by Mike Duff | Oct 7, 2022 | Retail Articles
In advancing distribution capacities, Walmart is acquiring Alert Innovation, a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology...
by Mike Duff | Sep 30, 2022 | Retail Articles
The Walmart supply chain has been challenged, the company admitted in a blog post, but the company has been able to deal with congestion and inflation so that it is ready for the holiday season. In the blog post, Jennifer McKeehan, senior vp, end-to-end delivery,...
by Mike Duff | Sep 29, 2022 | Retail Articles
While it continues to expand its distribution system, Walmart has opened a 1.1 million-square-foot Next Generation fulfillment center in Joliet, IL. With the ability to handle millions of items at a time, Walmart Next Generation FCs employ technology to facilitate...
by Mike Duff | Aug 11, 2022 | Retail Articles
To keep goods moving faster, Walmart will open a 400,000 square-foot high-tech consolidation center in Lebanon, PA, this month, which will use automation to move goods three times than has been traditional and help Walmart deliver the right product to the right store....
by Mike Duff | Aug 11, 2022 | Retail Articles
Ace Hardware has announced plans to add 4.4 million square feet of distribution capacity by opening three new warehouses in the next five years. The distribution center plans come in the aftermath of Ace adding more than 2.5 million square feet to its network over the...
