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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

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The robots also provide location data down to four-foot sections, which Woodman’s Markets will use to empower associates when it comes to fulfilling online orders and stocking shelves. The robots also can improve merchandising. This will help them make better-informed decisions about how much shelf space each item needs.

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How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

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But consumers aren’t just buying items online and having them shipped to the house. In fact, 36% of retailers still tell us they’re planning to spend more [on technology] in 2022 than they did in 2021. “For one product, the lowest price may be more important, but for another product, that may not be my driving force.”.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

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It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. Ecommerce clearly isn’t going anywhere.

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