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

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In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

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That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. For example, in some cases the retailer won’t make money if they have to ship the customer another item.

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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.

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