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Liberty London appoints Future Workforce for online product launches

May 20, 2022

Liberty London has tapped Future Workforce to support the roll-out of robotic process automation. The two brands will partner on critical business tasks which will allow the ecommerce teams to…

Tesco shoppers call on grocer to “stop replacing people with machines”

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May 19, 2022

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Over 100,000 Tesco shoppers have a signed a petition calling for Tesco to replace its self-service checkouts with real people. Pat McCarthy, a 69-year-old pensioner, launched the petition after realising…

How Amazon has eliminated friction at checkout

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April 27, 2022

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Friction is one of retail’s biggest pain points, whether its for an ecommerce site or a bricks-and-mortar establishment, the less friction points for the customer, the higher percentage of conversion…

Waitrose rolls out parking payment app in partnership with Flowbird

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April 27, 2022

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Waitrose has introduced a new parking app in collaboration with Flowbird Smart City UK. The Flowbird app allows customers to pay for parking faster and offers a complete digital alternative…

Amazon to invest $1bn in warehouse technology

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April 22, 2022

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Amazon has revealed a plan to invest $1 billion into warehouse technologies that will help companies “of all stages” build supply chain, fulfilment and logistics technologies, the company announced Thursday.…

JD.com sends out autonomous vehicles in Covid-ridden Shanghai

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April 14, 2022

George Iddenden

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JD.com has sent out over 100 autonomous deliver vehicles in Shanghai amid a Covid outbreak in the city. The vehicles were used for last mile delivery of customer orders and…

Homebase taps Relex Solutions to automate its supply chain

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April 5, 2022

George Iddenden

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Homebase has announced a tie up with Relex Solutions to automate and optimise its supply chain processes. Relex will help to service Homebase stores located in the UK and Ireland…

Alexa will now tell you when items in your Amazon cart go on sale

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April 1, 2022

George Iddenden

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Amazon’s Alexa devices will now alert consumers when items they have in their shopping carts are about to go on sale. The company announced that Alexa devices will notify Prime…

Walgreens Boots Alliance to open 22 robot powered micro-fulfilment centres

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March 31, 2022

George Iddenden

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Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced it plans to open 22 robot powered micro-fulfilment centres across the US to fill customers’ prescriptions. As much as half of the retailer’s total prescription…

Walmart accuses BJ’s Wholesale of stealing its self-checkout tech

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March 24, 2022

George Iddenden

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Walmart and its subsidiary Sam’s Club has accused rival retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club of stealing its technology that powers the self-checkout option in the Sam’s Club mobile app. Both companies…

Automation

Liberty London appoints Future Workforce for online product launches

Tesco shoppers call on grocer to “stop replacing people with machines”

How Amazon has eliminated friction at checkout

Waitrose rolls out parking payment app in partnership with Flowbird

Amazon to invest $1bn in warehouse technology

JD.com sends out autonomous vehicles in Covid-ridden Shanghai

Homebase taps Relex Solutions to automate its supply chain

Alexa will now tell you when items in your Amazon cart go on sale

Walgreens Boots Alliance to open 22 robot powered micro-fulfilment centres

Walmart accuses BJ’s Wholesale of stealing its self-checkout tech

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