British retailer Sainsbury’s has started a trial of biometric recognition technology in two stores, located in Sydenham, South London, and Bath, in the South West of England. The technology comes from Facewatch.
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With its new digital platform ‘Spar-Produktwelt’ (Spar Product World), Austrian Spar provides information on prices, origins, and availability of more than 25,000 products from its food range. Customers of company-operated stores in Austria can now access the database via an icon in the Spar app or the company's website.
Read more >>Spar Austria has automated the entire goods receiving process at its reopened logistics centre in Graz with technology from Knapp. A fully automated pallet high-bay racking system optimises storage capacity at the site, which was expanded to 40,000 square metres over a two-year construction period.
Read more >>Spar Austria relies on smart technology from specialist for facility management automation Loxone. Following successful test operations and installations at a Eurospar store in Tyrol and a Spar outlet in Mundefing, the retailer is rolling out the system to all new stores built and reopened this year, as well as its head office in Salzburg.
Read more >>Walmart’s Cash-and-Carry store operation Sam’s Club has implemented AI receipt verification technology in 120 locations. This represents approximately 20 per cent of the retailer's stores. The solution, developed in-house by Sam’s Club, uses AI and computer vision recognition to confirm that Scan&Go shoppers have paid for all items in their shopping carts. The retailer plans to roll out the solution…
Read more >>The first Spar supermarket in Israel validates self-scanning purchases with technology from Bizerba partner Supersmart. Spar licence holder Amit Zeev plans to open ten stores within the next few months and a total of 35 within five years.
Read more >>Austrian Spar today launched an app that allows customers to use complex sales promotions in its stores without registering by name with the retailer.
Read more >>The umbrella organisation Spar International has signed a framework agreement selecting Relex as its preferred supplier for forecasting and replenishment, pricing, merchandising, space and shelf space optimisation.
Read more >>Spar International is planning a new loyalty system on the platform of technology provider Spaaza Technologies. It is aimed to help Spar's independent country organisations develop modern, personalised marketing channels.
Read more >>Henderson Group, operator of Spar stores in Northern Ireland, is investing more in cash automation using systems from Glory. Following successful initial steps, the number of outlets with a closed cash cycle will be doubled.
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