Lidl

Waitrose is currently rolling out electronic shelf labels from the Korean supplier SoluM. The British supermarket operator of the John Lewis Partnership has now equipped more than 200 of its about 420 stores with the technology.

Lidl is the first grocery retailer in Germany to offer Wero as an e-commerce payment method.

Aldi Nord is continuing to test loyalty features in its customer app in Belgium, even though the company generally rules out app discounts and different prices for different customers. In a joint press release issued today for Germany, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have stated that they are committed to a standard Aldi price for everyone and are therefore not…

Schwarz Group and one of the Co-CEOs of Schwarz Digits are parting ways with immediate effect. Rolf Schumann has left the company after seven years. Christian Müller, previously also a Co-CEO, is taking sole overall responsibility for the Schwarz Group’s digital division.

Tesco has signed a multi-year contract with Hanshow for the supply of electronic shelf labels, according to Retail Week. Within two years, the British market leader plans to roll out the Chinese supplier’s labels to all of its approximately 3,000 UK stores – across all retail formats. The rollout is set to begin at a Tesco Express convenience store and…

Monoprix, the French urban supermarket chain owned by Casino Group, has selected commerce media platform Criteo to develop and commercialise its new digital retail media proposition, trade publication LSA reports. The partnership will cover advertising displayed across Monoprix’s websites and mobile applications including sponsored product listings.

Lidl’s online shop will be working with the commerce intelligence platform Criteo in the Retail Media sector. The aim is to expand the Retail Media offering and create new advertising opportunities for brands. According to the company, Criteo will also take over the exclusive marketing of advertising inventory on Lidl.de.

Lidl is expanding its UK food redistribution programme through a new partnership with food-sharing platform Olio, adding a second distribution layer to its existing collaboration with charity matching platform Neighbourly. The move aims to capture surplus food that cannot be collected by charities.

Lidl has integrated a grocery ordering feature into its Lidl Plus App in Ireland. It is not designed for home delivery of groceries, but only for ordering for collection from the car parks of its stores. This reports Lebensmittel Zeitung today.

The new self-checkouts, featuring a large, portrait-format display and an overhead camera, which Kaufland is currently rolling out across Germany, are also becoming the new standard at Lidl. They were developed by Schwarz IT in collaboration with the discounter.