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Walmart Debuts Second In-Store Fulfillment Center in Bentonville

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Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. This new order fulfillment system is truly game-changing,” said Ryan Simpson, Store Manager at Store 100 in a statement. Like the retailer’s first MFC , which opened in 2019 in Salem, N.H.,

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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

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The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs.

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Target’s New Last Mile Facility Adds Next-Day Delivery for 500,000 in Atlanta Market

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The new facility puts next-day delivery within reach of 500,000 additional customers for a total of more than 3 million in the Atlanta market. Target has opened a Target Last Mile Delivery (TLMD) extension near its store in Smyrna, Ga.

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Target Invests $100 Million in Sortation Centers to Enhance Store-As-Hub Strategy

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Target will expand its next-day delivery capabilities by investing $100 million in its sortation center network to open six additional facilities by 2026. As Target’s stores fulfill the bulk of online orders, our sortation centers have made this process even faster.”

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Retailers Must Adopt a Technology-First Strategy to Survive

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It’s already happening, as AI-powered marketing systems digest vast amounts of data on each individual shopper, develop a unique strategy to grow value and engagement, and generate true 1:1 promotions and pricing to achieve each strategy — all in an automated process that takes minutes for millions of shoppers at scale. That sounds good.

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Instacart Looks Beyond Delivery with Suite of Tools to Support Grocery’s Digital Transformation

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Instacart already powers the ecommerce and fulfillment experience for hundreds of retailers across North America. Now the online grocery marketplace has launched a suite of technologies to help its partners continue their digital transformation with new fulfillment , advertising and insights capabilities.

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True Religion Expands into China on Multiple Fronts

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Key elements include opening 65 freestanding and shop-in-shop stores by 2026 and offering its jeans and sportswear on China’s major ecommerce marketplaces. True Religion’s own DTC business will focus on key markets, specifically on growing its North American business.