Valuable lessons learned from the development and use of technologies in retail
21.11.2024
Sharing successes and failures is essential for progress in the retail industry. The EHI Technology Days 2024 provided a platform for this, with leading retail companies and innovators such as Fressnapf, Edeka, Colruyt and MediaMarktSaturn sharing their experiences with the use of various retail technologies and providing valuable tips.
Paper-based weight sensors transform shelves into smart shelves
03.09.2024
PaperWeight AI has developed a unique and recycable shelf event sensor made entirely out of paper. We asked CEO Dr Yoni Engel how the sensor works and for which use cases it is being deployed in the retail sector.
Smart stores: no revolution without risk
16.07.2024
Convenient shopping experiences are definitely a competitive advantage for retailers. One concept that retailers are using to appeal to their customers is autonomous shops, known as smart stores.
Food service robot in the EsselungaLab: a testing centre for new technologies
09.07.2024
The Esselunga retail chain is trialling new technologies in its innovation supermarket in Milan. This includes a robot that prepares salads. We spoke to Alexandre Rochat, Head of the Innovation Department, about the Cobot Alfred.
“Autonomous stores”: Future reality or hype?
21.02.2024
The concept of "Autonomous Stores", enabled by the development of artificial intelligence, is not new. Miya Knights, Publisher Retail Technology magazine, examines the increasing role of automation in stores.
Automated retail: Selfly Store introduces intelligent freezer
04.07.2023
In April, the vending company Selfly Store introduced its latest product: the Selfly Freezer. We spoke to CMO Malin Östman about first experiences with the smart freezer and the potential of unmanned shopping.
Tech innovations for urban shopping convenience
30.05.2023
The Belgian Colruyt Group is testing various innovative store and shopping concepts. Much of this revolves around technology-supported shopping convenience in cities.
Express Store from Viessmann and Pixevia at EuroShop 2023
01.05.2023
Enabling a comfortable "just-walk-out" shopping experience, thanks to state-of-the-art technology: Viessmann presented such a convenience store at EuroShop 2023 in Düsseldorf.
Second OKay Direct arrives in Lennik
03.02.2023
Autonomous stores: Grab&Go concepts multiplying
03.01.2023
The autonomous store, which enables shopping with an automated payment process in the background, represents a major leap forward in innovation in the retail sector.
Machine vision: Cameras observe and "think along"
08.03.2022
Machine vision has recently made great strides. It is also being used in the area of checkout control in retail.
Automated smart stores: Never run out of milk for your cereal ever again!
27.10.2021
While stores with no (sales) staff sounded like science fiction just a few short years ago, they are now fast becoming a reality. Even though smart stores are not yet the new retail norm across the board, they are moving away from being sporadic, mere testing locations and pilot projects.
Sustainable Smart Stores: The Concept of the Future?
28.04.2021
Xenia Giese from Microsoft tells how stores could save money, time and resources and thus operate even more efficiently and sustainably.
Shopping 24/7: Staff-free operated stores
31.03.2021
Tiny store, micro store, smart store, vending machine store – different names for concepts that all have the same goal: Customers shop 24/7 in staff-free stores.
Customer experience: Make it speedy, safe, and simple please!
03.12.2020
Instead of extensive, personal consultation and on-site customer service, the new store concept of the TYPY store in Düsseldorf relies on technologies that make shopping quick and easy.
Checkout-free and unmanned stores
31.07.2020
Completely cashierless or staff-free stores are still rare, but there are successful examples. Will they soon become a serious alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar stores?