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Staples to Deploy AI-Powered Robotic Picking in Fulfillment Centers

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Staples will install autonomous item-handling robots in its fulfillment centers as part of a multi-year agreement with RightHand Robotics. Robots have been used in fulfillment centers by a number of brands, including Amazon. Walmart purchased robotics company Alert Innovation in October 2022.

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Sam’s Club to Add 30+ Larger-Format Stores, 5 New Fulfillment Centers

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Sam’s Club is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its physical footprint, beginning with five new fulfillment and distribution centers opening this year — the first, in Georgia, in Q3 2023. As we open new clubs in new locations, we’ll continue to innovate so that our members shop and save whether in person or online,” said McLay.

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Walmart Turns 4 Stores Into Experimental Shopping/Fulfillment Center Hybrids

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Walmart will test combining store/fulfillment center locations at four existing stores, using them as test beds for new technology, digital tools and physical enhancements. The stores will focus on implementing new tools that can help speed up both customer service and order fulfillment. in a statement.

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Target Introduces Larger Store Concept With More Fulfillment Space and Merchandise

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Localized design features: Target will incorporate community-focused elements into each store’s design, from native landscaping outside the store to localized product selections inside. Guests and team members tell us they come to Target because they feel inspired, connected and welcomed.

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H&M’s New SoHo Location Features Secondhand Shop-in-Shop

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Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Simon Adds VIP Suite to Kick Off Woodbury Common Expansion

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Innovation and continually enhancing our idyllic shopping atmosphere, along with our collection of the most desirable brands, is what excites Woodbury Common’s shoppers, and we look forward to enhancing our guest service experience with our luxurious VIP Suite,” said Mark Silvestri, President of Development at Simon in a statement.

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Amazon Creates 125,000 More Fulfillment and Transportation Jobs Starting at $18 an Hour

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Amazon is adding 125,000 new warehouse and transportation jobs as it seeks to staff up the 350 fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs and delivery stations it has opened this year, 100 of which will open in September alone.