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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.

The Northern Italian grocery retail cooperative Gruppo Végé has started to optimise the stocks in its about 100 Migross stores with the forecasting software of Finnish specialist Relex.

Kaufland is introducing self-scanning with customers' smartphones in its shops in the Czech Republic. Software partners are the Dutch specialists of Re-Vision.

When developing its new workforce app, Fressnapf focused on its processes and the need of the employees of its franchisees. Instead of introducing ready-made software, the pet supply retailer has the IBM-owned web developer ECX (ecx.io) from Düsseldorf develop according to its own requirements. Together with the staff on the sales floor, Fressnapf identified pain points and defined new processes…

At Woolworths Australia, Tiliter's self-scanning scale automatically indentifies produce. This also interests European grocery retail companies.

The US-American retailer Heinen's opts for a contactless salad preparation robot in times of government hygiene measures. The supermarket operator is now rolling out the machine, named Sally from Californian start-up Chowbotics, in its stores.

Groupe Casino's Cdiscount is starting another test run with the new generation of smart returnable packaging from LivingPackets.

At the first inner city store of its Combi format, Bünting sells 500 articles fully automatically around the clock. This is the first use of the automatic store, which Wanzl and the Knapp subsidiary KHT presented at this year's EuroShop in Düsseldorf.