Hanshow

Aldi Süd has started to equip its stores in Germany with Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs). Contrary to expectations, the discount market operator is not using labels specially developed for its requirements, but the standard slim labels of the Nebular series from Chinese manufacturer Hanshow.

Retailer Jumbo announces that it will use electronic price labels (ESLs) from Hanshow in all its about 700 stores in the future. The second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, which also operates stores in Belgium, will then have a total volume of over 11 million labels. Currently, the retail company is already using ESLs in 250 stores.

Albert Heijn uses AI-based software for dynamic pricing in its shops equipped with ESLs. The self-developed solution is designed to help fully selling off fresh produce that is approaching its best-before date over the course of the day.

With its GK Go store, which launched last week in Schöneck, GK is showing a different approach to the hot topic scanless store technology. Together with its partners Hitachi and Shekel Ltd, the in-store experts show that real-time processing of shopping is also possible in scanless stores, bringing transparency and interaction to customers’ smartphone — while they shop.