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There was a great atmosphere at Dr. Thompson's Seifenfabrik in Düsseldorf last night: IT managers from leading retail companies such as Colruyt, dm Drogeriemarkt, Edeka, Lidl, MediaMarktSaturn, Migros, Takko Fashion, Woolworths and many more celebrated together with their technology partners. EHI Retail Institute has selected the winners of the 18th Retail Technology Awards.

The Hanshow Smart Cart Solution is transforming retail by enhancing the shopping experience, boosting operational efficiency, and strengthening customer loyalty. Awarded honours a LSA Tech for Business in 2024, the Smart Cart Solution marks a significant leap in retail technology, seamlessly merging efficiency, sustainability, and innovation to enhance the shopping experience.

When using self-checkout systems, the interests of retailers are not always the same as those of their customers. Retailers need to reduce the risk of shrink, while customers want to pay as quickly as possible. And one usually comes at the expense of the other. In response to this phenomenon, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions developed self-checkout systems that aim to…

Retail companies in the German speaking countries are already achieving efficiency gains, as demonstrated by practical examples of artificial intelligence at the checkout processes at Netto, at Rewe Group and in store layout planning at Rossmann. The use of AI in sales support and task management at M-Preis demonstrates how the technology makes employees’ work easier. AI also provides tips…

Seamless checkouts are one of the most important topics for many retailers. With professional consulting and planning, mistakes that would require correction and cause high costs can be avoided from the outset. When retailers rely on advisory services based on data-driven analysis, extensive experience and the provision of open, modular solutions, introducing new checkout technologies can potentially deliver significant improvements…

Retail companies today have unprecedented opportunities to use technology to bring their customers out of anonymity and to gain valuable data about individual purchasing behaviour. If retail companies succeed in consistently using customer data collected at various touchpoints, they create ideal conditions for completely transforming the way they do business and communicate with their customers.

There is no doubt that the extent and manner in which people get around will change rapidly in the coming years, as will the way in which goods are transported. Filling station operators will have to adapt to this. The oil companies, like the food wholesalers that supply them, are aware that the rapid activation of new services requires a…

Using Bayard's Byrd technology, the Douglas Group has optimised its master data procurement consistently across its bricks and mortar and e-commerce businesses. The solution enables Europe's leading omnichannel premium beauty provider to carry out automated quality checks of product content from its suppliers.

Modern technologies are an indispensable part of progress for companies that want to gain a competitive edge in the fast-paced retail environment. This is because digital solutions and the development of AI and automation should contribute to greater efficiency: for example, the American fashion company Vera Bradley increased the on-time completion of company tasks from 40 to 95 per cent…

The atmosphere was excellent last night at Dr Thompson’s Seifenfabrik in Düsseldorf: Top IT managers from Edeka Group, Tegut, Rewe Group, Schwarz Group, Douglas, Benetton and many more had every reason to celebrate with their technology providers. Yesterday, EHI Retail Institute honoured the winners of the Retail Technology Awards Reta for the 17th time as part of Eurocis 2024. The…