Introducing the first Amazon Fresh grocery store
Customers shopping Amazon Fresh will find a wide assortment of national brands and high-quality produce, meat, and seafood.
Amazon’s Top Robotics Engineer Joins AI Startup Scale
Amazon.com Inc.’s top robotics engineer, who recently defended the company’s warehouse working conditions, left to join the artificial intelligence startup Scale AI Inc.
Lufa Farms inaugurates world's biggest rooftop greenhouse in Montreal
Lufa Farms inaugurates the facility that spans 15,000 square meters in the heart of Canada's second-largest city
Waitrose piloting grocery deliveries within 30 minutes with Deliveroo
Waitrose has signed a 12-week trial with Deliveroo to offer deliveries within half an hour to more than half a million customers.
Supermarket News Retailer of the Year: Albertsons
For supermarket giant Albertsons Cos., the next chapter in the company’s strategic transformation is just beginning.
Google drones bringing world's first deliveries of coffee and groceries to customers in Queensland
From groceries and coffee to hardware, a world-first drone delivery service has officially launched in Logan, south of Brisbane.
Canadian grocer METRO planning third automated facility near Montreal
Canada's METRO Inc. and the WITRON Group are to build another automated distribution centre in Quebec.
Goodfood Announces New Facility in Montreal to Support Growth of eGrocery
Goodfood Market announced today it has signed a lease for a 45,000 square feet facility in Montreal, further expanding its footprint and capabilities in the key urban centre
25% of U.S. malls are expected to shut within 5 years. Giving them a new life won’t be easy
What is going to happen to America’s dead malls? That’s a million-dollar question plaguing retailers and real estate developers.
Abercrombie & Fitch online sales boom and are profitable
Abercrombie & Fitch shares are soaring after the apparel retailer reported a surprise quarterly profit Thursday morning and impressive online revenue growth of 56% during the coronavirus pandemic.
Walmart is teaming up with Microsoft on TikTok bid
Walmart said it’s teaming up with Microsoft in a bid for TikTok.
DHL to hire 7K associates, increase automation in prep for peak
DHL plans to build up its automation infrastructure with a commitment to expand to 1,000 LocusBot collaborative robots by the end of the year.
How Sephora flexed its warehouse network to prep for an e-commerce onslaught
Having the biggest sale of the year in April meant Sephora's supply chain was flexed and ready for surging volume when executives temporarily closed all stores in March, roughly five weeks before the promotion.
Amazon rolls out a new AR shopping feature for viewing multiple items at once
Amazon is rolling out a new augmented reality shopping tool, Room Decorator, that will allow you to see furniture and other home décor in your own space.
RETAIL Real estate mogul Sam Zell calls retail a ‘falling knife’ that hasn’t hit a bottom yet
“There is no question in my mind that retail is a falling knife, and we are for sure not at the bottom,” Sam Zell told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday morning.
China’s e-commerce giants get a boost as consumers continue to shift online after coronavirus
China’s e-commerce and food delivery giants are reaping the benefits of an increasing number of consumers shopping online and businesses trying to digitize, trends accelerated by the coronavirus outbreak.
Dick’s Sporting Goods crushes estimates as online sales surge 194%
Dick’s Sporting Goods reported eye-popping quarterly earnings and sales growth Wednesday, saying consumers flocked to its website for hiking gear, kayaks, weights and workout clothes to stay busy during the coronavirus crisis.
Man walks out of LCBO store with 24 free bottles of wine due to glitch
A Toronto man walked out of a liquor store with 24 free bottles of wine after a computer glitch allowed him to order the alcohol at no cost.
Walmart, Amazon Prove Online Grocery Is Not the Future, Study Shows
Despite spikes in online shopping as a direct result of COVID-19 lockdowns, the fundamentals behind online grocery still make it economically unsustainable in its current form, said Kurt Jetta, founder and chief analyst of Tabs Analytics, a technology-enabled firm serving the consumer products industry.
What is confidential computing, and why are cloud companies so interested in it?
Cloud technology companies are betting that businesses worried about being hacked will adopt a new computing technique to safeguard their most valuable information.