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Walmart Delivering COVID-19 Tests Via Drone in North Las Vegas

The pilot, in partnership with Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp, aims to help determine what roles drones can play in pandemic response, healthcare delivery and retail.

Retailers

6 Tech Insights From Walmart’s U.S. CEO

John Furner sounds off on the initiatives that prove the retailer “thinks like a startup.”

Technology

H-E-B Goes Micro With AutoStore Rollout

By Jon Springer on Sep. 15, 2020

The retailer is deploying microfulfillement centers in partnership with Swisslog featuring the first U.S. grocery deployment of AutoStore's robotic mini-warehouses.

Stores

Are Dark Stores the Future of Post-Pandemic Grocery?

By Andy Frye on Sep. 08, 2020

The surge in online orders spurs demand for on-the-fly fulfillment centers.

Retailers

7 Ways Technology Is Reinventing Shopping at Walmart

By Jon Springer on Aug. 26, 2020

In an investor conference this week, Walmart's Tom Ward discussed how COVID-19 accelerated a change in consumer behavior that the big retailer has long been preparing for.

Technology

Focal Systems Taps Former Walmart Chief Scientist to Drive Automation at Retail

By Kristina Peters on Jul. 29, 2020

Donald High, who holds more than 150 technology patents, will help contribute to Focal’s product roadmap, which includes a shelf camera-based automated inventory solution.

Technology

Is This the Future of Click-and-Collect?

By Jon Springer on Jun. 25, 2020

Locker room confidential: A need for contact-free and efficient order fulfillment is sparking innovation in and around self-pickup.

Technology

Ocado Makes North American Debut

By Jon Springer on Jun. 22, 2020

Powered by Ocado's robotics and software, Voila by Sobeys has begun taking orders near Toronto.

Technology

The Lowdown on Click-and-Collect Technology

By Amanda Baltazar on May 19, 2020

Four elements of online grocery shopping retailers should know: modular pickup boxes, lockers, robotic warehouses and touch-free technology.

Technology

Talking Microfulfillment With Takeoff’s Curt Avallone

By Jon Springer on Apr. 28, 2020

While demand for online grocery has rocketed to a point at which efficiency is more important than ever, other pandemic trends also favor a microfulfillment solution. Here's what its early adopters have learned.

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