the suppliers of paper, office and stationery products currently connected to the marketplace will enjoy an additional option how to make their product master data available to retailers via GDSN data pool b-synced.

Magnit implements Relex software for automated replenishment in all of its stores and distribution centres. The artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution is set to optimise ordering and delivery processes.

Retailers prefer to use GK Software for new POS software installations globally. If restaurants, hotels and petrol stations are also taken into account, NCR is at the top of the list of new software installations globally. In the field of POS hardware, HP has worked its way to the top of worldwide installations, according to new study from RBR. The…

Maxima in Lithuania has launched mobile checkout service Scan&Go. At its store in the Akropole Shopping Centre in Riga, customers can scan and pay for goods using their smartphones. Maxima is the first retailer in the Baltic States to offer this service.

Edeka merchant Stefan Popp is the first retailer to use the technology of Israeli Bizerba partner Supersmart in Germany. In his E-Center in Würzburg, Popp has had the intelligent validation of self-scanning by its customers installed not only for the verification of items in shopping trolleys but also for those in shopping baskets.

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.