{"id":27088,"date":"2026-08-05T17:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/colruyt-reshapes-its-strategy-for-unattended-stores\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:32:39","slug":"colruyt-reshapes-its-strategy-for-unattended-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/en\/colruyt-reshapes-its-strategy-for-unattended-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Colruyt reshapes its strategy for unattended stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27088\" class=\"elementor elementor-27088 elementor-27079\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57ea385 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57ea385\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aa2de6\" data-id=\"2aa2de6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f0b04c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f0b04c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Belgian Colruyt Group has decided to operate its unattended Okay Direct convenience stores exclusively in the vicinity of a traditional Okay outlet in future. This explains the closure of two of its three existing locations at the end of last month. At the same time, the company has announced plans to bring the 24\/7 stores to the capital, Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The group opened its first Okay Direct store in 2021 on Belfortstraat in the centre of Ghent. <a href=\"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/en\/colruyt-pilots-just-walk-out-store-with-homegrown-technology\/\"><em>The Retail Optimiser<\/em> reported.<\/a> The company developed the technology for unattended operation in-house with a team from Colruyt Group\u2019s Technics &amp; Engineering division, known at the time as Smart Technics. For the smart vending machines used, the group is working with British specialist Innovend.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, two further Okay Direct outlets have opened in Ghent, on Leopoldstraat and at Kortrijksepoort. The latter is located right next to a traditional Okay store open at typical working hours. This location will remain open in future. Okay\u2019s Director, An Martel, is convinced that the Okay Direct concept has proved successful and meets the needs of shoppers in urban areas.<\/p>\n<h3>More efficient when located near a traditional store<\/h3>\n<p>The Colruyt Group has carefully reviewed the concept over the past few years and assessed how Okay Direct could best be developed. An Martel explains that the conclusion was clear: \u201cOkay Direct works best when paired with a neighbouring store. This enables us to supply both stores more efficiently and deploy employees more flexibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okay Direct stores, which are accessible round the clock, are particularly well-suited to operation in urban areas. There, shoppers are more flexible in their behaviour and view the stores as an extension of their own fridge. Moreover, cities are vibrant day and night.<\/p>\n<h3>New opening planned in Brussels<\/h3>\n<p>Based on these findings, the company is planning next steps for its innovative store concept. An Okay Direct store is set to open in the capital, Brussels, before the end of the current financial year, which ends in March 2027. A new Okay store is already planned for the city\u2019s Etterbeek district, on the corner of Waversesteenweg and Chauss\u00e9e de Wavre. An Okay Direct store is then set to open right next to it. Colruyt Group wants to announce the exact opening date at a later stage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-937b4a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"937b4a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf9956a\" data-id=\"cf9956a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d901b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d901b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/08\/Colruyt-Okay-Direct-Innovend_1024.jpg.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/08\/Colruyt-Okay-Direct-Innovend_1024.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/08\/Colruyt-Okay-Direct-Innovend_1024-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2026\/08\/Colruyt-Okay-Direct-Innovend_1024-768x512.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Colruyt operates smart vending machines from British specialist Innovend at its unattended Okay Direct stores. 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