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The consolidation on the market of Product Information Management (PIM) solution providers goes on. After Salsify acquired Alkemics with effect of last week, Syndigo now takes over Riversand. Syndigo is – as its competitor Salsify – a registered data pool of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) in the US.

Swedish chain of unattended C-stores Lifvs has started to deploy Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESLs) for price communication. Using cloud-based control system Pricer Plaza, the retailer can dynamically adjust prices centrally.

Dutch supermarket chain DekaMarkt has implemented solutions from Centric to handle online orders. With growing demand, the retailer was looking for ways to reduce costs and optimise delivery processes.

US-based product master data platform Salsify is taking over its French competitor Alkemics. The companies did not comment on the terms of the takeover. Both offer cloud-based platforms for collaboration between retailers and their suppliers and are each registered as data pools of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN).

Next week, Lodata will, together with HP Retail Solutions, Almex and Combase, introduce a new hybrid checkout system that allows retailers from different verticals to make the checkout process variable and time-saving.

Rewe is the first German full-range food retailer to test shopping without payment at the checkout. The technology, called Pick&Go, has been tested with employees in a Cologne supermarket since the beginning of May and is expected to become available to all shoppers in late summer. Rewe Digital developed the solution with the computer vision specialist Trigo Vision from Israel.

Ernsting's Family plans to equip its 1,850 stores with iPads on which employees can find goods for customers in other stores and reorder them online. The textile retailer developed its ‘endless shelf’ app with CaperWhite. Lodata supplies the shops with the hardware including special scanners from Newland.

Australian supermarket chain Woolworth is planning its first online fulfilment centre in Auburn, in Western Sydney. The new logistics site will deploy automation technology from Austrian supplier Knapp and is scheduled to begin operations in 2024.

Australian supermarket chain Coles has centralised planning for its fresh produce assortments on the Living Retail platform from US specialist Relex. The solution integrates with the retailer’s in-house developed forecasting software and automates replenishment in order to streamline supply chain processes.

Teleshopping provider Home Shopping Europe (HSE) relies on Aptos' new cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution for procurement of goods, collection planning, product development and purchase planning.