automation

The Value of Store Automation In The Age Of Disruption

According to Capgemini’s January 2020 study on smart stores, only 25% of retailers are actively working on implementing store automation, and only…

Five Reasons Retail IT Automation Initiatives Fail

As retailers seek to take every advantage of digital transformation, artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly larger role. In fact, the analysts…

Building Trust In A Retail Workforce Threatened By Automation

The retail space has changed through technology over recent years, be that through the replacement of cash by card, introduction of scanners…

Avatria Debuts Solution To Automated Category Page Listings

Avatria, a digital commerce solution provider, has launched Avatria Convert, a platform that uses Google Analytics data and machine learning to intelligently…

Robotic Process Automation Gives Retailers A Competitive Advantage

The intelligent automation market is set to explode, according to KPMG. Enterprise investment will soar from $12.4 billion to $231.9 billion by…

StoreForce And Moz Provide Automated Hours Of Operation Updates

StoreForce has formed a partnership with Moz, a search engine optimization (SEO) solution provider, to combine Moz’s local SEO with StoreForce’s workforce…

Uniqlo Parent Will Invest $885 Million In Warehouse Automation

Japan-based Fast Retailing, the parent of fast fashion retailer Uniqlo, is investing $885 million to automate its global warehouse and distribution system…

Kroger Draws Closer To Picking Automated Warehouse Sites

Kroger is making progress on choosing a site for the first of at least 20 automated warehouses it plans to build through…

Walmart Robot Replaces Manual Picking Processes

Walmart is enhancing its grocery pickup operations with Alphabot, a behind-the-scenes automation system. The program, which was developed in collaboration with startup…

Automate Everything: Why It’s More Critical Than Ever To Survive In Retail

In the current retail landscape, where competition is fierce and overhead keeps rising, efficiency counts. Retailers must examine every task and every…

Chatbot Acceptance Rises, But Human Backup Still Preferred

Shoppers are getting accustomed to the idea of using of chatbots as a customer service tool, and some even prefer it, according…

JDA Names Tyco Executive As New CEO

JDA Software Group, Inc., announced that Chairman and CEO Bal Dail is stepping down, and that the company’s Board of Directors has…

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