Month: October 2018

Schnuck Markets, Inc. and Simbe Robotics today announce that Tally, the autonomous shelf-scanning robot, is rolling out in at least 15 select Schnucks’ stores. Schnucks and Simbe kicked off a pilot in July 2017, when Tally began capturing deeper, real-time insights into on-shelf operations in three Schnucks locations. As a result of the initial pilot’s success, Schnucks is increasing the scope of the partnership to bring at least 15 Tally robots to key stores, giving the retailer a tech-forward competitive advantage. …

As a priority partner in Jet’s newly-launched City Grocery offering, Blue Apron will have a dedicated branded experience featuring a rotating selection of two-serving recipes specifically designed to serve the Jet customer. …

Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest in retail technology. Specifically, the retailer will test out new concepts like mobile checkout, an Amazon Go-like camera system for inventory management, electronic shelf labels, wayfinding technology for in-store navigation, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence-infused shopping, among other things. …

The new strategic plan announced today follows constructive dialogue and an improvement plan discussed with the board of directors at the board meeting held on September 28, 2018. First, underperforming stores will be closed or sold. Second, iFresh will remodel and update all other iFresh stores pursuant to the plan outlined by Mr. Long Deng, Chairman and CEO of iFresh, at the meeting. …