DIY retailer Obi has introduced electronic shelf price labels from VusionGroup in selected product ranges in around 200 of its German stores. The introduction is part of an extensive digitalisation project of the DIY retailer, which also includes the introduction of McKinsey's Periscope price optimisation solution.
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The consolidation on the market of Product Information Management (PIM) solution providers goes on. After Salsify acquired Alkemics with effect of last week, Syndigo now takes over Riversand. Syndigo is – as its competitor Salsify – a registered data pool of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) in the US.
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US-based product master data platform Salsify is taking over its French competitor Alkemics. The companies did not comment on the terms of the takeover. Both offer cloud-based platforms for collaboration between retailers and their suppliers and are each registered as data pools of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN).
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