Colruyt Group

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.

Belgian Colruyt Group has started to equip stores of its Okay, Okay Compact and Spar Colruyt Group banners with self-checkout systems. The retailer is purchasing the devices from Toshiba, configured to the retail group's own specifications. The design of the self-checkouts, which Toshiba sells in a similar design as the ‘TCx Smart Wing’ product in Europe, comes from Dutch specialist…

Coruyt is testing an in-house developed self-scanning shopping trolley in its store in Halle in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. If used in combination with payment by the Colruyt app, users can leave the store without going to a checkout. Since beginning of March, the smart cart has been available for Colruyt employees only. The shopping trolley developed by…

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…

Colruyt is testing the use of cameras and AI to identify goods at a supermarket in Halle, Belgium. The solution, developed by its in-house technology team, is designed to reduce workload of checkout staff and speed up the process by a fifth.

Colruyt is testing the use of autonomous vehicles for its online business. In a two-month trial, a compact driverless van from Estonian manufacturer Clevon transports customer orders to a Click&Collect pick-up station at the Londerzeel store in Belgium.

Colruyt makes it easier for employees to restock shelves with its new Product Finder app. This communicates with ESLs, which signal the correct shelf position by means of a built-in LED display.

Belgian Colruyt Group has opened its first unattended convenience store. The Okay Compact store in the city centre of Ghent is testing technology from in-house development team Smart Technics.