China is considered to be two to three years ahead of the United States when it comes to merging digital with offline retail. In the United States Amazon has made the most significant advances in creating tech enabled retail stores with its Amazon Go stores.

With online shopping skyrocketing during the pandemic, retailers are increasingly dependent on deliveries going smoothly to keep customers loyal, and yet so much can go haywire—especially on that obsessed-over last mile.

More robots joined the U.S. workforce last year than ever before, taking on jobs from plucking bottles and cans off conveyor belts at trash recycling plants to putting small consumer goods into cardboard boxes at e-commerce warehouses.

Twenty-five cents of every dollar spent shopping online goes to the Amazon third-party marketplace. Were Amazon’s marketplace an independent platform, it would be the largest online retailer in the U.S.

Vending machines have taken a new, upscale form in the Canadian market, and experts say the pandemic, along with more innovative technology, have spurred this shopping trend.

This report examines the booming quick-commerce retail space and explores the differences between third-party delivery platforms and vertically integrated instant-needs companies. We also discuss the key players in the market.

The term “Dark Stores” may have a rather sinister and almost dystopian ring to it. But in reality, it represents one of the many bright ideas and concepts that have helped numerous retail businesses stay afloat during the pandemic.

According to Majid Al Futtaim, the store will elevate the traditional shopping experience by incorporating digital retail to introduce customers to a futuristic shopping journey.

The data shows that demand for door-to-door delivery services, which boomed during continued lockdowns over the last 18 months, has held up.

Known as the Series 600, the new bot will feature around 300 3D printed parts, resulting in a significantly reduced overall weight, cheaper build and running costs, and better serviceability.