Walmex makes tech bet on Vusion - chain store age. Walmart de México y Centroamérica (Walmex) is expanding its partnership with technology provider Vusion to deploy the EdgeSense connected store platform and electronic shelf labels across its Walmart Express and, eventually, Supercenter formats. Key takeaways: * Major connected store expansion: Walmex will equip Walmart Express stores with over 1.7 million digital shelf labels and 180,000 smart rails, creating one of Latin America's largest retail tech deployments. * Focus on automation and AI readiness: The EdgeSense system integrates AI, computer vision, and real-time data to streamline operations, enhance accuracy, and prepare stores for future innovation. * Improved customer and associate experience: By modernizing its infrastructure, Walmart aims to boost staff productivity, reduce manual tasks, and deliver a more seamless and personalized shopping experience.

Vusion partners with INTERSPAR to bring its customers' experience to the next level. Vusion's advanced technology will enable INTERSPAR to streamline store operations and enhance product visibility across their stores in Austria March 18, 2026 - Vusion, the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, announced today it is partnering with one of the Austrian grocery leaders, INTERSPAR. The subsidiary of SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels AG will deploy its cutting-edge solutions across INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores in Austria. With the Vusion platform, INTERSPAR now manages pricing and promotions centrally across all stores, eliminating manual updates and speeding up execution with accuracy. To meet the communication needs of different product categories, the retailer uses a range of Vusion's electronic shelf labels (ESL). Larger displays are especially effective in fresh areas like bakery and delicatessen, where clear visibility of ingredients, allergens or promotional messages is essential. This flexible setup ensures customers always see accurate, up-to-date information at the shelf, building transparency and trust. Furthermore, the technology enables shop-in-shop systems, such as those operated by SPAR Group's meat and sausage manufacturer TANN in INTERSPAR stores, to control their price and product communication independently. This way they can flexibly manage promotions, keep their inventory balanced and eventually offer their customers a better experience. "After rolling out Vusion's electronic shelf labels in 27 INTERSPAR hypermarkets, we are planning to deploy around 20 additional locations this year. The four-color ESLs provide accurate price and product information, while colored frames, for example for organic products, offer additional guidance. Our employees benefit from faster processes, giving them more time for personalized customer service," says Johannes Holzleitner, Managing Director of INTERSPAR Austria. "By adopting our latest technologies, INTERSPAR is set to boost operational performance and reinforce shopper trust through real-time pricing accuracy and transparent shelf-edge communication. INTERSPAR's confidence in our cutting-edge solutions reflects the strong momentum behind our mission to digitally transform physical retail across the DACH region." commented Sébastien Fourcy, SEVP EMEA, Vusion. INTERSPAR also benefits from the native integration into the wireless infrastructure of the stores. This enables to saves costs by avoiding additional hardware and installation, and also accelerates the rollout itself. About INTERSPAR INTERSPAR, the largest subsidiary of SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels-AG, has developed into the market leader in the hypermarket sector since its founding in 1970, employing more than 10,000 people. The company operates 78 INTERSPAR locations, around 70 gastronomy outlets, and eight in-house artisan bakeries. INTERSPAR offers everything for daily life at home in a unique combination of around 50,000 food and non-food products on retail spaces of up to 5,000 m^2. The innovative online shop for home and leisure at interspar.at features 10,500 products for the kitchen, dining, and household. As one of Austria's most comprehensively stocked wine retailers, INTERSPAR offers up to 4,700 wines, spirits, delicacies, a wide variety of herbs and spices, as well as coffee and tea specialties in its stores and online at weinwelt.at. INTERSPAR's shopping services - including ordering, reservation and in-store pickup, or home delivery - complement its online offering. Mag. Johannes Holzleitner has been Managing Director of INTERSPAR since 2021. For further information, visit interspar.at/unternehmen. Related insights Vusion Group is here to help make your store smarter and more efficient.

Vusion and Qualcomm unveil their AI-Native Store(TM) vision. Feb 25, 2026, 13:56 ET A new era for associates, shoppers, and store operations powered by Bluetooth Low Energy, EdgeSense and on-device AI. PARIS, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Vusion and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of "The AI-Native Store(TM): The New Operating System for Physical Commerce", a jointly developed white paper describing how BLE-native infrastructure, intelligent shelves, spatial signals, and on-device AI will redefine how stores operate, how associates work, and how shoppers engage. Retailers entering this new era face a decisive infrastructure choice. Stores that are not built on Bluetooth Low Energy and intelligent shelf-edge systems will simply not be able to interact with the consumers they serve. Today's shoppers walk in with BLE-native devices (smartphones, earbuds, wearables, or smart glasses) expecting guidance and real-time support. Stores without BLE and EdgeSense remain effectively silent: unable to sense intent, personalize moments, or connect engagement to conversion. As the industry shifts toward AI-native retail, this becomes a structural disadvantage: a form of lock-in to older operating models that cannot compete with real-time, responsive stores. AI-native stores(TM) unlock value across the board for retailers: * Better on-shelf availability and double-digit improvements in shelf condition * Faster, more accurate picking for local e-commerce * 60-90 minutes of associate time saved per shift * Clearer, more confident shopper decision-making in the aisle * Deterministic, closed-loop retail media attribution * Up to 1.5-2 points of operating margin upside Art Miller, VP and Global Head of Retail, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc: "AI at the edge will transform everyday environments and retail is leading the way. The next era of intelligent computing happens at the edge, on the devices and sensors we use every day. Retail is one of the industries best positioned to benefit from this shift. Together with Vusion, we are empowering stores to run AI natively, unlocking new levels of responsiveness and enabling richer interactions between stores, associates and shoppers. BLE and on-device AI will be central to this transformation." Thierry Gadou, Chairman & CEO, Vusion: "AI-native stores(TM) reshape the economics and the experience of physical commerce. They mark the next decade of retail transformation, giving associates the clarity and guidance they need, while helping shoppers make better decisions. BLE connectivity, EdgeSense intelligence and on-device AI create stores that are not just more connected, but more efficient, more interactive, and more profitable. With Qualcomm, we are bringing AI into physical commerce, making the store itself intelligent, responsive, and continuously improving." Together, Vusion and Qualcomm Technologies are creating a new retail infrastructure that is open, scalable, and built for AI-native experiences, powered by Bluetooth Low Energy, the global connectivity standard already embedded in billions of consumer devices and uniquely suited to deliver real-time intelligence and seamless in-aisle interaction with shoppers. About Vusion Vusion is the global leader in AI-powered digitalization solutions for physical commerce, serving over 350 major retail groups in the world. The company develops technologies that combine IoT, data, cloud and artificial intelligence to enable AI-native stores(TM) and power connected commerce. Vusion helps retailers transform physical stores into intelligent, efficient and adaptive environments, improving operational excellence, enabling local e-Commerce, delivering data-driven commerce, and activating in-store retail media and shopper experiences. With an integrated ecosystem built on three complementary layers (Vusion Intelligence, Vusion Connect and Vusion IoT), Vusion delivers the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for retail, turning real-time store signals into actionable insights and measurable performance at scale. A pioneer of Positive Commerce, Vusion is committed to building a more sustainable, transparent, and human-centered retail future. The company supports the United Nations Global Compact initiative and has received a Platinum Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, the world's reference for business sustainability ratings. Vusion is listed in compartment A of Euronext(TM) Paris and is a member of the SBF120 Index. Ticker: VU - ISIN code: FR0010282822 - Reuters: VU.PA - Bloomberg: VU.FP SOURCE Vusion