Retail Technology
Conad nord Ovest , fully automated fresh produce facility
At its logistics platform in Montopoli Val d’Arno (PI), Conad Nord Ovest has inaugurated a facility-the first in Italy to be fully automated- for fruit and vegetable picking that employs state-of-the-art robots to prepare...
CARREFOUR CREATES ITS FIRST AVATAR THANKS TO GENERATIVE AI
Carrefour intends to demonstrate that artificial intelligence is an opportunity to enhance the customer experience by responding as precisely as possible to their needs. A very realistic video, entirely made by artificial intelligence (AI),...
Edeka rolls out high-tech shopping carts across Germany
The shopping cart has moulted in recent years. In the past, shoppers only used it to conveniently bring their errands to the checkout. Now it is increasingly developing into a high-tech product with tremendous...
Temu, the new Chinese e-commerce competitor in the USA
According to CNN, A new online shopping platform tied to one of China’s largest retailers has quickly surpassed Amazon and Walmart as the most downloaded app in the United States. It is now attempting...
Système U chooses Generix Group for digital invoicing
Generix Group has been chosen as a Dematerialization Platform Partner to support U IRIS, Système U’s Information Systems department. This new process will concern all incoming and outgoing invoices processed by the group by...
To maintain profits, Ahold Delhaize accelerates cost-cutting.
Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch retail firm, will intensify its cost-cutting effort in order to maintain an operating margin of more than 4% in 2023. The store reported good fourth-quarter and full-year profits for fiscal...
Munich: Rewe’s Supermarket of the future
It is to become the supermarket of the future across the country. What currently not only sounds futuristic, but also feels surreal, became reality in Munich, the first cashierless Rewe store opened at Königsplatz...
Walmart to close three IT hubs.
According to a late-Monday story in The Wall Street Journal, Walmart intends to shut down three of its technological centers in the United States and order hundreds of employees to move if they want...
Carrefour use ChatGPT as grocers use AI to improve efficiency.
Carrefour’s ChatGPT-generated video comes as merchants around the world use artificial intelligence to enhance labor economics. The chatbot and a computer-generated human avatar are being used by the international supermarket giant, which has roughly...
Mercadona will invest 60 million euros to put solar roofing on 236 stores.
Mercadona is strengthening its commitment to photovoltaic solar energy and expects to invest around 60 million euros in the installation of solar panels on its rooftops by 2023, reducing emissions from power use considerably....