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Carrefour is piloting payment via palm vein recognition in one of its Paris stores during the Olympic Games. The technology for the innovative biometric system is supplied by Ingenico.

British fashion retailer Regatta has rolled out One Iota's in-store staff mobile app across its stores in Ireland. The cloud-based app runs on Adyen's Android device and also uses the technology provider's omnichannel payment solution. The move is part of the fashion retailer's strategy to improve the customer experience.

Kroger has ordered further automation solutions for online fulfilment from the British technology company Ocado. As the second-largest US retailer announced this week, proprietary Ocado technologies such as On-Grid Robotic Pick and Automated Frameload are to be implemented in all eight existing Customer Fulfillment Centers (CFC).

Aldi Süd is testing a digital shopping trolley from Caper, which was aquired by quick service provider Instacart in 2021, at its Austrian country unit Hofer.

Asda has successfully completed the introduction of its new POS software from NCR Voyix. The British retailer has also replaced hardware components on a large scale including around 30,000 new hand scanners for customer self-scanning from Zebra.

The British Co-operative Group plans to implement Walmart's online fulfilment app Store Assist. The solution was developed by Walmart Commerce Technologies, the US retail giant's profit centre subsidiary.

British retail co-operative Central Co-op has implemented Retail Insight’s new Prompted Markdown feature. With the solution, Central Co-op can identify products near expiry, allowing the retailer to take action to minimise waste.

Aldi Süd has agreed a multi-year collaboration with professional services provider Genpact in the USA and Australia. In these countries, the discounter is piloting the introduction of its new, predominantly SAP-based technology landscape under the project name Ahead.

Hy-Vee uses VusionGroup's platform to digitise more than 230 of its stores. The retail company, which operates in nine Midwestern states, has implemented digital shelf labels and numerous other VusionGroup solutions to optimise the shopping experience for its customers.

Specialist tea retailer TeeGschwendner is implementing Snabble's self-checkout solution on Pyramid hardware in its stores. Thanks to the solution, shoppers can now choose between Scan & Go, checkout at an SCO or a combination of the two.