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Having already proven itself in many pilot programs, Diebold Nixdorf’s AI-powered solution to combat shrink, Vynamic® Smart Vision I Shrink Reduction, is now being used live by the first German retailer. The software has recently been deployed for use at eight self-service checkouts at one of Edeka Paschmann’s supermarkets in Düsseldorf.

DIY store operator Hornbach has put Solace's event-driven real-time integration platform into operation. The solution from the Canadian specialist provider ensures that all relevant applications can instantly access important data, such as price changes, product information or sales data.

The independent Edeka retailer Paschmann from the Rhine-Ruhr region has equipped its self-checkouts in a first store with Diebold Nixdorf's Vision Recognition solution to prevent fraud. Its supermarket on Suitbertusstraße in Düsseldorf is the first store in Germany to use Diebold Nixdorf's Vynamic Smart Vision Shrink Reduction solution, which was originally developed by British start-up SeeChange.

Trigo is now also marketing its software as a loss prevention solution. The provider of scanless store technologies claims that using existing CCTV systems with AI, it can automatically detect discrepancies between picked up articles and those scanned.

Edeka Lüning has moved its replenishment processes to the latest AI-based version of Remira's sales forecasting and replenishment solution. The Westphalian grocery retailer has thus been able to increase the share of automated order items to 75 per cent.

Independent Edeka merchants Max and Robert Aschoff are testing the further developed version of the digital shopping cart with KBST's ScanBox 2.0 in their store in Kassel, Germany. The new solution features a wide-angle camera that makes scanning errors visible by showing the customer a video sequence in real time, alerting them to any mistakes they may have made.

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.

With the help of Captana's technology, Edeka Clausen was able to increase intraday shelf availability in its stores by more than five per cent. This was reported by Hauke Clausen, member of the management board of the independent Hamburg-based Edeka retailer, at Deutscher Handelskongress in Berlin in November.

Lekkerland has opened its first railway station store in Koblenz. The unmanned smart store works with technology from Reckon.ai. The Rewe subsidiary sees great potential for cashierless stores at railway stations and airports.

dm will deploy forecasting and replenishment software from Relex across Europe in future. Since the end of 2021, the drugstore operator has been planning product ranges and shelves store specifically with solutions from the Finnish technology provider.