Cutting-edge technology and sustainability combine in new store concept present at World Expo 2025 in Osaka
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APRIL 3, 2025 – VusionGroup (VU – FR0010282822), the global leader in digitalization solutions for commerce, is proud to announce having been selected by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd., through its partner TOPPAN Co., to equip two innovative store concepts, leveraging EdgeSense and VusionGroup’s solutions, at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. These stores will showcase the future of retail, combining sustainability with advanced technology to create an unparalleled associate and shopping experience.
The new store concepts presented by 7-Eleven will leverage VusionGroup’s digital shelf system EdgeSense in its light-harvesting version (developed in collaboration with Exeger), which marks the world’s first installation of this technology, as well as its advanced solutions to offer numerous benefits for both retailers and customers. Attendees will experience firsthand how these stores enhance efficiency, improve customer engagement, and promote sustainability.
EdgeSense, along with its VusionOX operating system, revolutionizes retail operations by making it effortless for stores to locate products, guide and communicate with employees and customers, manage digital signage, and analyze shelves in real-time. This all-encompassing solution guarantees a seamless and efficient shopping experience.
Additionally, the light-harvesting version of EdgeSense takes sustainability to the next level by significantly reducing the need for batteries, harnessing the abundant light already present in stores. This innovation not only cuts down on the environmental footprint but also boosts the power budget, enabling retailers to further streamline their operations and deliver exceptional experiences for both shoppers and associates.
“We are thrilled to support 7-Eleven at the World Expo 2025 to showcase the future of retail—one that is smarter, more sustainable, and more engaging. Through our EdgeSense digital shelf system, combined with Exeger’s Powerfoyle technology, we are redefining in-store efficiency and customer experience while significantly reducing environmental impact. This innovation not only enhances real-time product visibility and employee communication but also eliminates the need for disposable batteries, leveraging light-harvesting technology to power next-generation retail. It’s a bold step towards a greener, more efficient shopping experience for both retailers and consumers,” said Pascal Gerbert-Gaillard, EVP APAC at VusionGroup.
The store concepts will feature:
VusionGroup and 7-Eleven invite attendees of the World Expo 2025 to visit their exhibit and experience the future of retail firsthand.
VusionGroup is the global leader in the digitalization solutions for commerce, serving over 350 large retailer groups around the world in Europe, Asia and North America. The Group develops technologies that create a positive impact on society by enabling sustainable and human-centered commerce.
By leveraging our IoT & Data technologies, we empower retailers to re-imagine their physical stores into efficient, intelligent, connected, and data-driven assets. We unlock higher economic performance, facilitate seamless collaboration across the value chain, enhance the shopping experience, create better jobs, cultivate healthier communities, and significantly reduce waste and carbon emissions.
VusionGroup consist of six families of solutions, harnessing the full potential of IoT, Cloud, Data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, at the service of the modernization of commerce: SESimagotag (ESL & Digital Shelf Systems), VusionCloud, Captana (computer vision and artificial intelligence platform), Memory (data analytics), Engage (retail media and in-store advertising), and PDidigital (logistics and industrial solutions).
VusionGroup supports the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative and has received in 2023 the Platinum Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, the world’s reference of business sustainability ratings.
VusionGroup is listed in compartment A of Euronext™ Paris and member of the SBF120 Index. Ticker: VU – ISIN code: FR0010282822 – Reuters: VU.PA – Bloomberg: VU.FP
Exeger is a Swedish company with a unique solar cell technology that converts all forms of light into electrical energy. This material, Powerfoyle, is the world’s only fully customizable solar cell. With its superior design properties, it can be integrated seamlessly into any electronic device.
Powerfoyle enhances every product it is integrated into with extended or even unlimited battery life, putting the power of cutting-edge solar cell technology directly in the hands of people. Exeger is leading the way to energy independence through more sustainable and user-friendly products – with the vision to touch the lives of a billion people by 2030.
