Technology

Carrefour testing EdgeSense to digitalize shelves, drive omnichannel store of the future

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June 27, 2025

Carrefourt, a food retail grocer in Europe, is testing VusionGroup's EdgeSense platform to digitalize shelves and invest in an omnichannel store of the future.

EdgeSense combines smart rails system, computer vision (Captana), artificial intelligence, electronic shelf labels and ultra-precise data, according to a press release.

It provides merchandising compliance, enabled by automated visual shelf monitoring, as well as real-time monitoring and automatic stockout detection, automated price and label compliance and precise product geolocation to improve the customer journey and optimize in-store e-commerce picking.

For consumers, the new generation of stores will a smoother experience, time savings when searching for products, and personalized in-store services and recommendations.

Carrefour is already gaining valuable insights from shelf cameras that detect out-of-stock items, with this technology from VusionGroup already deployed in 35 stores.

"Digitalization has long been at the heart of Carrefour's strategy. Stores, which account for 90% of our revenue, are our top priority, and this partnership with VusionGroup marks a major milestone in their modernization through the EdgeSense platform. It enables us to turn the store into a digital asset central to our model, capable of combining operational excellence, enriched customer experience, and economic efficiency. Data precision, computer vision, and AI are essential levers to sustainably improve our in-store performance, especially in a context where every square meter counts," Emmanuel Grenier, executive director of e-commerce, data and digital transformation at Carrefour, said in the release.

Carrefour is a multi-format network of more than 15,000 stores in over 40 countries.