Inventory

After a 50-store trial, the Canadian grocer has ordered 5 million digital tags.

The parent company of Canadian grocer Sobeys also plans to continue investing in data, e-commerce and owned brands.

The U.K. retailer plans a 12-week trial of the tech at a Manchester convenience store.

Instacart, 7-Eleven, Kroger, Metro and others unveiled store initiatives, updates and studies during the month.

Kroger will use RFID sensors to enable item-level digital identification for greater inventory accuracy to enhance freshness, reduce waste and save associates time.

ShopRite stores are using Tally, Simbe’s autonomous item-scanning robot, to enhance inventory and operation insights.

After a successful pilot, SpartanNash will expand the use of Simbe's autonomous inventory robot, Tally, at 60 additional stores.

Following a 20-store pilot, Wakefern will bring Tally robots to more ShopRite stores as a way to reduce out-of-stock rates and free up associates' time for other tasks.

The partnership leverages Acosta's analytics, in-store data and merchandising solutions as well as Pensa’s AI-powered shelf intelligence to provide CPGs and retailers an actual view of shelf inventory.

The Walmart-owned warehouse chain leverages its machine learning forecasting, which considers things like weather, trends, events, holidays, shelf life and proper substitutions down to the hour and club level.