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Netto opened its second Pick&Go store with technology from Israeli provider Trigo this week. Customers can shop in the 800 square metre store of the Edeka Group's discounter in Regensburg without a check-in and without having to scan goods.

Bartels-Langness, short Bela, chooses Relex Solutions to increase its availability, reduce inventory and link its ordering and logistics processes. The company, who operates largely across northern Germany, will use the supply chain management solution for all 130 stores of its Famila and Markant banner operations as well as in its three logistics centres. Relex partner Wysupp will provide support for…

With the help of SES Imagotag’s subsidiary Captana, independent Edeka shop owner Stephan Cunäus has increased the shelf availability at his E-Center Warnow Park in Rostock by three percent, he reported at the ECR Conference (ECR-Tag) in Frankfurt am Main last week. SES Imagotag and Captana, in interaction with cameras and ESLs, provide the required transparency.

Edeka Jäger at Stuttgart Airport allows customers to shop autonomously at night. Shoppers then gain access via a Wanzl card access system and pay cashless at self- checkouts from Diebold Nixdorf running POS software from GK. Owner Florian Jäger explained the project to The Retail Optimiser.

Edeka Südbayern has implemented 20 so-called SmartShoppers from start-up company KBST in its E-Center in Penzberg, South of Munich. With this, Edeka Group now has more than 2,000 of the manufacturer's intelligent shopping trolleys in use across Germany.

Quick, easy and secure – this is how the optimal checkout works. Customers pay for their purchases stress-free without long waiting times and go home with a positive experience. It's a win-win situation – but unfortunately this is easier said than done. Flexible, holistic solutions that take into account different preferences are especially promising. Automated cash handling can play an…

Germany's largest retail organisation, Edeka Group, will optimise the orders and stocks of all its stores and distribution centres with the AI-based software platform of Relex. The decision represents a Copernican shift in the Edeka Group's IT strategy. Until now, the German retail giant has managed its inventory management systems exclusively with SAP and SAP partner solutions.

Aldi Nord is testing two innovative reverse vending systems from Norwegian specialist Tomra. Its system R1 allows customers to put up to 100 PET bottles or cans into the device at once. In the checkout-free Shop & Go store in Utrecht, the discounter is testing direct transfer of the deposit amount into the Aldi app.

Every year, almost 500,000 tonnes of food waste are caused in the retail sector in Germany alone, according to the UN Food Waste Index Report from last year. This is not only bad for the industry's image – the commercial damage caused by food being written off without sale is also immense. The problem has been recognised in retail companies,…

In the Upper Franconian village of Pettstadt, Rewe Markt GmbH is piloting Josefs Nahkauf Box, a retail format with around 700 items for daily needs. On an area of 39 square metres, customers can independently scan goods at a self-checkout from 4POS and pay by debit or credit card seven days a week, around the clock.