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Retail Asia26/04/2019

US retailer Walmart is adding thousands of robots to its stores to handle cleaning tasks, allowing workers more time to help customers. Walmart said by February 2019, it will have introduced the 920-pound autonomous floor scrubbers at 1,860 of its 4,700 US stores. The robots will clean the floors and unload boxes in its stockrooms. The “smart assistants” […]

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Retail Asia05/02/2019

Amazon has introduced self-driving delivery service dubbed Scout – an all-electric self-driving vehicle that will maneuver across sidewalks in order to deliver purchased items to customers. Scout is the size of a ‘small cooler’ and can roll along sidewalks, delivering packages safely to a customer’s doorstep. The device is currently operating in Snohomish County, Washington, the […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2019

LG Electronics and portal operator Naver Wednesday agreed to jointly develop an advanced guidance robot based on the high-tech mobility platform. LG Electronics and Naver’s R&D subsidiary signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on research and development of robot technology, expanding on their discussions made during the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in […]

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Retail Asia28/01/2019

We are at the beginning of the most radical transformation of the foodservice industry. Until now, technological innovations in the industry meant ordering food from an app or paying bill through tablets. But now restaurant owners are upping the ante, taking the game to the next level by experimenting with technology like never before. From […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2019

Travel Food Services (TFS), India’s leading Travel Food and Retail Company, unveils the latest in technology – Mitri, the Robot, to make the experience of travellers interactive and fun. Mitri will be engaging with customers at TFS’s Dilli Streat outlet at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, and is the first ever airport installation in the F&B […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2019

A lot of Hong Kong retailers are talking about technology right now, but before they even started, Pricerite founder and chairman Bankee Kwan was already embracing it. Now home to the first Pepper robot on customer service duty in a Hong Kong store and leading-edge online apps allowing shoppers to virtually place furniture in their […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2019

Robotics and warehouse automation company, GreyOrange, will launch its new modular sortation system and demonstrate upgraded versions of its Butler and PickPal at LogiMAT 2019, the 17th International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management in Stuttgart, Germany on 19-21 February. Nowadays, retailers and logistics businesses face many new kinds of complexities and challenges […]

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Retail Asia15/01/2019

LG Electronics, one of the leading home appliance manufacturers in the world, said Sunday it received a total of 132 awards at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. It said its products received the coveted CES top innovation title announced by the Consumer Technology Association. LG, which has been a major player […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2019

LG Electronics and Naver are cooperating on the development of robotic capabilities. Their first project will use Naver’s mapping and navigation technology to improve the functionality of LG’s CLOi GuideBot. LG’s guiding robot is currently in operation at Incheon International Airport. It escorts travelers to certain destinations within the facility. Naver Labs, the research and […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2019

Samsung robots are coming this year. Kim Hyun-suk, president and head of Samsung Electronics’ consumer electronics division, said the company has been conducting research on the robotics market and is now preparing to launch several robots this year during a press conference with reporters on Monday, a day prior to the opening of the Consumer […]

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Retail Asia04/01/2019

Technology has penetrated in every sphere of our lives. We live, love, eat and sleep on #technology now. Each year, we see technology moving deeper and deeper into our existence. It’s good and bad – both. Good because it helps us in doing more in less time and efforts. Bad because interweaving of tech in […]

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Retail Asia03/01/2019

The use of artificial intelligence in the retail sector is a $300 billion cost-saving opportunity for retailers which are able to scale and expand the technology, though just 1 per cent of retailers have achieved the necessary level of development, according to research from Capgemini Research Institute. The study looked at 400 global retailers, and […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2018

Emart is going fully digital with its brand new Uiwang branch that will open in Gyeonggi tomorrow. Innovative features of the Uiwang branch – the first Emart store to open in 30 months – include digital displays instead of paper signs and guide robots that can escort customers to desired products. The Uiwang store will […]

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Retail Asia15/11/2018

LG Electronics Vice Chairman Jo Seong-jin will be in Silicon Valley on Nov. 14 scouting employees with expertise in future technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and the cloud. He will meet with job candidates – mostly those with doctoral degrees in the areas of interest – and introduce LG’s vision for growth […]

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Retail Asia15/11/2018

Chinese online retailer JD has opened its first fully automated robot restaurant in Tianjin. The 400sqm venue has opened as “XCafe” at the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, an area of Tianjin dedicated to environmental sustainability. XCafe is the first fully-automated restaurant in China, with all aspects of ordering, preparing, cooking, plating and serving performed by robots, […]

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Retail Asia13/11/2018

Incheon International Airport said Sunday that it has successfully tested a self-driving shuttle bus becoming the first Korean airport to do so. The test took place inside its long-term parking lot on Friday, where a driverless bus ran 2.2 kilometers at a speed of 30 kph. “The test route has lots of curved lanes and […]

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Retail Asia09/11/2018

An automated Alibaba hotel is set to open in Hangzhou. The move showcases the e-commerce giant’s technological capacity and serves to diversify its scope of business – with a view to demonstrating and selling its data-driven innovations. The company has claimed the hotel will be more efficient than manned properties within a comparable price range. […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2018

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Seoul Wednesday and vowed to increase cooperation with the U.S. company in artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Nadella is visiting Seoul this week for the first time in four years and delivered a keynote speech at Microsoft Korea’s “Future Now” artificial intelligence […]

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Retail Asia07/11/2018

LG Electronics has signed an agreement with E-mart to develop a new type of service robot that can assist shoppers at its South Korean supermarkets. Under the agreement, the two companies will develop what they call a smart-cart robot that can automatically identify obstacles and follow shoppers as they walk through aisles. LG said the […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2018

The robotics industry is revolutionizing the world, and Alibaba A.I. Labs is raising the stakes in this cutting-edge industry with the announcement of launching service robots for the hospitality sector starting in October. Alibaba A.I. Labs is the department leading consumer AI product development at Alibaba. Hotels have until now depended entirely on human labor. But […]

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