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Norma is putting its e-commerce business on a new foundation. As reported by Lebensmittel Zeitung, the German retailer based in Fürth will migrate its Norma24 online shop from the current online shop system Shopware to Spryker's headless commerce platform by the end of this year.

Self-checkout technology continues to grow in the retail sector. According to the latest report from RBR Data Services, now part of Datos Insights, more than 217,000 self-checkout devices were delivered worldwide last year.

Aldi Süd is expanding its collaboration with Instacart in the USA. Customers can now also use the quick service provider's app in Aldi stores to make shopping easier. The software promises the discounter a uniform view of customer behaviour across online and offline channels. Click & Collect is also set to become easier and more efficient for employees.

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.

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.

Aldi Nord is piloting a customer loyalty programme for the first time. Users of the Aldi app can collect bonus points in 70 of the discounter's stores in Belgium. The application was developed together with software specialist GK.

In one of the largest technology projects in Europe, Aldi Nord has built a completely new SAP-based merchandise management IT system in the cloud under the decisive influence of Accenture consultants. However, the conversion of the first pilot region was anything but a success: the inventory record in the system no longer worked in the Dutch region Culemborg, resulting in…

Leading grocery retailers in Ireland, such as Dunnes Store, Tesco and Aldi Süd, are using the AI-based purchasing platform from Kwayga to find more favourable procurement channels for food and beverages. The start-up connects retailers with suppliers from more than 60 countries.

For a long time, it was the taboo subject number one in the retail technology industry. Whether Amazon, Tesco, Aldi Nord, Aldi Süd or Rewe Group: nobody wanted to talk about the question of how much manual intervention in low-wage countries is involved in the shopping processes in their scanless stores. Now it's suddenly in the public media: Has Amazon…

Retailers have long recognised the considerable potential of self-service technology. At the same time, retailers are recording an increasing number of inventory discrepancies. To counteract this trend in the self-service area, Diebold Nixdorf now offers its customers one of the most comprehensive AI-powered solutions to protect against shrinkage in the self-service area and beyond.