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Automation
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26 July 2019
Walmart and Gatik to pilot autonomous delivery service in Arkansas, US
Walmart has partnered with autonomous vehicle company Gatik to pilot its Grocery Pickup and Delivery service in Bentonville, Arkansas, US.
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21 June 2019
Walmart tests autonomous delivery vans between warehouses
Retail giant Walmart is testing driverless cars to transport goods from warehouse to warehouse in order to reduce shipping costs and increase efficiency.
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16 April 2019
Giant Eagle to pilot Simbe Robotics autonomous shelving solution
American supermarket chain Giant Eagle has announced it will pilot Tally, Simbe Robotics' autonomous shelving solution, for auditory and inventory analytics, to improve management of store stocks.
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15 April 2019
Drone delivery pros and cons: Consumers have concerns about the technology
In a world-first, commercial drone delivery will be launched in Australia, which will have pivotal implications for the future of retail globally.
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11 April 2019
Takeoff and Knapp announce $150m for micro fulfilment eGrocery
US grocery automation company Takeoff Technologies, in partnership with automated warehouse solutions firm Knapp, has announced a $150m order to establish 50 micro fulfilment eGrocery sites in the US.
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18 March 2019
Kroger and Nuro to offer autonomous delivery service in Houston
Supermarket chain Kroger and robotics company Nuro have announced they are to launch an autonomous delivery service for grocery in Houston, Texas, this spring.
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13 March 2019
Meijer expands ‘Shop & Scan’ checkout programme to more stores
US supercentre chain Meijer has introduced its mobile shopping checkout programme, Shop & Scan, to 23 stores in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
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8 March 2019
FedEx delivery robot sees courier giant join the last-mile automation race
An autonomous delivery robot has been announced by leading delivery provider FedEx. The FedEx delivery robot will offer same-day, last-mile delivery services to a host of leading brands in the...
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14 February 2019
86% of UK retailers ‘failing’ in supply chain digitisation
According to recent research by Hong Kong cloud-based end-to-end supply chain company Gravity Supply Chain Solutions, 86% of UK retailers have not completed their supply chain digitisation process.
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5 February 2019
Can automation deliver the utopian dream of a shorter working week?
The five-day working week may become a footnote in our history of industrialisation, like child chimney sweeps once common in the UK.