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Kmart Australia to roll-out MetraLabs’ Tory inventory robot to its stores

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 <p>Sensormatic Solutions, part of Johnson Controls, has partnered with AI-powered retail insights platform pass_by. The partnership will blend pass_by's shopper mobility data with Sensormatic's in-store traffic data to offer retailers a complete view of the path to purchase. </p>
 <p>Pass_by's almanac platform is a key offering in this collaboration, providing retailers with historical and prospective insights into any US-based store. This allows for foot traffic pattern analysis, benchmarking against owned stores or competitors, and viewing YoY trends. </p>
 <p>The insights offered by this partnership will assist retailers in optimizing staffing and floor plans, anticipating product demand, and making data-based decisions for future planning.</p>
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Sensormatic Solutions partners with pass_by for shopper mobility insights

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 <p>Simbe Robotics, a company that specialises in autonomous inventory robots, is broadening its alliance with Wakefern Food Corp, a retailer-owned supermarket cooperative based in the U.S. This expansion will see more deployments of Tally, Simbe's AI-powered robot, in additional ShopRite stores, such as those managed by Inserra Supermarkets and Shop-Rite Supermarkets.</p>
 <p>This growth is a result of successful pilot projects, which subsequently led to a larger expansion in 2023. At present, Wakefern Food Corp has utilised Tally robots in 70 ShopRite stores and intends to hire a dedicated advocate for Wakefern owner groups, to strengthen this increasingly growing partnership.</p>
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Simbe expands partnership with Wakefern Food Corp to deploy Tally inventory bots

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 <p>The autonomous inventory robot developer, Simbe Robotics, has partnered with the supermarket chain, Northeast Grocery, to launch the Tally autonomous inventory robots in select stores.</p>
 <p>These robots will be used in Price Chopper, Market 32, and Tops Friendly Markets stores across six states, using AI to navigate store aisles and scan shelves for out-of-stock items and pricing discrepancies.</p>
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Simbe partners with Northeast Grocery to deploy Tally inventory robots in select stores

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 <p>Sensormatic Solutions, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, collaborates with HappyOrNot to launch Brand Vitality Meter, a new tool designed for retailers to measure customer experience. The innovative solution merges customer feedback collected from HappyOrNot's Smiley devices with traffic data provided by Sensormatic Solutions. By doing so, retailers are enabled to evaluate customer satisfaction in relation to various store performance parameters, which subsequently assists in optimizing in-store experiences and bolstering overall brand health. </p>
 <p>The Brand Vitality Meter primarily focuses on three crucial aspects: customer experience, shopper sentiments, and store performance. The objective of this tool is to aid retailers in making data-driven decisions to improve operational activities and customer satisfaction across several touchpoints that include not only in-store but also ecommerce channels.</p>
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Sensormatic Solutions partners with HappyOrNot to launch Brand Vitality Meter for retailers

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 <p>Online grocer and food logistics group, Ocado, has teamed up with Coles, an Australian retail chain, to open two robot-operated customer fulfillment centers (CFCs) in Australia. These facilities, located in Sydney and Melbourne, utilize the automated Ocado Smart Platform and are designed to provide enhanced freshness and efficiency for Coles customers. Although opening was delayed by a year, the centers are now fully operational, expanding the global tally of Ocado's CFCs to 25. This alliance, which was first established in 2019, is predicted to strengthen Coles' presence in Australia's evolving online grocery market.</p>
 
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Ocado and Coles launch two customer fulfilment centres in Australia

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 <p>Ocado Group, a British online grocery technology firm, has secured an order from American retailer Kroger for automated warehouse technologies. Kroger intends to incorporate Ocado's advanced technologies like On-Grid Robotic Pick and Automated Frameload into its customer fulfillment centers (CFCs) and warehouses. Aimed at bolstering efficiency, productivity, and service excellence in online grocery operations, these technologies will be implemented across the US.</p>
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</b> Kroger has been deploying Ocado’s tech solutions at its facilities <a href="https:<br>
//www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kroger-partners-with-ocado-to-serve-customers-anything-anytime-anywhere-in-us-300650210.html"> since 2018. </a></p>

Kroger expands partnership with Ocado for automated warehouse technologies

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 <p>Swisslog, a Swiss AutoStore order fulfillment solutions distributor, has collaborated with grocery chain H-E-B to launch an automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) in Plano, Texas. </p>
 <p>This MFC will facilitate the processing of curbside and home delivery orders for H-E-B stores in Plano and nearby regions.</p>
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Swisslog partners with H-E-B to launch micro-fulfillment center in Texas

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 <p>Keenon Robotics, a Chinese commercial service robots developer, in collaboration with Truly Robotics, exhibited a range of robot products at the Restaurant Asia 2024 Expo in Singapore. This signifies Keenon's entry into the Asia-Pacific market.</p>
 <p>The showcased robot products included the delivery and restaurant server robots, namely T5, T9, DINERBOT T10, and BUTLERBOT W3.</p>
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KEENON Robotics partners with Truly Robotics to showcase robotic solutions at Restaurant Asia 2024

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 <p>Takeoff Technologies, a company offering automated micro-fulfillment solutions for grocery retailers, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is planning to sell some or all of its assets. The filing follows financial difficulties experienced by the company, partially due to problems securing extra equity funding.</p>
 <p>The company has entreated the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to approve a financing agreement worth USD 9.6 million with a group of its customers, this is known as debtor-in-possession financing. If granted approval, this financing would enable the company to sustain operations while it carries out a sales process. If no potential buyers step forward, the debtor-in-possession customer group might buy parts of the business.</p>
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 <p>Fives, an integrator of Autostore's order fulfillment solutions, has teamed up with multinational retailer Carrefour to automate its new order-picking platform in Bourges, France. The automated platform will supply fresh produce to Carrefour's stores in eleven central France departments.</p>
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All Updates

Kmart Australia to roll-out MetraLabs’ Tory inventory robot to its stores

Sensormatic Solutions partners with pass_by for shopper mobility insights

Simbe expands partnership with Wakefern Food Corp to deploy Tally inventory bots

Simbe partners with Northeast Grocery to deploy Tally inventory robots in select stores

Sensormatic Solutions partners with HappyOrNot to launch Brand Vitality Meter for retailers

Ocado and Coles launch two customer fulfilment centres in Australia

Kroger expands partnership with Ocado for automated warehouse technologies

Swisslog partners with H-E-B to launch micro-fulfillment center in Texas

KEENON Robotics partners with Truly Robotics to showcase robotic solutions at Restaurant Asia 2024

Takeoff Technologies files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Fives partners with Carrefour to automate order picking platform in Bourges, France

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Kmart Australia to roll-out MetraLabs’ Tory inventory robot to its stores

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