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In the highly competitive POS software market, GK was able to significantly expand its market position and achieved second place behind market leader NCR Voyix. RBR Data Services’ study Global POS Software 2024 expects a growing demand for new solutions. However, more and more retail companies rely on proprietary solutions.

The grocery retailer Rimi Baltic, which is part of Swedish ICA Group, is now using the Symphony AI platform also to tailor assortment of its 308 stores precisely to the needs of its customers. The Baltic company has been using Symphony AI for store and shelf space optimisation since 2022 in order to increase the efficiency of its sales areas.

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.

Tests in some stores and even framework agreements with technology suppliers are not yet proof that electronic labels will soon be seen in all stores. Retailers will only achieve a rapid ROI if they use the labels to react more dynamically to market developments with intelligent price optimisation solutions, to optimise in-store processes or to offer customers significant additional benefits.

Retailers prefer to use GK Software for new POS software installations globally. If restaurants, hotels and petrol stations are also taken into account, NCR is at the top of the list of new software installations globally. In the field of POS hardware, HP has worked its way to the top of worldwide installations, according to new study from RBR. The…

In less than a year, Rimi Baltic, a grocery retailer belonging to the Swedish ICA Group, has switched its pricing to the optimisation solution from Revionics, a pricing specialist recently acquired by Aptos. This has increased sales of its 280 stores in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.