Coop Sverige (Sweden)

There was a jubilant atmosphere last night at Dr. Thompson's Seifenfabrik in Düsseldorf: top IT managers from leading retail companies such as Colruyt Group, Coop Sweden, Globus, Kaufland, Koçtaş, Lekkerland, Netto Marken-Discount, Rossmann, Sonae, and many more celebrated together with their technology partners.

Sainsbury's is deploying software from Norwegian provider Strongpoint to pick food home deliveries from its stores. With the move, the British retailer aims to process customer orders more efficiently and accurately.

Relex Solutions has acquired Formulate, a Swedish promotion planning and analytics company. One of the joint users of Formulate and Relex is the Swedish Coop, whose Värmland region is one of Relex's early customers in the field of inventory optimisation, but also staff planning.