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Communication at the POS in focus at Meto

Price labellers, labels, ESL fasteners and sales promotion solutions: Meto International GmbH offers everything for ...

POCO's experience: efficiency and customer proximity through digital price tags?

How ESL and other digital elements are used in furniture stores

POCO Einrichtungsmärkte GmbH relies on Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL). So far, 93 of the 127 stores have been equipped with this technology ...

New digital customer experience on the sales floor

Connecting stationary retail through omnichannel digital signage

The dynamics of digital change and the fast pace of customer expectations are increasing ...

Hanshow’s ESL Solutions Push Precision and Performance at the National Hardware Show

NHS is the premier event where home centers, independent retailers, online retailers, wholesalers, distributors ...

Precise pricing and well-stocked shelves

Interview with Hanshow Technology

Have you heard of green digitalization and how important it has become? Hanshow gives you an insight into the possibilities of modern ESL innovations – colorful and sustainable. At EuroCIS, the company explains the benefits for retailers. ...

Something is stirring on the shelf

Attracting attention with animated product presentation

A few aisles, many haphazard shelves and even more competing products – how can brands stand out from the crowd? A Romanian start-up has also asked itself this question. The answer: Tokinomo, an interactive robot arm that brings products to ...

Hibike in Germany benefits from digital price tags

German bicycle retailer uses technology by Delfi

Hibike is a German bicycle retailer with a large selection of bikes and accessories. To make it easier for customers to find information about prices and products, Hibike has chosen to implement digital price tags from the European IT company, Delfi ...

Rigtig Kaffe gets help with dynamic prices in the showroom

Denmark's largest specialist shop for espresso machines, coffee grinders, barista equipment and coffee beans uses technology from Delfi

Denmark's largest retailer of espresso machines, rigtigkaffe.dk, which has just won the third Gazelle award (Danish growth award), has moved from Skanderborg to new, beautiful premises in Tilst. In a new and modern showroom, customers can taste ...

Unieuro Italy: Success with digital price tags

Distributor of consumer electronics and household appliances uses ESL technology from Delfi

More than 40 Unieuro stores in Italy are now using the Breece System with the cloud-based ESL (electronic shelf labels) solution from Delfi Technologies – a European IT company. ...

Italian distributor teams up with Delfi Technologies

LP Distribuzione Bevande has implemented electronic shelf labels to update product information in its cash & carry shop

LP Distribuzione Bevande, a leading food and beverage distributor, has teamed up with Delfi Technologies and has implemented electronic shelf labels to update product information in its cash & carry shop. ...

Innovative, secure solutions for efficient printing

Citizen Systems presents broad printing portfolio at EuroShop 2023

Citizen Systems will be showcasing a range of innovative printing solutions at EuroShop 2023 and is looking forward to engaging with customers, partners and visitors at stand G65 in hall 6 at Messe Düsseldorf. This year's focus will be ...

HimmerLand is growing and has digital ambitions

Luxury resort HimmerLand in Denmark uses digital signs to communicate with guests

In North Jutland (Denmark) you will find the luxurious resort HimmerLand, which is known for its golf facilities, spa, different activities and gastronomy. The resort is on a major growth journey, where padel courts, new hotel rooms and a ...

Jutland’s largest wine shop is successful with digital price tags

Danish wine retailer Supervin benefits from modern technologies

In Hjørring (Denmark), plenty of wine is being sold at Supervin. The company's popular webshop accounts for 90 percent of the revenue, which has required new digital initiatives in the store. Supervin has therefore implemented digital ...

Raiffeisen relies on automatic price control

Optimized processes thanks to electronic shelf labels

Raiffeisen-Markt Emsdetten optimizes its store operation with electronic price tags to free up time for customer service. Heavy manual work processes have been replaced with a digital solution that saves significant amounts of time and handles ...

Esso Deli de Luca improves the customer experience with digital signs

Norwegian delicatessen chain offers first-class ambience – with digital price tags

Good food and drink experiences are the most important thing for Esso Deli de Luca, which has chosen to install the Breece System with electronic shelf labels from Delfi Technologies to save time that instead can be used to deliver more quality ...

Pixizoo: Digital price tags are a success among baby and children's equipment

New initiatives and technologies to help Danish online giant Pixizoo achieve ambitious growth target

The online success Pixizoo has come to stay. A new capital injection and new initiatives will help to realize the company's ambitious growth target of 20 percent per year, among other things with the help from digital price tags from Delfi ...

Hobro Vinhandel digitizes the store with electronic price tags

Danish wine merchant invests in electronic price tags from Delfi Technologies and a new checkout system

The local wine shop in Hobro (Denmark) has existed for more than 10 years. A growth journey is underway, including a full digitizationof the store. Going from writing price tags in hand to a fully digital solution with a complete overview of and ...

Ditur.dk: Now with digital prices in the flagship store in Aarhus

Danish jewellery and watch shop uses electronic shelf labels from Delfi

The growth comet Ditur, known from ‘Løvens Hule’ (Danish TV show) and a massive social media presence, opened its first store in the heart of Aarhus in 2021. To make web prices and promotions visible in the store, Ditur has ...

5 tips to save energy with POS printers

Optimize receipt printing with Citizen Systems

The rise in energy prices is having an impact on the retail sector. Savings measures have already been implemented in many places. But every detail counts, from the lighting at the entrance to the receipt at the checkout. Citizen Systems, a ...

Important automation at Jysk Vin

Leading Danish wine company now uses electronic shelf labels

On Østre Boulevard in Randers you will find the way to the good glass and one of Denmark's leading wine companies, Jysk Vin. Jysk Vin has a concept, where they constantly want to renew the business - both when it comes to products and IT. ...

New gigantic XL-BYG introduces digital price signs

8,500 electronic shelf labels from Delfi Technologies installed for opening in Denmark

In July 2022, the newly built XL-BYG Tømmergården opened in Viborg, Denmark. With a size of 10,000 m2 and several thousand items in stock, there is plenty of opportunity to explore the DIY store. As part of the store opening, 8,500 ...

Leading bike shop in Germany implements new technology

The Radhaus Ingolstadt impresses with a huge product range. Electronic shelf labels have now been introduced

Looking for a new bike from a world class bicycle shop? If you are in Germany, near Munich, then you must visit Radhaus Ingolstadt - the top bike shop in the region. ...

Practical buying, automatic selling

Interview with Alexander Eissing, Managing Director of Livello GmbH, about modern vending machines and their cross-sector future

Vending machines are a familiar sight at airports, train stations, hospitals and many other facilities. But not all vending machines are the same. Many of the older models are not suitable for meeting the requirements of both retailers and customers ...

Rolling into the future

Why shopping carts can be so much more than they currently are

More and more technology is finding its way into our supermarkets. Already today, self-service checkouts, electronic shelf labels and virtual wayfinding guides are a familiar sight in many stores. But the customer experience usually doesn't ...

ESL on the rise in Denmark

How a bottle store in Copenhagen uses electronic shelf labels to create a special eye-catcher

POPL - a burger bar that originally started as a Noma pop-up concept back in 2020. A pop-up that exceeded all expectations, as they attracted long queues and enthusiastic reviews. The burgers quickly became known as the "Noma burger", and ...

Brave new last mile

A dilemma of digital transformation versus sustainability?

The pandemic has given an additional boost to online retail with its record volumes already recorded in previous years. As a result, last-mile delivery is bursting at the seams, especially in metropolitan areas. There are limits to the capacity of ...

Top 5 retail trends for 2022 providing new opportunities

The five most important trends in retail that entrepreneurs can use to seize their opportunities

I have always believed in getting into the mind space of our customers. So lately, I've been interviewing a lot of retail customers and have learned a great deal about the challenges retailers face. But among those challenges, there are also ...

ESL: an all-rounder for the customer journey

Why the use of Electronic Shelf Labels can pay off

On 18.5.2022 it was time again: The webtalk format of iXtenso and EuroShop went into the next round! Despite the small ingredient ESL, the new "retail salsa" showed what an all-rounder electronic price labels can be when it comes to use in ...

Ynvisible supports sustainable fashion with digital price labels

New generation is easily readable, flexible and customizable

Ynvisible Interactive Inc. has announced that Digety, a company creating electronic price labels for the fashion industry, has selected Ynvisible as the supplier of displays for its re-usable digital price labels. Digety’s price labels ...

American and European retail brands bounce back better as values increase post-COVID

Big retailers like Amazon and Walmart apply their logistics expertise to adapt in innovative ways to the ‘new normal’

American and European retail brands are leading the global retail sector in bouncing back better from the pandemic, with Amazon and Walmart leading the way. In a world of changing customer demand and disrupted supply chains, these big retailers are ...

Electronic price labels: Small ingredient – big impact

Webtalk "retail salsa" about digital price labels

They’re more than decoration on a plate, and more than just a digital version of their plastic and paper predecessors. Electronic price labels on the shelf have enormous potential to save labor time on the floor, inform customers easily, and ...

eBay launches ‘Imperfects’ offering to drive more circularity this Earth Day

New destination gives almost perfect fashion items from over 100 brands a second chance

As shoppers look to reduce their fashion spend and environmental footprint, eBay UK has launched Imperfects - the fashion equivalent to supermarkets' wonky veg initiative, which launched in a bid to cut food waste.eBay’s Imperfects range ...

Food retail: from self-scanning to autonomous stores

EuroCIS from 31 May to 02 June 2022 in Düsseldorf presents current technology trends

When Amazon opened the first cashierless "Amazon Go" store to the general public in 2018, most experts in Europe were unanimous in their assessment: a highly exciting, technologically very ambitious project that a company like Amazon can ...

Electronic shelf labels - electronically labeled

On the way to becoming a standard: Digital prices conquer the space

More and more retailers are trying out electronic shelf labels. Why? More speed in price changes and less manual work for staff are only two of the many reasons. EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, from 31 May - 02 June 2022 in ...

The iXtenso editorial team was hungry ...

... and tested the Gorillas and Flink delivery services

Food delivery services in city centers are picking up speed. Drivers with oversized backpacks on their backs are increasingly common, sometimes even late at night. Popular services promise to deliver the groceries ordered via app to your doorstep ...

Shipping: Fast label printing for every carrier

Save time with Heidler shipping software and Citizen printers

Delivery details, ERP processing, freight carrier and label format – there are many things to consider when printing shipping labels. Speed and precision are crucial factors that must be taken into account. An automated process executed by ...

Walmart to expand in home delivery

Retailer to hire more than 3,000 associate delivery drivers, establish all-electric fleet of delivery vehicles

It’s a new year and Walmart is resolving to bring the convenience of InHome delivery to even more customers in 2022. Today, the retailer is announcing plans to scale the service, going from InHome being available to 6 million households ...

Min Købmand Møldrup secures future change of generation

The couple feels ready for the change

The grocery couple at Min Købmand Møldrup are soon ready to pass on the store. Pia Ambrosius has grown up in the grocery store, and for the last 26 years she has run the store together with her husband Hans-Peter Ambrosius. A couple ...

EuroCIS 2022: Electronic shelf labels – electronically labeled

Digital prices conquer the space

More and more retailers are trying out electronic shelf labels. Why? More speed in price changes and less manual work for staff are only two of the many reasons.EuroCIS from 15-17 February 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, will showcase a wide range ...

Versatile and variable: About shelves in the store

Shelves as stages for products

Shelves are versatile and multilateral – in the truest sense of the word, because they can not only be placed against the wall, but are also suitable, for example, as beautiful and open room dividers. We spoke with Lukas Schroll, Managing ...

Frankonia connects online and offline shopping experience

Cloud-based ESL solution

The German hunting retailer, Frankonia, has decided to roll out Breece System with electronic shelf labels (ESL) from Delfi Technologies in all its stores to connect the online and offline shopping experience. Founded in 1908, Frankonia in ...

Citizen launches world’s smallest 6-inch label printer

The smallest but also the best priced 6-inch printer on the market

Citizen has launched the CL-S6621, the smallest 6-inch label printer on the market, saving valuable desk space for customers as well as offering a range of powerful features. The CL-S6621 is a remarkable 60% smaller than the next largest 6-inch ...

New solution optimizes Lysmesteren stores

More opportunities for impulse purchases

At Lysmesteren in Næstved and Charlottenlund, which are part of Denmark’s biggest lighting chain, the stores have introduced electronic price tags from Delfi Techonolgies. A solution that has been implemented to gain focus and to ...

IAW 2022 – The orders fair for the retail trade

08.03. - 10.03.2022 | Messegelände Köln

The International Trade Fair for Promotional Goods and Imports (IAW Messe Köln) is an order fair for promotional goods, seasonal products and trend articles. More than 300 international wholesalers, producers, importers and suppliers will ...

Walmart launches Walmart GoLocal, a new delivery as a service business

Customizable white-label delivery service offering for merchants

The retailer is commercializing its delivery platform, beginning with delivery as a service, helping businesses of all sizes bring their products closer to their customers’ doorsteps. Walmart GoLocal is poised to be a top white-label delivery ...

Gebr. Heinemann - new technology for duty free shops

Electronic price tags at the airport

Gebr. Heinemann, founded in 1879, has teamed up with the IT company Delfi Technologies to ensure a high level of productivity in the international airport shops. By introducing electronic shelf labels, Gebr.  Heinemann can change prices and ...

Eventyrsport: Denmarks best e-shop and good customer experiences

Electronical price tags: shopping just like in the webshop

The Danish outdoor chain Eventyrsport has been named the country's best e-shop with a focus on good customer experiences. In the chain's physical stores, there is also a focus on good service, where electronic shelf labels connect the goods ...

Ambitious Spar grocer wins international award

Electronic price tags – great help in the workload

Malene Houni Hansen is a grocer in Danish Spar in central Jutland's Haderup as the second generation after her parents. As the first Danish grocer ever, she has won an international award based on her ambitious activities in the local area and ...

Plantorama: new concept focuses on sustainability

Installation of electronic price tags in garden and animal center chain

Plantorama, Denmark's largest garden and animal center chain, has opened two new sustainable centers under a modern concept, which in addition to everything for gardens, housing and animals, also offers electronic price tags as well as a ...

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Telecommunication company 3 relies on electronic price tags

The staff members in the telecommunications company 3's stores do not have to worry about updating product information or prices, as all the stores have installed electronic price tags from the IT company Delfi Technologies. The stores can ...

Blue City is pushing for a sustainable future

Installation of electronic price tags in all stores

The consumer electronics chain Blue City has a vision to achieve a leading role as a European supplier and front figure of sustainable solutions. Most recently, the chain has installed electronic price tags in all stores.Blue City buys and sells ...

ComputerSalg: Impressive growth, new premises and more technology

To keep up with the growth and the rapidly increasing inventory, the company moved to a new domicile in 2020

The growth comet ComputerSalg, which started as a physical store in 1996, where you could buy computers, hardware and software, has today grown to be one of Denmark's largest webshops. The corona crisis has accelerated the business further at ...

British shoppers visit variety discounters for grocery shopping

Variety discounters to grow at four times the speed of UK food and grocery market

New research from IGD reveals that variety discounters – Home Bargains, B&M, Poundland, Wilko and smaller players – will be worth £12.6bn by 2022, up from £11.1bn in 2020. The channel will take a 5.8% share of the overall ...

Hobbii has knitted a huge business together

The enormous growth has been possible because Hobbii has chosen technology that supports the processes in the warehouse and in the stores.

The yarn company Hobbii is Denmark's fastest-growing company. In a very short time, they have managed to create a huge business that is supported by modern technology and efficient work processes when handling the expected 1.5 million orders in ...

BAUHAUS introduces new click and collect technology

New solution helps store associates pick items for Click & Collect orders

With help from electronic shelf labels and handheld terminals, it has become much faster and easier for BAUHAUS to navigate through the store to find the right items. A new solution that also saves a lot of time on replenishment.With a product range ...

How "ugly" labels can increase purchase of unattractive produce

Why do consumers reject unattractive produce?

Researchers from University of British Columbia published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines whether and how the use of 'ugly' labeling for unattractive produce increases sales and profit margins.The study, forthcoming in ...

Danish supermarket chain implements ESL in all stores

The chain is investing in modernization and more digital initiatives

The privately owned, Danish supermarket chain Løvbjerg is doing well, and has experienced a great development in 2020 with a 18% growth. The chain is therefore also investing in modernization and more digital initiatives. Most recently, ...

More than 400 Danish Coop Stores Now with Electronic Shelf Labels

Back in 2010, the first Coop store implemented electronic shelf labels from the IT company, Delfi Technologies.

Store no. 400 became Irma at Islands Brygge in Copenhagen, which has undergone a major renovation project, where investments have been made into several initiatives to improve the shopping experience – this includes electronic shelf ...

Successful co-op association has the largest profit in the country

The local Kvickly store has found the recipe for making profit. In the future, even more energy will be spent on customers and staff members

Electronic shelf labels play a crucial role here.

A completely new experience at ICA Kvantum with Breece

ICA Kvantum in Lerum has invested in new technology: A cloud-based electronic shelf label

ICA Kvantum Lerum has for a long time been looking for a supplier of electronic shelf labels (ESL), so the staff no longer have to spend time and resources on changing paper shelf labels. It was important that it should be a ...

Leading Danish co-op upgrades with electronic shelf labels

Large association strengthens its business

Transformation and growth have always been a driving force for Brian Johansen, who has been with Coop since he started as a service assistant in Brugsen, already as a 12-year-old. Since then, he has worked his way up. Today, he still appreciates ...

Shopping experience thanks to electronic shelf labels

A unique customer experience at new danish gaming store

At the end of August 2020, Denmark's new gaming universe Games N 'Gadgets opened its doors to gamers and game-loving people in the center of Horsens city. Games N 'Gadgets offers everything within gaming, gadgets and computer ...

Pricing with agility at Conrad Electronic

Managing flexible prices with digital shelf label technology

As one of the leading European distributors of electronics and technology, it is important for Conrad Electronic to show the right price at the right time. The retailer has therefore implemented Delfi Technologies’ automatic pricing solution ...

Denmark's first sustainable DIY store has great success

Electronic price tags provide price and product information

In February 2020, STARK opened its doors to a whole new and sustainable DIY store in Hørsholm (Denmark), which will make it easier for customers to build sustainably. The store has got a flying start despite Corona and general restrictions in ...

New chain of toy stores in strong collaboration

Kids Coolshop is booming with new toys stores in a pressured market where competition is fierce

The chain has started installing electronic shelf labels in its physical stores. The electronic price tags are linked to a strong e-commerce engine and must help ensure competitive prices across all channels.Kids Coolshop was launched in 2017 ...

SPAR grocery store embraces new technologies

The store has implemented Delfi Technologies' cloud solution and mobile app to manage the store's electronic price tags

This year, the co-operative association Tikøb could celebrate its 100th anniversary. Today, the SPAR grocery store in Tikøb is one of the stores in the chain that is at the forefront when it comes to implementing new technology. Most ...

Supply chain: Know what’s on your retail shelves

What should bricks-and-mortar retailers pay attention to in their supply chain management?

The Cha-Ching sound of the cash register rings up sales – that’s music to a retailer’s ears. Satisfied customers and happy employees are the key to increasing sales. What role does effective supply chain management play in this ...

All knitted and sewn up: an online yarn retailer takes a stationary foothold

iXtenso’s interview with Joachim Hansen, retail manager at Hobbii

It’s all about yarn at Hobbii. From now on, the Danish retailer does not just sell exclusively online but also in physical stores. Joachim Hansen describes how digitization and personal contact interact in the retail stores. ...

RetailTech Lab opened a national test center in Denmark

The store of the future has opened in Lyngby. One of the partners is the IT company Delfi Technologies.

On June 16, 2020, RetailTech Lab opened its doors to a national test center in the Danish mall “Lyngby Storcenter”. New technology for the retail industry will be tested in close interaction between entrepreneurs, retailers and ...

Hobbii continues the growth adventure …

… with new stores and several digital initiatives

The online store Hobbii.dk continues the opening of physical stores with the launch the third store in Tarup shopping center in Odense, Denmark. The close collaboration with Delfi Technologies, which is based on several digital initiatives, will ...

Bright future for Copenhagen-based Irma Store

Automatic price updates with ESL

Irma Smedetoften is located in the heart of Copenhagen's Northwest Quarter. The area around the Irma store is part of an urban development project where, among other things, the local trade district will be strengthened. Irma has also recently ...

Digitalization in the german wholesale industry

METRO Companion App

Retailers have embraced digitalization to enhance the customer experience for many years. Examples of the growing digital transformation market include self-checkouts, omnichannel marketing, and electronic shelf labels. Customer apps are also ...

Electronic shelf labels: photo store introduces new technology

Cooperation between Photografica and Delfi Technologies

Photografica is a professional photography store in the heart of Copenhagen. Here, personal counseling and service play a crucial role. To the benefit of both employees and customers, the store has installed electronic price tags.With a central ...

Invisible light sources and dynamic lighting solutions in retail stores

"All the trends in the lighting industry focus on improving the shopping experience."

LED lights for retail stores have witnessed significant growth over the past few years. You would be hard-pressed to find any newly constructed store without these small, efficient lighting sources. Meanwhile, many existing stores and supermarkets ...

Young merchant beats all sales records

Electronic shelf labels save time for promotional activities

In 2019, the independent merchant, Matias Paaske, in charge of Min Købmand in Østerild (Denmark), won the "Merchant of the Year" award in the Dagrofa group. The great honor comes after an impressive development of the store ...

Let-Køb introduces new technology to save time

First store in the Let-Køb chain invests in electronic shelf labels

As the first store in the Let-Køb chain, ‘The Old Grocery Store’ at Rømø has chosen to invest in electronic shelf labels to ensure correct labeling of goods and to make sure that the signage always is up-to-date. A ...

Basics of how to merchandise your store

Retail Consultant Hans Günter Lemke reveals key elements of successful visual merchandising

Retailers face increasing pressure from online competitors. Although brick-and-mortar businesses take in the lion’s share of sales revenues, online shopping will play an increasingly important role in the future. That’s why it is ...

Not just stow it, present it, please!

Shelves and their possibilities at EuroShop 2020

Shelves are no longer just shelves. Form, colour and also function can vary. At EuroShop 2020, we will see what is possible with merchandise compartments today and that the good old shelf is not obsolete despite digitization! ...

Digital tool helps MENY in the fight against food waste

Printing discount labels directly from the app

After a convincing test, Dagrofa rolls out the food waste app ‘Whywaste’ in all the Danish MENY stores. At MENY in Solrød, the store has already managed to achieve a significant reduction in food waste. In addition to the app, the ...

Smart digital labels and pricing automation

SES-imagotag at EuroShop 2020

For 25 years, SES-imagotag has been the trusted partner of retailers for in-store digital technology. SES-imagotag, the worldwide leader in smart digital labels and pricing automation, has developed a comprehensive IoT and digital platform that ...

Safety First: Safe data transmission at the PoS

2020 EuroShop preview

Data security is the future currency in retail. Systems for inventory control, price labelling, customer and goods flow management must meet the highest security standards.ELEKTRA, together with a software partner, has been working on this ...

Wow factor affects the bottom line at Denmark's largest garden center chain

ESL results in time savings for employees and creates a positive customer experience

The rollout of electronic shelf labels is in progress at Plantorama, which expects both economic and operational benefits by replacing the paper shelf labels in all of the chain's garden centers. Staff members need more time for customers and it ...

Successful local grocery store: Here is the recipe

Fast price adjustment with electronic shelf labels

Many small local grocery stores have difficulty getting a profitable business, but in the Danish cottage area between Nymindegab and Hvide Sande, the local Min Købmand store in Bjerregaard has found the recipe to be successful. Now, the ...

Irma: flagship store in Copenhagen

Denmark's oldest grocery chain opens a new store

At the same time Irma, a Danish grocery chain, could celebrate its 133rd birthday, the chain also opened a new flagship store at Østerport station in Copenhagen. Besides showing renewal and being able to ensure the customers updated prices ...

Spar: opening in Copenhagen

International Flagship-Store opens for business in Sydhavn, in the South of Copenhagen

On August 22nd, the grocery chain Spar opened its doors to a brand new store with international concepts in the South of Copenhagen area, Sydhavn. The new store offers a modern shopping experience where it should be easy, convenient and enjoyable to ...

High demand for electronic shelf labels

Report foresees a 4.5-fold increase through 2026

Increasing proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) coupled with growing digitization in the retail sector continue to influence the growth of the electronic shelf label market. Persistent growth in the retail sector has resulted in a meteoric ...

The iXtenso editors tested self-scanning ...

... with an app of the Hobbymarkt Knauber in Bonn, Germany

Snabble has developed a payment app that allows customers to scan their purchases in retail stores and pay online. I wondered: How does it work?The app is in use in the Bonn DIY and hobby market Knauber, among other places. Let’s make a move ...

“What do you have that nobody else has?”

Exhibitor statements from the halls of DMEXCO 2019 on marketing trends and technology

We from iXtenso were visiting DMEXCO 2019 and looked around for the latest opportunities and technologies for marketers. We asked some companies what makes their solution unique – here are some answers. ...

A pearl among commodities: encouraging impulse buys

How to make the most of wait times

It’s wonderful if customers come to retail stores to buy things. It’s fantastic if they buy more than they planned to purchase. This offers many opportunities, especially for brick and mortar retailers as surveys show: customers are more ...

Innovative ICA store triples revenue

Automatic price updates and product information at the shelf

Since ICA merchant, Jan Sikström, took over the ICA Ettan store in Sundsvall (Sweden) in 2016, he has almost tripled the turnover from SEK 15 million to SEK 40 million. Today, the store has 15 employees and approximately 5,000 different items ...

Of local heroes and global players

An overview of online marketplaces

Amazon and eBay – many retailers heavily rely on these top names. Yet there are other online marketplaces that could offer useful features. After all, the easy solution isn’t necessarily the perfect fit for ...

Denmark's largest garden center chain is chasing a green profile

Electronic shelf labels for paper reduction

Plantorama introduces electronic shelf labels in all stores, which significantly reduces the chain's paper consumption. The project will strengthen the chain's green profile and will have a positive influence on the customer experience and ...

Beware of price promotions: “Don’t teach your customers to be bargain hunters!“

Neuroscientist Kai-Markus Müller tells us about the impact of pricing

In a conversation with iXtenso, Professor Kai-Markus Müller, CEO of The Neuromarketing Labs gives great insights into how products and prices affect the brains of shoppers. How does he know? He is a neuroscientist and can look inside the ...

Quality and great experiences at irma in Illum

A store with all the best

The customers wanted Irma back and they got that. After two years of absence, Irma has once again opened a store in the basement of ILLUM department store in the late summer of 2018. The new Irma store offers high quality and extra good experiences ...

What shop design can look like: Marktscheune in Berghaupten

Many wooden design elements, rustic flair, and the Farmer’s Café delight guests

Buy a piece of cake, have a cup of coffee and pick up some fresh vegetables and fruits to take home. Customers can run all of these errands at the Marktscheune (English: Market Barn). The so-called Naturpark-Bauernmarkt (English: Nature Park ...

Robots in retail: producer and salesperson all-in-one at the fully automated kiosk

Interview with Matthias Krinke, Managing Director of pi4_robotics GmbH

At Berlin’s shopping mall Bikini Berlin, we meet the robot “Gisela”. The robot’s designer Matthias Krinke sat down with us and explained what she can do and revealed what the retail industry can expect from her and her ...

SES-imagotag VUSION Pulse Software

Improve Profitability and Reduce Waste

For 25 years, SES-imagotag has been the trusted partner of retailers for digital technology in stores. SES-imagotag, the worldwide leader in smart digital labels and pricing automation, develops a comprehensive IoT and digital platform that delivers ...

The new world of retail(ing)

Effects of price discrimination and dynamic pricing

Dynamic pricing is a pricing strategy that plays an important role in retail. Instead of setting prices over a specific period of time – as is common practice in traditional price management -, dynamic pricing means prices can change on a ...

The pharmacy of the future in Italy

Delfi Technologies is present on the Italian market

Pharmacies today need to innovate new technologies to support more efficient working methods, in order to save time and costs while providing a high level of customer service. Thanks to the Breece System with fully ...

Go Beyond Omnichannel

EuroCIS, GK Software Stand C42, Hall 10

GK Software, the international market leader for store solutions, will yet again set trends for the future of retail at EuroCIS 2019 in Düsseldorf. Attendees will experience the possibilities of combining the world's most comprehensive ...

The new connection: Mobile payment via electronic shelf labels

Interview with Alexander Hahn from digital payment service provider Wirecard

It’s a customer’s dream: no more waiting in line at the checkout counter. At this point, consumers can already scan their purchases with their smartphones, pay and leave the store. Wirecard collaborates with SES-imagotag and makes this ...

Allgeier’s Retail Solution of the Future

The IoT BoxX - a pop-up store fully integrated into SAP

Like hardly any other industry, the retail sector is being exposed to the challenges of technological change. On the one hand, important market shares were lost to online trading, and on the other hand, the online stores are now blazing their trail ...

Happy employees and better time for customer service

Imerco opens more and more stores under the new store concept Imerco Home

Early 2018, Imerco launched its new store concept under the name of Imerco Home with a special focus on inspirational ideas for home interior. The new store concept and the good store locations came in connection with the acquisition of the ...

6 seal of approvals every online retailer needs to know

Badges boost consumer confidence and increase product sales of online stores

Certificates for online stores are a dime a dozen. Many store owners find it difficult to keep track of all of them. Having said that, customers prefer to shop on websites that have been approved by experts. Yet how valuable are these certificates, ...

Bygg-Ole in Sweden streamlines stores with electronic shelf labels

For more efficiency and free up time for more promotional activities

With the goal of saving time and money, the DIY retailer Bygg-Ole in Stockholm has implemented the solution Breece electronic shelf labels, which will help the DIY retailer to increase efficiency and free up time for more promotional ...

Top-Toy strengthens stores with digital initiatives

Digital initiatives to boost the stores and ensure competitiveness

A highly competitive market with frequent campaigns such as Halloween, Black Friday, and Christmas puts great demands on retailers. This is also the case with Top-Toy, the leading Nordic toy group, which operates the Toys "r" ...

Precision Meets Top Performance

Bizerba at the POST-EXPO 2018

Bizerba will present products in the weighing and label sector at this year’s POST-EXPO trade show (Hamburg, Germany, October 9-11). In hall B2, booth 145 of this world-leading trade show dedicated to the mail and parcel service industry, ...

Only Nature Packs Better

Bizerba at the FachPack 2018

Bizerba will be exhibiting in two booths at this year’s FachPack trade show in Nuremberg (Germany). From September 25-27, the focus at the main booth will be on intelligent hardware for error-free labeling and end-to-end label inspection. ...

Cotton USA reveals latest UK shopping trends

Man-made fibres are falling out of fashion, as more UK consumers choose natural materials

New research released today by Cotton USA reveals the latest shopping habits of UK consumers – including where and how consumers buy products, their financial optimism, qualities that motivate purchase decisions, and material ...

JBC improves the checkout process

Belgium clothing chain looks back with satisfaction

In 2015, JBC – a major Belgian clothing retailer – worked with Checkpoint Systems to roll out radio frequency identification (RFID) across its supply chain. This made the company one of the pioneers of the technology in Belgium and three ...

Boozt.com has opened a new store in Copenhagen

Electronic shelf labels help in new physical store

The fashionable and well-appointed environment gives Boozt.com a new flagship store with, among other things, electronic shelf labels, which will give customers a different and better shopping experience in a digital world. Located at one of ...

Cyberport implements ESL solution from Delfi Technologies

E-commerce retailers with omnichannel service face great demands for updated product information in all channels.

This also applies to German Cyberport, which is one of Europe's largest consumer electronics retailers with more than 45.000 products. For an omnichannel retailer with such a large product range, it means that there also ...

Greenland’s tech-savvy retailer

Electronic shelf labels leads to satisfied customers

During 2018, Pisiffik – a Greenlandic retail chain, invests in customer and employee satisfaction, when the traditional paper signs will be replaced by electronic shelf labels in 21 stores. The investment will provide both more satisfied ...

GLM-Ievo 40: The New Heavy-Duty Labeler from Bizerba

Automatic labelling for large-volume products

Bizerba introduces the new GLM-Ievo 40 as the ideal weigh price labeling solution for heavy-duty applications. Providing high flexibility, the latest member of the GLM-levo family automatically labels large and heavy products. The network-enabled ...

Converting visitors into ‘buying-customers’

Electronic shelf labels at Eventyrsport

The time, that was previously spent on changing prices and marking up clothes and shoes at the adventure and sports chain Eventyrsport, is now spend on customer service and advice. The first goal is to convert 1.5 visitors into ...

Only what the boss himself would wear makes it onto the clothes hanger

Visiting the Herrenbude in Köln-Ehrenfeld

Custom, authentic and exclusive – words that describe the product selection of the small fashion store called Herrenbude in Köln Ehrenfeld (a city district of the German City of Cologne). It’s a concept that is able to keep up with ...

Euronics selects SES-imagotag digital price tags fot its stores in Germany

More than 100 stores that will replace their classic paper labels with the smart VUSION price tags

SES-imagotag, specialist in digital solutions for physical stores and global leader in connected digital price tags, announces having signed a contract with leading electronics retailer Euronics to improve customer experience and store efficiency ...

SES-imagotag wins the Red Dot Award

Award for the new VUSION digital price tag

SES-imagotag, (Euronext: SESL, FR0010282822), a specialist in digital solutions for physical retail and the worldwide leader in digital price tags, was awarded for VUSION, its new line of digital tags, at the 2018-2019 Red Dot Awards. The Red Dot ...

Electronic pricing optimizes customer experience and employee satisfaction

"The reduction of price errors is noticeable, and of course we are pleased to provide a much better customer experience." (Thomas Baeck)

In the end of 2017, Bauhaus in Tilst, Denmark, implemented electronic shelf labels on its more than 40,000 items. Since then, the electronic pricing has reduced the number of price errors significantly, increased the overall employee satisfaction on ...

Success is no coincidence: Business Analytics in retail

Business Analytics - Collect and analyze data and use the knowledge from it profitably. With the right systems, every retailer can do that.

Collecting them is one thing, analyzing and using them constructively is another. Customer behavior data is worth its weight in gold. They make it possible to address customers personally, optimise prices and carry out forward-looking analyses. And ...

Wirecard partners with SES-imagotag to revolutionize the in-store customer experience by enabling mobile payments at the shelf

Retailers will be able to boost their sales by speeding up payment processes

Wirecard, the leading specialist in digital financial technology, cooperates with SES-imagotag, global leader in ESL omnichannel solutions for physical retail, to launch an innovative in-store mobile shopping solution, which will bring the customer ...

Smart Devices and Augmented Reality: mobile data capture optimizes barcode scanning

Interview with Ulrich Hieber, Sales Manager Germany and Austria at Scandit

The German drugstore chain dm recently equipped nearly 25,000 of its employees with smartphones at its stores to improve merchandise management processes. Instead of scanning each individual item, employees are now able to interact with an entire ...

EuroCIS 2018 - Into the Cloud with AI

GK Software launches cloud4retail

GK Software SE is presenting innovations and new product versions at the EuroCIS trade show in Düsseldorf. The major focus is on the new full-service solution known as cloud4retail and the personalization of the customer journey with the help ...

Talking 'bout a (ESL) revolution

... on the connection of digital components in retail to a perfectly harmonizing ecosystem

Let´s imagine the perfect electronic shelf label (ESL): These digital price tags are fully networked, extremely thin and ultra-low battery power models. They also work in damp, wet, dusty, hot or cold environments. You can choose between ...

U.S. kids food market is about the parents too

Marketing to mom and dad as well as kids has never been more important for food companies

Perhaps more than any other consumer packaged goods segment, the kids food market requires marketers to take a dual approach to satisfy the needs and interests of both parents (as the purchasers) and kids (as the consumers). The influence of kids on ...

Electronic pricing will release more time for customer care

Updated prices enhance customer experience at XL-BYG

In order to release more time for customer service while managing campaigns and prices on a whole different level, the CF Group, which is part of XL-BYG, decided to introduce electronic shelf labels with Delfi Technologies as a partner and supplier. ...

The new ESL generation from SES-imagotag: VUSION

A revolution in the world of retail technology

This revolutionary digital price tag (electronic shelf label / ESL) offers multiple optional functions and is flexible and practical to use. Create an intelligent and multi-purpose in-store IoT platform. Convince yourself of the many excellent ...

Bizerba at Anuga FoodTec 2018

New solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s process technology

At this year’s Anuga FoodTec trade show (Cologne, Germany, March 20-23, 2018, hall 10.1, booth A090 B091), Bizerba will present both hardware and software solutions centered around the motto “Digitize Packaging”. Subjects include ...

SES-imagotag wins the 2017 LSA Award

The company is recognized for ist automatic stockout detection solution

SES-imagotag, a specialist in digital solutions for physical commerce and the world leader in connected digital price tags, announces that it has received a prize for the third year in a row at the 2017 LSA Innovation Awards, in the ...

Electronic signage in the supermarket and at the office

Dagrofa in Denmark expanded concept to include room signage at the office in Ringsted

As a result of the electronic shelf labels that have been implemented in the majority of Dagrofa's supermarkets in Denmark, the concept has now expanded to include room signage at the office in Ringsted. The concept ...

Metropolitan - the pharmacy of the future in Munich airport

A location located where the world meets puts great demands up on a pharmacy in order to reach an extraordinary service level

The pharmacy of the future needs to innovate new technology supporting smarter ways of working in order to remove unnecessary time and money from the daily operation. And since you will find this in probably the most demanding conditions ...

Sustainable solutions for grocery shopping

Carrefour Belgium invites customers to bring their own bags and reusable boxes when shopping from traditional food counters

In an initiative to provide sustainable solutions and reduce the use of packaging, Carrefour Belgium is inviting Carrefour Hypermarket and Carrefour Market customers to bring their own bulk bags and reusable boxes to package their purchases from ...

3 stores aim high and brands themselves digitally

The tele company, 3, strongly focuses on the digital costumer experience

The new 3 stores will be build up as an inspiring and interactive framework for the choice of phones and accessories with electronic shelf labels, as well as a stylish and welcoming environment that embraces the costumer. The 29th of September, ...

Reliable foreign-body detection with Bizerba’s INTUITY metal-detection coil

Detecting metallic contaminants in products or bulk goods

Suitable for use in dry and wet areas, the Intuity metal-detection coil from Bizerba reliably detects any metallic contaminants in products or bulk goods. Using the multi-simultaneous frequency technology, the metal-detection device uses at least ...

SES-imagotag and Hussmann partner in Australia

Cooperation fosters ultra-efficient, connected stores

Hussmann Australia and SES-imagotag signed a distribution agreement to launch an IOT platform for retailers in Australia. The partnership focuses on enabling Australian food retailers to create ultra-efficient, data-driven connected stores and ...

Eye-catching labels stigmatize many healthy foods

Study finds that labels such as organic, fair-trade and cage free can impact consumer behavior

When customers walk down aisles of grocery stores, they are inundated with labels such as organic, fair-trade and cage free, just to name a few. Labels such as these may be eye-catching but are often free of any scientific basis and stigmatize many ...

Carrefour launches My Carrefour data intelligence platform in Brazil

The new program translates the company’s omni-channel strategy in the country

Carrefour launches in Brazil the My Carrefour omni-channel data intelligence platform  which concentrates the company’s retail services in a single democratic, free and national benefits program, composed of offers, coupons and other ...

“Omnichannel is not a retail invention but a response to customer needs“

Interview with Jens Thomas, Department Manager POS Design at Dänisches Bettenlager

Dänisches Bettenlager continues to expand its city store concept. The company is currently testing a high-tech store in Flensburg. In this conversation with iXtenso, Jens Thomas reveals how the firm offers its complete portfolio of products ...

Digital price tags enhance customer experience

EllaFashion’s pilot project for the leading Department Store in Noordwijk, Netherlands

The leading department store in Noordwijk is the latest retailer to benefit from the innovative electronic pricing solution from MariElla Labels Oy. EllaFashion digital price tags – which provide fashion retailers with key online advantages in ...

Retail chains Elkjøp and Elgiganten to install connected digital price tags by SES-imagotag

100 percent cloud roll-out in Dixon Carphone Nordic stores

SES-imagotag, a specialist in digital solutions for physical commerce and the global leader in connected digital price tags, today announces that it has signed a contract with Dixon Carphone Nordic’s retail chains Elkjøp and Elgiganten ...

The new generation of hanging ceiling signs

K-D Hermann GmbH has developed pick&change, an innovative ceiling system under its promoflex brand

Pick&change makes it far easier, quicker and safer to hang displays above your goods. ...

Displays for the POS: from cardboard display to digital signage element

How displays are turning into key touchpoints along the customer journey

The actual decision to purchase a product or brand is often made at the POS. It takes the right means of communication to persuade consumers at this juncture. Most notably, this includes eye-catching brand communication. That’s why the retail ...

Giving costumers transparency and the right prices at the shelf edge

Link between online and physical stores

Ensuring the same prices online and at the shelves in the physical stores can be a big challenge when you run a differentiated product strategy and want to offer customers a consistent experience and service across all channels. These are ...

How bakeries blend tradition with future

Bakeries are keeping up with modern retail using omnichannel presence, contactless payment solutions, and digital signage

The bakery trade has a long history. The baker profession dates back more than 1000 years. Yet despite its proud past, bakeries have a difficult time these days because they have to increasingly compete against rival types of businesses. Many gas ...

Digital signage in pharmacies: better consulting with new technologies

Pharmacies need a shopping experience too

Touchscreens, open display behind the counter and digital consultation counters: A look inside the Rathausapotheke (English: Rathaus Pharmacy) at the HUMA shopping center in St. Augustin raises the bar when it comes to digital signage. Its goal is ...

Electronic shelf labels ensure accurate pricing

Department store giant Bauhaus is launching a pilot project to replace its in-store paper pricing

To meet customer expectations in today’s competitive market, Bauhaus makes daily price changes for a selection of items. Currently, these changes are made manually by staff who spend a great deal of time adjusting the prices in the system, ...

Supermarket in Denmark is first mover in the retail industry

Kvickly Ry is first mover in the retail industry with electronic shelf labels, the e-supermarket OSUMA and much more

A big curiosity and desire to explore new and different ways to run supermarkets is, among other things, something that makes Kvickly Ry a first mover in the retail industry. In 2006, Kvickly Ry was the first supermarket in Denmark to implement ...

An end to adhesive tape residue on the supermarket shelf

Removable tape from tesa for price label strips

tesa has developed an innovative foam adhesive tape, tesa® 65610 Removable, especially for price label strips. It finally makes the time-consuming, costly removal of adhesive tape residues on retail shelves a thing of the past. There are ...

The right touch when it comes to price changes

Who is afraid of ESL?

There are many benefits of digital price tags for retailers, especially given the ever more sophisticated solutions. Yet consumer advocates are still skeptical – for fear of price fluctuations. But is this concern justified? Until two years ...

SkatePro thinks out of the box

Best B2C E-commerce company creates new opportunities with electronic shelf labels

SkatePro - Scandinavia's largest online skateshop for scooters, roller skates and skate boards, was started in 1996 and has stores in both Århus and Copenhagen (Denmark). ...

When music becomes a brand

Custom music playlists put customers in the store in a happy mood

The job of a DJ is to cater to the respective occasion, setting and audience and choose the right music. In the best case scenario, guests have a wonderful time and stay until the end. Great in-store music should accomplish the same objective. ...

Label items electronically with Breece System

Thanks to the Breece System, the photo retailer in Düsseldorf ‘Foto Koch’ can label its items electronically and always keep products up to date

Customers of this business, located in the heart of the shopping district, are guaranteed to always pay the right price thanks to an hourly comparison of internet prices. The effort required is minimal, merely a simple update in the ERP ...

Technologies that simplify retail processes

Customer journey solutions for the retail of tomorrow

At this year’s EuroShop, it wasn’t just the “Retail Technology“ Dimension that emphasized the many merits of technology. A look inside the exhibition halls revealed what will drive the retail of tomorrow – namely ...

POCO uses ESLs: digital price tags benefit customers and employees

"You can’t put a price tag on preventing long wait times at the checkout"

Over the past few years, digital price tag or electronic shelf label (ESL) technology has improved considerably, especially in the area of visual display. Recently furniture discounter Poco has started to use ESL systems at its store in Goch, ...

Fresh ideas for the fruit trade

Bizerba at the Fruit Logistica 2017

Bizerba will present hardware and software solutions for the fruit trade from 8 to 10 February, 2017 at the Fruit Logistica trade show (hall 4.1, booth C11). Among other products, the company will demonstrate a solution for weighing and ...

Bonsai App launches with Alec Monopoly at Dundas Square

Men's Retail App Shop Bonsai celebrates its launch with a four day extravaganza at Dundas Square

Shop Bonsai will be taking over Dundas Square to commemorate the Toronto-based startup's nation-wide launch. Shop Bonsai is Canada's first mobile retail marketplace curated for the millennial male. Launching with ...

What shop design can look like: Cartoon in Hamburg

Customer cast in the lead role in a 70s movie

Welcome to the movie set of the 70s – that’s probably the best way to describe the Cartoon flagship store in Hamburg’s Gerhofstraße. The casual label showcases its wares between film-studio items and props in a ...

Mobile App for merchandise management

Superdata offers a mobile merchandise management system

DEWAS is designed as a closed loop, modular merchandise management system for use in a wide range of retail business structures. With over 7000 installations in more than 80 retail enterprises, DEWAS is one of the leading and most widespread ...

Auchan Romania selects ADC's interscale scales manager

The managed data include automatic change batch creation, performing network tests and re-loading scales with item price information

Applied Data Corp. Ltd. (ADC), a leading provider of fresh food, recipe and scales management software to the grocery retail and food service industries, announces that Auchan Romania, a hypermarket chain headquartered in Bucharest, Romania with 33 ...

Cuyana opens New York Pop-Up

Cuyana, a San Francisco based label offering "fewer, better" things for women, has opened a pop-up shop today in New York City

Cuyana, a San Francisco based label offering "fewer, better" things for women, has opened a pop-up shop today in New York City. The shop is located at 266 Elizabeth Street and will remain open through early 2017. Cuyana ...

Well-executed supermarket websites attract more customers and dollars

In a perfect grocery-shopping world an online presence that perfectly mirrored its bricks-and-mortar store, with the same selection of products and a minimal online-offline price difference

In a perfect grocery-shopping world, the supermarket where you usually shop would have an online presence that perfectly mirrored its bricks-and-mortar store, with the same selection of products and a minimal online-offline price difference. ...

Hands-on digital lifestyle

“Saturn Connect” store concept attracts tech-savvy audience

The Saturn Connect store in Cologne, Germany, is a hotspot for the digital lifestyle and a nirvana for digital natives. It is only the second store of its kind and was opened in October 2015. Located in the famous Schildergasse, it is within walking ...

The right shopping cart for every customer

Today’s shopping carts are adaptable like a chameleon

Bulky and unwieldy carts are a thing of the past. Although shopping carts are still metal wire baskets on wheels, the number of different types of carts has increased. Shopping carts need to adapt, both to customer needs and the corporate identity ...

”The POS is not rocket science“ – emotional design for Astra

Interview with Lars Roisch, Managing Director at Stein Promotions on the design of the Astra product vignette in St. Pauli’s Edeka

Shopper, retailer and industry: product marketing needs to include these parties’ interests at the POS system. That’s good advice from Lars Roisch, Managing Director of the Stein Promotions Agency. In this interview, he explain how his ...

Eco-friendly store brands are a 'win-win-win situation'

Research shows higher prices plus ethical marketing improve sales

Private label brands (PLBs), like Costco’s Kirkland or Walmart’s Great Value,represent 17 per cent of total sales in the United States, growing by about 13 per cent annually. That’s big business for retailers, and it could be ...

Digital fitting room application for fashion retailers

Realising a number of benefits through the use of integrated technology solutions

EllaFashion has launched its EllaFittingRoom system – a smart technology that the company claims revolutionises the way customers and staff use changing room facilities in fashion stores.

House of Fraser takes control of price management with Datalogic

Mobile computers aid and improve price management processes.

Premium United Kingdom department store, House of Fraser, is using Skorpio X3 mobile computers by Datalogic to improve the price management processes.

Eliminate the price-cutting vortex

Revionics to showcase innovative dynamic pricing technology.

There is a systemic shift in retail with the growing influence of online and mobile offers during the customer journey, opening true omni-channel opportunities to every customer and posing new challenges to retailers.

Zebra helps retailers create "One Store, One Experience"

Improving associate productivity while delivering the right prices on the right items at the right times

Zebra will be showcasing new products and solutions that help retailers optimize profitability and increase employee productivity while improving the omnichannel shopping experience.

Oracle enhances Retail Suite

Comprehensive new release enables retailers to enhance engagement with consumers online, in stores and via mobile

To help retailers deliver a consistent experience anywhere customers choose to shop, Oracle today introduced a comprehensive suite of cloud and on-premise solutions embedded with the industry-leading analytics that retailers worldwide can use to personalize offers, streamline operations, and increase sales and margins.

Variable labeling for supermarkets

Bizerba presents the high-performance GLM-Emaxx automac labeler

When used in combination with packaging machines by Gruppo Fabbri, foods such as meat, sausages, cheese and vegetables can be variably labeled in supermarket pre-packaging rooms with the GLM-Emaxx automac labeler. In addition to ...

The modular K-Class Flex POS and weighing system moves into the second generation

The successor to the first in 2011 introduced system is equipped with the proven components of the KH II scale series and thus performs even better

Bizerba presents the second generation of its modular K-Class Flex. The successor to the first in 2011 introduced system is equipped with the proven components of the KH II scale series and thus performs even better. During development, Bizerba also ...

Reliable management of production data

Bizerba presents BRAIN2 Prepack_Compliance software

Bizerba is adding the Prepack_Compliance module to the industry software BRAIN2. With this application, food manufacturers can record, evaluate and archive all statistical data from the Bizerba price labeler and checkweigher in use. This ...

German consumers require convenience and value driven by technology

Oracle research: 76 percent of shoppers want retailers to adopt new technology to provide a true converged commerce experience

German shoppers see convenience as a fundamental part of shopping, reveals recent research from Oracle. Results from Oracle’s 2015 consumer research report Retail Without Limits – A Modern Commercial Society reveal that German consumers ...

"The future for fashion retail is increasingly digital"

The fashion retail landscape continues to evolve

The rise of technologies which marry the physical and digital retail spaces in order to create smarter stores shows no signs of slowing. We spoke to Niclas Qvist, Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at EllaFashion, for more on these ...

Efficient and flexible: The Bizerba GLP Imaxx

Labeller prints all common one and two dimensional bar and QR codes

Bizerba presents the high-performance, versatile label printer GLP Imaxx for labelling goods in the food industry, the production industry and logistics. The device can be used both as a standalone printer as well as a totals printer and is ...

New, digital lifeline for fashion retailers

EllaFashion launches its digital labelling system

EllaFashion has launched its unique digital labelling solution, designed to meet the unique needs of today’s fashion retailers. The launch took place at international fashion tradeshow Momad Metrópolis, in Madrid, Spain, on September ...

The smart way to search: Findbox GmbH presents mobile version of Findbox

The Findbox “to go” app guides customers straight to the product they need in-store

The ability to research product availability using a smartphone or tablet PC has long since ceased to be front page news, and has now become an accepted routine aspect of modern shopping. The IT experts at Findbox GmbH were quick to spot this ...

Bizerba USA announces consolidation and expansion

New 110,000 square foot facility includes best in class printing equipment

Bizerba USA has announced the move of its Forest Hill, MD National Distribution Center to Joppa, Maryland. This move has combined the Bizerba Label Solutions Division with the Bizerba USA head office and National Distribution Center, making the new ...

SÜFFA 2015: Bizerba supports implementation of the Food Information Regulation

The company will be presenting technologies which support meat processing companies implementing the regulation

Bizerba's appearance at SÜFFA 2015 from 18 to 20 October in Stuttgart (Hall 6, stand E10) is devoted to the European Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC). The company will be presenting technologies which support meat processing ...

SATO introduces cost effective printer for high quality labelling

First printer from the new Argox series

SATO has introduced a new value range of cost effective industrial label printers to help businesses ensure product traceability while boosting profitability and competitiveness. Manufactured by Argox, a SATO company, the new range is designed ...

Round and round it goes – pots and pans on Rollercoasters

All about rollercoaster restaurants by HeineMack Gmbh

Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and soon Vienna – the rollercoaster restaurants are a unique theme-based gastronomy concept that is spreading widely. Food and beverages are zooming directly to the guest’s table via a rollercoaster. No wonder shopping ...

SES Group signs a major contract in Germany

Imagotag to install its solution in 250 stores across Europe

Imagotag, a subsidiary of the Store Electronic Systems Group, has entered into an exclusive agreement in Germany with a leading international retailer, to install its solution in 250 stores across Europe. The contract of a total value of ...

Electronic Shelf Labeling – wireless price updates via radio

Manually pasting price labels is time consuming, demands personnel, and it is error-prone as well. Electronic Shelf Labels are a state-of-the-art technology and offer far more convenience: Price changes, item descriptions, bar codes, and even QR ...

"You don’t have to be instantly 100 percent green"

Retail lags behind when it comes to sustainable packaging. Interview with Peter Désilets, pacoon AG

German retailers are scaredy cats – at least when it pertains to sustainable packaging concepts. The fact that they could save up to 20 percent in costs by using them and that they are passing up an immense image improvement, barely seems to ...

“Only a powerful network infrastructure makes omnichannel retailing possible“

Interview with Christian Schallenberg, CTO, Lancom Systems GmbH

To be successful in omnichannel commerce, a retailer, above all, needs a powerful IT infrastructure. Current solutions make it possible to load the different channels together. This also includes the highly integrated radio access point by LANCOM ...

"As a grocery retailer, we work on lean logistical processes every day"

Lean and Green Award winner Lidl explains its sustainability concept in this interview with iXtenso

Sustainability and climate protection are subjects that ultimately also pertain to logistics. Recently, GS1 Germany presented the Lean and Green Award to four companies who plan to reduce their logistics-related CO2 emissions by 20 percent within ...

Weighing and labeling in the smallest of spaces

The GLM-Emaxx by Bizerba

Bizerba presents the new, fully-automatic GLM-Emaxx labeling line for weight-variable price and product labeling in retail, trade and small industrial operations. The labeler can be used as a stand-alone device with manual feed or can be ...

Pricer’s mobile shopper solution for Carrefour wins award

Pricer have won the EHI Retail Technology Europe award for “Best Customer Experience” for their Carrefour implementation

Since its inception in 2008, the EHI Retail Institute has distributed its prestigious awards to distinguish retail companies for their implementation of innovative and outstanding information technology solutions in retail. The “Best ...

Pricer unveils SmartFlash to European Retailers at EuroCIS 2015

Pricer showcased SmartFlash, a unique wireless shelf tag flash feature designed for activities-to-light

Pricer has built rich new software capabilities to enhance in-store critical functions such as Click & Collect, targeted promo capabilities and shopper guidance solutions. Pricer is presenting these new capabilities at the annual European ...

Martin Smethurst joins Displaydata

Prior to Displaydata, Smethurst served as the Managing Director for Wincor Nixdorf in the U.K.

Displaydata has announced that Martin Smethurst has joined as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. Smethurst brings more than 20 years experience in advising retailers worldwide on how to drive transformation, productivity and ...

"Creating in-store experiences with digital elements"

Interview about EuroCIS 2015 with Franz Kendler, Umdasch Shopfitting

Transparent screens, a virtual point of sale and software retailers can outfit their stores with: at EuroCIS 2015, Umdasch Shopfitting will deliver insights into modern, digital store construction. Before the trade fair, Franz Kendler, Director of ...

Pricer presents new solutions to retail challenges

Enhancing Pricers intelligent store platform

Pricer, the global leader in shelf-edge digital solutions, announced new solutions based on breakthrough enabling technologies, enhancing its intelligent store platform. Pricer, the global leader in shelf-edge digital solutions, announced at NRF ...

Opticon Sensors Europe will be present at EuroCIS 2015

At EuroCIS, Opticon will be showcasing digital signage, electronic shelf labeling (ESL) and barcode scanning solutions.  Digital signage is a form of electronic display that shows information, advertising, pricing and other ...

Security in retail has a name: EuroCIS 2015

Shoplifters score billions – security technology in retail is indispensible for shoplifting prevention

EuroCIS – the leading trade fair for retail technology – takes place again from 24 to 26 February 2015. Given the losses that the retail sector suffers due to inventory discrepancies, which continue at an almost unimaginable level, ...

Media Markt-Saturn regained market shares thanks to its omnichannel pricing strategy enabled by Pricer

The electronics retailer Media Markt-Saturn Netherlands recently announced that it has won back market share as a result of enacting an effective omnichannel pricing strategy which utilises Pricer’s solutions. In February, Media ...

A Label is a Complex Technical Construction

Annual congress of the label industry’s international association, FINAT

Delivering a ‘label’ is not just a matter of printing it. It involves a complex value chain that also spans the material to be printed and the machinery to apply it – whatever the technology employed. The ‘battle of ...

Pricer rolls out Dairy Farm stores in Singapore

Cold Storage and Guardian have already started to implement the ESL solution in their stores

Two retail chains in Singapore, Cold Storage and Guardian, have selected Nasdaq OMX listed Pricer's solution. The two chains have already started to implement the Pricer ESL (electronic shelf label) solution in their stores and the roll out is ...

"The future definitely lies in the intelligent link of channels"

Interview with René van der Horst, Area Sales Manager (CE), Pricer AB

Online and offline channels need to merge to fulfill the needs of mobile and informed customers. In this EuroCIS interview, René van der Horst, Area Sales Manager (CE) for Pricer AB, talks about the problems online and offline retailers ...

"Customers increasingly use their own mobile devices in the store"

Interview with Stefan Clemens, Area Sales Leader Retail and Ralf Kluth, Software Sales Specialist, NCR Retail

Omnichannel commerce presents brick-and-mortar retailers in particular with new challenges. In this interview, Stefan Clemens, Area Sales Leader Retail (CE) and Ralf Kluth, Software Sales Specialist, NCRRetail, explain how retailers can holistically ...

"Mobile solutions play an important role in increasing the motivation and productivity of employees"

Interview with Paulo Magalhães, CEO of Tlantic and José Fortunato, COO of Sonae

By reaching the customer on his won mobile device, a retailer can be close to his customer and give him an extended shopping experience. But there are also mobile in store solutions, enabling such diverse usages as receiving and stock counting, ...

360pi unveils omnichannel price intelligence for private label brands

360pi, the leader in retail price and product intelligence, unveiled the latest generation of its 360comparables solution targeted to address the unique challenges and opportunities presented by private label brands. This release augments ...

"The customer makes his food buying decision when he plans the meals"

Interview with Silvan Dolezalek, Zaunz Publishing and Robert Walters, Cookbutler

No question about it, e-Commerce is booming, but it doesn’t apply to all industry sectors the same way. While books, clothing items or consumer electronics are already being sold online to a large extent, online food retail is still in its ...

Pricer is revolutionizing the shopping experience in Carrefour

Pricer has announced that Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer, will use Pricer’s latest retail technology for a fully-connected store that significantly improves the customer experience. Carrefour Villeneuve la Garenne is ...

DAKS selects DirectIP for it's Flagship London Stores

British luxury label installs full-HD surveillance from IDIS

DAKS, one of Britain's major fashion companies, has implemented Idis DirectIP surveillance at its flagship stores on Old Bond Street and Jermyn Street in the heart of London. Idis partner and security systems integrators, Rutledge Integrated ...

Pricer Wins at Retail Technology Awards Europe 2014

Pricer, the retail industry’s leading provider of electronic display and Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) platforms, solutions, and services for intelligently communicating, managing, and optimizing price and product information, have won at the ...

$100bn rise in global department store spend by 2019

Global department store market forecast to grow by 22.2% in the five years to 2019

The global department store market will grow by 22.2% in the five years to 2019, boosted by a 38.1% rise in spend in China, which will account for almost half of the $100bn incremental spend. According to Verdict’s Global Department Store ...

Media Markt – Saturn Holding Netherlands goes omnichannel with Pricer ESLs

Pricer, the retail industry’s leading provider of electronic display and Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) solutions, announced on April 16th 2013 that it received an order from one of the leading appliance and consumer electronics dealer ...

OKI Data Americas to Demonstrate End-to-End Customized Retail Printing Solutions at the National Retail Federation’s 103rd Annual Convention and EXPO

OKI Data Americas announces its participation in the National Retail Federation Convention and EXPO, Retail’s “BIG Show,”  taking place January 13-14, 2014 in New York, NY at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Located in ...

Patrick Morin choses Pricer

Value of the project estimated to SEK 10M

The Do-It-Yourself retail chain Patrick Morin, in Montreal, Canada, has decided to equip its 17 stores with Pricer systems. After a thorough investigation of the various available alternatives the retail chain decided for Pricer. The project is ...

Tageos Apparel RFID Label Delivers High Performance At Lower Price

New RFID tag designed for fashion and apparel industry, and certified by world-leading University of Arkansas ARC

Leading RFID label maker Tageos announced today the launch of a new item level apparel label set to cut retailers’ RFID budget while delivering improved tag performance. Equipped with the next generation NXP Ucode 7 chip, the lower cost Tageos ...

“Retailer Apps accompany the customer inside and outside of the store”

Interview with Jürgen Berens von Rautenfeld, CEO and President, Online Software AG

eCommerce is putting brick and mortar retailers under increasing pressure today. But this also leads to the development of new, innovative ideas that attract the customers and drive them back into the store by offering them an added value. In our ...

Getting a grip on inventory management using RF

More and more manufacturers are offering their products cooperatively through small retailers, as well as in web shops. Researchers have developed a new RF clip with which products can be labeled. It helps avoid duplicate sales. From a cocktail ...

PricerLab presents the 'Price Poster'

Product prices can be linked to the Price Poster in the same way they would link each electronic shelf label

PricerLab, the electronic shelf labelling solutions provider to retailers, provides products designed to make stores smarter. With Pricer's Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs), instead of physically going out to every label on the store floor, ...

DEWAS III

With over 7000 installations in more than 80 retail enterprises of all sizes, DEWAS III is the leading merchandise management system.

DEWAS III is suited for independent retailers, franchisers, and chain stores. The environment from DEWAS III ranges small businesses up to self service department stores with 200,000 products in stock. DEWAS III has been developed for the self ...

Norwegian Shelf-Edge Deal

Wincor wins contract for 2.5 million displays

Wincor Nixdorf has won a major contract from Norwegian retailer NorgesGruppen to provide 2.5 million electronic shelf-labelling displays. The three-year contract covers the delivery and installation of the ESL pricing and marketing system, as well ...

Men more likely to shop via mobiles than women

Slightly less women are interested in using mobile technology for shopping

As the number of people owning a smartphone continues to rise, new research has revealed that men are more likely to shop via their mobiles than women. The Kantar Media’s Global TGI survey found that 12% of male respondents in the UK said ...

British Chic Tested as Asos to TopShop Seek U.S. Growth: Retail

On the heels of Downton Abbey’s success on American television, British retailers are banking on a love of all things English to expand their business in the world’s biggest apparel market. The online-only fashion retailer Asos, ...

Clothing Companies Trying to Find More Direct Paths to Customers

When Joanne and Tim Medvitz founded an outdoor clothing company, Pop Outerwear, in San Francisco in 2009, they were sure of one thing. They were going to sell their clothing directly to consumers, whether online, through their own store or through ...

Avery Dennison delivers its smartest item-level markdown technology

Pathfinder 6140 Uses intelligence of smart devices to drive sales lift and save labour costs through more effective markdowns. At Retail Business Technology Expo 2013 (RBTE), Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) today ...

Increase footfall with innovative digital printing solutions from OKI

Drive sales and increase footfall with latest print technology.

OKI a global business-to-business brand dedicated to creating professional printed communications products, applications and services, will be exhibiting at the Retail Business Technology Expo 2013 at stand 740 on the 12th and 13th March at Earls ...

Refrigerator shelf TV revitalises the yoghurt section

The new ‘Shelf Vision’ refrigerator shelving units at real,- powered by PRESTIGEenterprise show dairy products in the right light

These days, billboards with powerful signals and highly effective moving images on big screens increase sales success at the POS. But modern advertising measures have not yet conquered every area of the supermarket. The presentation of dairy ...

“Magic Ring" as a directory during shopping

Interview with Erion Elmasllari, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT

Scientists at the Fraunhofer FIT have developed a system that warns consumers through a ring on their finger that vibrates when they reach for unsuitable products. The technical requirement for this is RFID identification of the products, which the ...

“eCommerce promotes traditional types of advertising“

iXtenso-Interview with Ute Holtmann and Marlene Lohmann, EHI Retail Institute

Retail today has a great many possibilities for advertising and customer communication available – and the Internet constantly creates new channels. Nevertheless, the traditional types of advertising such as ads, flyers and catalogs continue ...

RFID: Making up for the drawbacks when compared to eCommerce

How the technology is changing the retail industry

In the past few years, competition in the retail industry has clearly increased not least because of the growth of online retail. More and more customers use the opportunity to go online before they buy something to get information about the ...

RFID also Moves into Fashion Retail

Focus Topic on EuroCis 2013 in Düsseldorf

From 19 to 21 February 2013 the world of retail will meet in Düsseldorf for EuroCIS – the Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology. Some 240 exhibitors from 25 nations will be presenting their latest retail-specific solutions in ...

Retailers Save over 60 Percent with Electronic Shelf Labels

iXtenso interview with Guillaume Portier, Marketing Director of SES, France

Price labeling with radio-controlled electronic labels provides correct pricing information at the shelf and the checkout in a matter of seconds. Guillaume Portier of the French manufacturer SES emphasizes that this makes changing prices much easier ...

Displays and Projectors or Signs and Posters?

iXtenso interview with Achim Bukmakowski, Epson Deutschland (Germany)

Achim Bukmakowski has worked for Epson for the past twelve years and assumed leadership of its Professional Graphics & Photo division in 2010.  In this position, the 49-year-old is in charge of sales and distribution of large format ...

Every Period Has its Own Fonts

Fonts are like fashion. New designs hit the market, are discovered by the avant-garde, conquer the mass market and eventually they are “out“. We are going on an expedition through the world of typography and show where retail can find ...

SATO to host UK Partner open day

Conference on 11th October 2012 in Manchester

SATO UK, a global leader in barcode printing, labelling and EPC/RFID solutions, is hosting a conference for those interested in joining and existing members of its Prestige Partner Program. The open day will take place on Thursday 11th October ...

Big order of Pricer’s Graphic E-Paper labels

One of the world’s leading retailers selects Pricer for its stores

Pricer has received a substantial order from one of the top 25 retailers worldwide. The retailer has asked to remain anonymous. The order is for the most advanced system for electronic shelf edge information using DotMatrix graphic electronic paper ...

BlueStar presents the new high performanced printers from Zebra Technologiesra® GC420™ Druckerserie

The New GC420 Printer

The GC420 printer´s compact, space-saving design contains a powerful 32-bit processor for fast label throughput with a large memory for more graphics, storage, longer label formats, and faster processing on media up to 104mm wide. Media ...

Leading electronics retailer rolls out ZBD’s displays across all German stores

ZBD Displays, the leader in fully graphic epaper display, systems announced today that Cyberport, a leading Germany-based consumer electronics retailer, has rolled out ZBD’s fully graphic electronic shelf labelling across its entire store ...

Fashion retail banking on RFID

RFID also paying off for small and medium-sized companies

EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, is being held from 28 February to 1 March 2012 in Düsseldorf. A key area in the EuroCIS product range specially tailored to the retail is the RFID theme. The abbreviation stands for a ...

Shopping cart: There is still room for a new competitor

Interview with Volker Köller, Sales manager at J. D. Geck

The metal works company J. D. Geck from Altena in Germany’s Sauerland region has expanded its range of products and joins the market for shopping carts. The response at the EuroShop was great, says Sales manager Volker Köller. He believes that ...

Inventory management: “The inventory count procedure can be optimized“

Interview with Thies Proppe, Superdata EDV-Vertrieb

Inventory management: “The inventory count procedure can be optimized“   Interview with Thies Proppe, Superdata EDV-Vertrieb   The inventory management software DEWAS for headquarters and stores form the backbone of ...

A hectic pace during inventory: do it yourself or having it done

Restocking merchandise and scanning it – that’s part of everyday life in retail. During the annual inventory, merchandise needs to be tallied once a year. Oftentimes your own employees and the mobile scanners are just not enough. Now is ...

DigiPoS bietet ab sofort ESL-Lösungen für die elektronische Preisauszeichnung

Electronic Shelf Labels neu im Portfolio von DigiPoS Store Solutions

DigiPoS Store Solutions, einer der weltweit führenden Anbieter von Lösungen für den Point of Sale (www.digipos-solutions.de), bietet ab sofort auch im Bereich Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) ein umfangreiches Produktportfolio. Die ...

EuroShop 2011: NCR provides an insight into the new world of c-tailing

Comprehensive innovations for an exceptional shopping experience at the POS as well as for successful converged retail and sustainable interaction with consumers

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) will showcase its comprehensive and innovative range of solutions for the retail sector at EuroShop from February 26 to March 2, 2011 in hall 6, booth # B75. The NCR booth at the leading international retail trade fair in ...

STAR MICRONICS demonstrates range of cost-saving POS-printing solutions at EuroShop

At EuroShop 2011 (26 February - 2 March, Messe Düsseldorf, Germany), international POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics will be demonstrating an extensive range of printing solutions. These solutions successfully combine the very latest in POS ...

How can business in 2020 turn shoppers into buyers?

Interview with Professor Frank Ohle, STI Group

Consumers order more and more through the Internet, where there are more choices than in any store. What can retail do in terms of product placement and presentation? We asked Professor Frank Ohle, CEO of the STI Group.  With an annual turnover of ...

Ideas for better shop window displays Being distinctive and unmistakable in your staging

Interview with Wolfram Liebhardt, Deco-Woerner

Shop windows are the calling card of a store. How do you like our pedestrian zones? Unfortunately, more and more small and individual stores are becoming extinct and replaced by big chain stores. I think that’s a shame, because it drastically ...

New TSP100 ECO printer from Star Micronics minimises environmental impact and reduces operating costs

The TSP100 futurePRNT™ series from Star Micronics successfully combines a high performance POS printer with ground-breaking software.  Going from strength to strength the series has seen the introduction of a range of models over the last five ...

Foodsystec eG presents the latest trends at the retail counter and the integration of weighing technology

New trends at the retail counter and the integration of technology from METTLER TOLEDO with the PCLin® ERP solution are just some of the highlights being displayed at the Foodsystec eG stand at IFFA 2010 (8 – 13 May, Messe Frankfurt ...

Sales made easy: The Syner.con group presents scales solutions using the UC3-Line and bC from METTLER TOLEDO

Easy to use and boosting sales at the retail counter: the Syner.con group will be pre-senting scales solutions using the UC3-Line touch-screen scales and the bC range of tactile scales from METTLER TOLEDO at IFFA 2010 (8 – 13 May, Messe ...

UC3-line scales - Labelling now available with GS1 DataBar

With GS1 DataBar, retailers can encode key fresh food segment information such as best-before date or weight in a bar code. A shortly realizable scenario: the labelling on pre-packaging of self-service counter goods. From 1 January 2010, the GS1 ...

Emerging markets will be hotspots again, says Planet Retail

Despite some retail markets weakening, the long-term outlook remains positive for investors in the world's key emerging markets. According to Planet Retail's latest report, Emerging Markets 2009, growth is expected to gather momentum again in 2010, ...

PRESTIGEenterprise - The intelligent web-based .NET server solution

Imagine you are at your headquarters and creating price and ad communications for: 100 stores with 200 digital displays 300 printers 400 scales over the Internet - with only one software application! The intelligent web-based .NET ...

STAR MICRONICS launches new compact high speed kiosk printing solution

International POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics has further reinforced its position as a major manufacturer of kiosk printing solutions with the launch of the latest addition to its range - the new compact high speed TUP500 series.   ...

Safety: The Future of CCTV is Digital

Crossing the Digital Divide

Throughout the world – and South Africa is no exception – the key phrase when discussing CCTV is definitely ‘Go Digital’. There is no longer any question that old analogue-based systems will eventually be replaced with the ...