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Walmart Acquires Robotics Company to Boost Next-Gen Fulfillment Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016. in a blog post.

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Walmart Debuts Second In-Store Fulfillment Center in Bentonville

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. the new center uses the Alphabot automated storage and retrieval technology developed by Alert Innovation. Like the retailer’s first MFC , which opened in 2019 in Salem, N.H.,

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Amazon Debuts Next-Generation Drone Design and Fulfillment Robot

Retail TouchPoints

“To sustainably deliver a vast selection of items in under an hour , and eventually within 30 minutes, at scale, drones are the most effective path to success,” reads a company blog post about the new MK30 drone. New Fulfillment Robot: Sparrow.

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How To Choose an Ecommerce Fulfillment Service

Ecommerce Platforms

If you're reading this blog post, you'll know that there are many challenges to running your own online store; one is handling the storing, packing, and shipping of your products. Whether you work alone or with staff, the fulfillment process is bound to take heaps of time away from other, more important, money-making tasks.

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How to Navigate Ecommerce Logistics: 3PL, Shopify Fulfillment, and Fulfillment by Amazon

Omnisend

In this piece, we’ll examine the pros and cons of using a 3PL over in-house logistics, and compare popular solutions like leveraging Amazon or Shopify fulfillment. Casey Armstrong of ShipBob had this advice for choosing a great 3PL partner: “[Get] a demo of the merchant application—what does the technology look like? What is a 3PL?

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How technology helps retailers prepare for holiday season

iVend

Read how our technology gives retailers the gift of growth. We take a look at the RIS predictions and how you can use retail technology to implement actions based on them – positioning yourself to receive the gift of business growth and increased profits this holiday season.

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The Top 5 E-Commerce Fulfillment Predictions For 2018

RTP blog

Nonetheless, we will do our best to identify what we at GrandCanals believe to be the top five fulfillment trends of the coming year, to better help you get in front of them. Weekends Disappear — At Least For E-Commerce Delivery Fulfillment and shipping becomes a seven day/week operation. How much of this will happen?

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