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Amazon’s increasing one-day delivery capability will soon cause customers to see any longer delivery option “seem too slow before we know it”.

Amazon’s one-day-delivery will makes all other options “seem too slow before we know it”

February 26, 2020

Amazon, Morgan Stanley, one-day delivery, Walmart

Amazon’s increasing one-day delivery capability will soon cause customers to see any longer delivery option “seem too slow before we know it”. Morgan Stanley’s analyst Brian Nowak has warned that…

“Milestone” ruling allows autonomous vehicles to be tested on the roads for first time

February 7, 2020

Ben Stevens

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain

Autonomous Delivery Vehicles, Dominos, Kroger, Nuro, Self-driving, Walmart

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Nuro’s autonomous delivery robots, currently being used by Walmart, Kroger and Dominos, have been granted permission to begin testing on the roads for the first time in major milestone for…

Retailers including Amazon, Apple and Walmart are set to see a hit to revenues as they shutter operations in China while the coronavirus wipes $420 billion (£320 billion) from its economy.

Amazon, Apple, Tesla and Walmart to take hit from coronavirus shutdown as $420bn wiped off economy

February 3, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, News

Amazon, Apple, Google, McDonald's, Microsoft, Starbucks, Tesla, Walmart

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Retailers including Amazon, Apple and Walmart are set to see a hit to revenues as they shutter operations in China while the coronavirus wipes $420 billion (£320 billion) from its…

Walmart and Amazon have extended their programmes which allows customers to buy online groceries with food stamps.

Walmart and Amazon expand programme allowing shoppers to pay with food stamps

January 31, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Food Stamps, Pilot, USDA, Walmart

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Walmart and Amazon have extended their programmes which allows customers to buy online groceries with food stamps. The two largest retailers in the US have extended a pilot programme with…

Top 5 upcoming retail drone delivery services

January 29, 2020

Ben Stevens

Analysis, Delivery / Supply Chain, Features, News

Amazon, DHL, Google, UPS, Walgreens, Walmart, Wing

As if same-day delivery on pretty much anything wasn’t convenient enough, retailers across the world are piling money into programmes which will allow parcels to be flown to you in…

Retail drone deliveries are facing a major setback in the US as key legislation enabling companies to deliver parcels is opposed by powerful groups.

US retail drone deliveries hit major setback

January 23, 2020

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain, News

Amazon, Delivery, Drone, FAA, Federal Aviation Authority, Google, Walmart, Wing

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Retail drone deliveries are facing a major setback in the US as key legislation enabling companies to deliver parcels is opposed by powerful groups. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has…

Amazon has pledged to invest $1 billion in India while protests across 300 cities in the country called for the company to “go back”.

Amazon’s $1bn pledge snubbed by India as “no great favour” as tensions mount

January 17, 2020

Ben Stevens

Companies, Industry, News

#AmazonPets2019, Amazon, India, Piyush Goyal, the Confederation of All India Traders, Walmart

Amazon’s pledge to invest a further $1 billion in India has been snubbed by the country’s trade minister as tensions continue to grow. Earlier this week Jeff Bezos appeared on…

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

January 14, 2020

Ben Stevens

Automation, News

Automation, Robot, Walmart

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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…

India’s largest retailer Reliance Retail has launched a new ecommerce platform in a bid to take on Amazon in the increasingly lucrative market.

India’s biggest retailers launches ecommerce platform to fight Amazon

January 2, 2020

Ben Stevens

Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Flipkart, India, Jiomart, Reliance, Walmart

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India’s largest retailer Reliance Retail has launched a new ecommerce platform in a bid to take on Amazon in the increasingly lucrative market. Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries,…

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

Retail technology will “fundamentally change the shopping experience” in the 2020s

January 2, 2020

Ben Stevens

Industry, News

Bill Simon, Retail Technology, Target, Walmart

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Technology is set to “fundamentally change the shopping experience” in the 2020’s according to Walmart’s former president and chief executive Bill Simon. Existing retail technologies such as virtual changing rooms,…

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Amazon’s one-day-delivery will makes all other options “seem too slow before we know it”

“Milestone” ruling allows autonomous vehicles to be tested on the roads for first time

Amazon, Apple, Tesla and Walmart to take hit from coronavirus shutdown as $420bn wiped off economy

Walmart and Amazon expand programme allowing shoppers to pay with food stamps

Top 5 upcoming retail drone delivery services

US retail drone deliveries hit major setback

Amazon’s $1bn pledge snubbed by India as “no great favour” as tensions mount

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

India’s biggest retailers launches ecommerce platform to fight Amazon

Retail technology will “fundamentally change the shopping experience” in the 2020s

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