Zebra Technologies

The retail company Georg Jos. Kaes is piloting a project in one of its V-Markt stores in Northern Munich to see how redesigning the checkout area can improve customer experience and efficiency at the checkout. From February to April 2026, RNG member Georg Jos. Kaes will be testing various stationary and mobile self-checkout systems at the Munich location with technology…

British supermarket operator Waitrose is trialling Shopic's clip-on devices for shopping trolleys for the first time at a store in Bracknell. Toby Pickard, Retail Futures Senior Partner at the British Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), told The Retail Optimiser that, according to sales staff, the solution has been in use there for a few weeks. This is the first installation…

Just a year after launching its own kiosk solution, Zebra Technologies has announced plans to acquire Elo Touch Solutions for 1.3 billion US-Dollars. This move will enable the company to meet the growing demand from retailers for larger in-store touchpoints to display product information and serve as platforms for Retail Media.

Footwear retailer Deichmann is testing mobile checkouts in its stores in Germany. The solution was developed by Gebit, the company's POS software supplier. The mobile checkout, which can be used to process card payments on the touchscreen without an additional PIN pad, runs on new Zebra handhelds implemented at Deichmann.

M-Preis standardised communication between its employees in the stores and the headquarters last year. This has enabled the Austrian food retailer to reduce the number of tasks by over 60 per cent compared to previous processes. Christoph Enzinger, project manager at M-Preis, explains the results achieved so far at this year's EHI Technology Days in Bonn last week.

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…

M-Preis is implementing Zebra's Workcloud Task Management software. The Austrian food retailer wants to digitally transform processes between head office and stores to better integrate employees, optimise stock levels and improve customer experience.

Takko Fashion digitalises its store processes with Apps4brands from Act'o-soft. The application runs on mobile devices from manufacturer Zebra Technologies. The rollout in Germany has been completed, and by the end of the year all international stores should also be equipped with the new solution.

The travel retail specialist Gebr. Heinemann wants to introduce mobile checkouts with Snabble further locations. At Vienna Airport, the company had successfully tested the solution, which runs on employees’ standard Android devices, and is now using it there in regular operation.

Currently, retailers offer their customers the opportunity to scan items while shopping in over 46,000 stores worldwide. By 2027, this number will more than triple, according to the latest study of British market research company Retail Banking Research (RBR).