Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores
Walmart is set to dramatically ramp up the number of autonomous robots in its stores as it expands its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics.
Bossa Nova’s shelf-scanning robots stand six…
In-store automation provides major competitive advantage for retailers
In-store automation has become a major competitive advantage for retailers promising to attract online shoppers back to the high street.
Nearly 60 per cent of customers say they would shift…
Automation is most vital investment priority according to 21% of UK businesses
Automation is due to have a “transformative impact on businesses” in the UK in the coming years as increasing numbers make it a priority.
According to a new report from…
Adidas abandons both its hi-tech automated “Speedfactories”
Adidas is abandoning its robotic “Speedfactories” after just four years admitting defeat on its ambitious automation experiment.
The Speedfactories, entirely automated factories which it opened in Ansbach, Germany, in 2016…
500,000 UK retail jobs to be replaced by robots by 2024
Robots are set to replace more than half a million retail jobs in the UK over the next five years as retailer increasingly look to automation to improve efficiency.
Automation…
Behind the scenes at Amazon’s robotic fulfilment centre
“Amazon is not too big to fail,” – Jeff Bezos
You’d be forgiven for questioning the words of the world’s richest man after witnessing the mind-boggling scale of just one…
108,000 retail jobs lost to automation and ecommerce since 2011
Automation and ecommerce have cost the UK retail sector over 100,000 jobs since 2011, with further job losses expected. 108,000 sales and customers service jobs have been lost in the…
Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push
Walmart Chile on Monday said it would resume talks with a union of 17,000 workers who walked off their jobs last week in protest over the retailer’s push to automate…
Women to be hit hardest by automation
Women are set to be hit hardest by the impending introduction of automation in the workplace according to a new report.
New research from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has suggested…
Thousands of jobs at risk as Amazon plans to roll out automated packing machines
Amazon is set to launch new automated packing machines across its supply chain, potentially leading to over 1000 job cuts. According to Reuters, the tech giant is planning to install…