On Tuesday, Isuzu North America Corp and silicon Valley self-driving startup Gatik said, they will collaborate to build autonomous delivery trucks which will be used by Gatik to serve its retailer customers. Gatik works with Walmart Inc in Louisiana and Arkansas and with Loblaw Companies Ltd in Canada to deliver goods to stores from warehouses…
In a development that underscores Amazon.com Inc’s push towards reducing its carbon footprint, the world’s biggest e-commerce retailer has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines that run on compressed natural gas, marking its latest shift away from heavy polluting trucks. In 2020, as a result of the coronavirus induced pandemic, there has been a surge…
In a bid to offer faster deliveries, on Thursday, Amazon.com Inc stated, it has invested $100 million in opening new warehouses in Mexico, including its first shipping centers outside Mexico City. The new sites includes two fulfillment centers, with one located near the northern city of Monterrey and the other near the central city of Guadalajara,…
On Wednesday, Japan’s fashion group Fast Retailing Co Ltd stated, it has partnered with two robotics startups to help improve efficiency in its warehousing and distribution strategy. Fast Retailing, the owner of clothing chain Uniqlo and also Asia’s biggest fashion retailer by sales said, it plans on investing $916.59 million (100 billion yen) to increase…
The warehouse, first of many, will house a hive a robots that can pull together a 50-item grocery order in as little as 5 minutes, thus saving labor time. In a strategic development, Kroger Co has selected Cincinnati for the first of its twenty high-tech warehouses it plans on building with its UK-based Ocado Group…
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