last mile

Retailers expected to buy more than 150,000 robots by 2025

December 5, 2019 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

The retail sector is expected to buy more than 150,000 robots by 2025, according to a study by ABI Research.

The next generation of mobile robots for cleaning, inventory management, and material handling are “passing the test in retail”, says ABI.

Several robotics companies have grown their autonomous mobile robot fleet in 2019 and are poised to scale exponentially over the next five years. [Read more…] about Retailers expected to buy more than 150,000 robots by 2025

Deliver: Cost-effectively navigating the last mile is crucial to e-commerce growth

June 6, 2019 by Abdul Montaqim

The second and final day of the Deliver event has seen sponsors and attendees ask each other many questions about the future of e-commerce, or rather “e-logistics”.

And some of the most crucial questions concern the critical last mile of the journey a product makes before it reaches the customer’s door.

The answers appear to be many and varied, and involve new hardware and software, but there does seem to be a general feeling of consensus, even if the details of the technologies underpinning that consensus is yet to be fully articulated, let alone realised. [Read more…] about Deliver: Cost-effectively navigating the last mile is crucial to e-commerce growth

XPO Logistics expands XPO Connect into last mile

May 17, 2019 by Anna

XPO Logistics, the largest last-mile provider for heavy goods in North America, has announced the launch of extensive last mile capabilities on its XPO Connect digital freight marketplace.

The company’s last mile business unit specialises in the delivery of heavy goods, many of which require assembly and installation inside the home.

In 2018, XPO arranged approximately 40,000 last mile deliveries per day on average.

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