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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.

Thalia is introducing the order management software from Fulfillmenttools as part of its Log2025 logistics strategy. Implementation partner for the project is Adesso. The book retailer aims to use the new platform to make its omnichannel processes more efficient and deliver online orders directly from its stores.

The convenience division of the Rewe Group, Lekkerland, is implementing VusionGroup’s solutions in its unmanned smart kiosks – mini stores with self-checkouts that are open around the clock. Following a successful pilot project in Düsseldorf, the rollout has been extended to smart kiosks throughout Germany.

Toom Baumarkt has opted for price optimisation software from Revionics. With the AI-based solution, DIY banner operation of Rewe Group wants to improve price perception and thus promote customer loyalty and growth.

MC Sonae has opened a large scanless supermarket in Leiria, Portugal. The 1,200-square-metre Continente Bom Dia store uses more than 1,600 cameras and 2,000 scales and AI from Sensei to track purchases, as well as refrigeration technology from Jordao.

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.

Rewe Group's subsidiary Lekkerland has opened a first Rewe Ready store at the EnBW fast charging park near the Kamen motorway junction with AiFi technology. For two other Rewe Ready locations, Lekkerland is relying on technology from Latebird and on smart fridges from the Portuguese specialist Reckon.ai.

Retail companies in the German speaking countries are already achieving efficiency gains, as demonstrated by practical examples of artificial intelligence at the checkout processes at Netto, at Rewe Group and in store layout planning at Rossmann. The use of AI in sales support and task management at M-Preis demonstrates how the technology makes employees’ work easier. AI also provides tips…

Self-checkout technology continues to grow in the retail sector. According to the latest report from RBR Data Services, now part of Datos Insights, more than 217,000 self-checkout devices were delivered worldwide last year.

Last week, Rewe Group launched a new distribution centre in Magdeburg Rothensee with automation technology from Kuka subsidiary Swisslog. Up to now, the retail group has mainly relied on Witron for the automation of distribution centres, whose automation technology largely operates without robotics.