Automation

Automation Gap Kindred Robot

May 22, 2020

Gap is accelerating the rollout of automated robots to fulfil online orders in its warehouses in a bid to reduce human contact during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fashion retailer is…

Walmart is set to dramatically ramp up the number of autonomous robots in its stores as it expands its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics.

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

Automation Robot Walmart

January 14, 2020

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 has become a major competitive advantage for retailers promising to attract online shoppers back to the high street.

In-store automation provides major competitive advantage for retailers

Automation Capemini research

January 10, 2020

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 BDO Chief Financial Officers Financial Directors

November 13, 2019

3D printing. Adidas Ansbach Asia Atlanta Automation Oechsler Speedfactory

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”

Automation

November 12, 2019

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

AI Automation KPMG Retail Robots

October 24, 2019

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…

Amazon has created more jobs than any of the Big 5 tech companies since 2000, expanding its headcount 72-fold the turn of the century.

Behind the scenes at Amazon’s robotic fulfilment centre

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Amazon Automation conveyor belt Kiva Robots tour

October 18, 2019

“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 ecommerce Manufactures and Commerce Retail Jobs Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts RSA

September 12, 2019

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

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Automation Chile Retail Robot Strike union Walmart workers

July 16, 2019

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