Gatik's 'Middle-Mile' Trucks to Go Fully Driverless for Walmart
Self-driving delivery vehicles along the middle mile just got a little more autonomous.
How Flipkart is using automation to delivery your products on time
Flipkart recently introduced robots, or what it calls automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), at its shipment sorting centre in Bengaluru. These rectangular objects move on their own and place packages in designated slots with minimal human intervention.
Supply Chain Disruption Breaks Honda’s Just In Time Methodology
Honda has announced it’s Swindon-based manufacturing plants inability to procure parts due to vessel delays and congestion at UK ports
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos returns to daily oversight of the company
When Amazon’s finance team held its quarterly meeting with CEO Jeff Bezos this past April, they anticipated their boss would zero in on the estimated $4 billion in COVID-related costs.
Ocado is coming to Alberta
Sobeys is accelerating its plans for the remaining two Voilà e-commerce CFCs – for a total of four CFCs across Canada. The third CFC will be located in Calgary, Alberta which will service the majority of Alberta
Instacart Report Forecasting 2021 Grocery Food Trends & Shopping Habits
Findings reflect five key shifts in consumer shopping behavior and food attitudes
Amazon built some of the world's most efficient warehouses by embracing chaos
In the process of building this elaborate system, Amazon has completely redefined warehouse efficiency and customer convenience.
What is it like to work at Amazon?
What is it like to work at Amazon? Carole Cadwalladr lands a job in one of its giant warehouses and discovers the human cost of our lust for consumer goods
Grocery Stores Using Robots to Fulfill Online Orders
How the future of delivery is going high-tech to get your groceries faster and cheaper
H-E-B wins Dive 2020 Grocer of the Year award
The Texas grocer's pandemic response this spring showed it could move mountains, while its response in recent months has proven its agility and deep understanding of its shoppers.
Amazon wins Dive 2020 Disruptor of the Year Award
The e-commerce giant expanded its physical footprint with new grocery store formats while rolling out technology to streamline in-store and online shopping.
Blue Yonder Survey Finds Retailers’ E-Commerce Revenue Increase by 33% Amidst COVID-19
Drug store/health and beauty retailers and grocery retailers in particular increased the number of fulfillment centers to meet e-commerce needs than other vertical categories.
Ocado invests in fresh food automation start-up
Ocado has invested in a robotics company which aims to automate the preparation of fresh food.
How Texas supermarket tripled in-store picking speed during the pandemic
How United Supermarkets more than doubled its picking speed during the pandemic
Shopify publishes its first annual Future of Commerce report
Shopify found that 92% of US consumers have shopped online since the start of pandemic, compared to 65% who have shopped in-store. Over half of consumers have shifted more of their spending online since March, with young consumers -- shoppers ages 18 to 34 -- leading that trend.
Is Amazon running out of space?
Amazon in August instituted limits on product shipments from third-party sellers who use its U.S. warehouses in an effort to make sure it had enough space to store all their goods for the holidays
U.S. needs more warehouses
U.S. needs more warehouses to handle record returns this holiday and in coming years, CBRE says
Michelle Gass & Jean-Andre Rougeot Sephora partners with Kohl’s to open mini shops in 850 stores
The beauty category has historically been dominated by America’s department store chains, but it is now increasingly moving out of malls, giving retailers that had been hardly invested in the category an opportunity to steal share.
Starship Technologies Autonomous Delivery Robots
Starship is the first company to have autonomous delivery robots already in 2017. Since that, Starship has done over 500000 deliveries around the globe.
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry, said the pandemic will have a lasting effect on the way Americans live, shop and spend their money
Third quarter earnings of big-box retailers like Target and Best Buy have surged past Wall Street’s expectations in the past two weeks.