The Future Of Online Shopping
CNBC Marathon explores how companies like Amazon, Walmart and their competitors are shifting their marketing and business strategies to compete in today’s economy.
Quietly launching its app in September 2022, it only took Temu a few weeks to top app store charts, edging out Amazon, Walmart and even fast-fashion brand Shein. By February 2023, the 5-month-old company made its TV debut during Super Bowl LVII, airing two commercial spots totaling an estimated $14 million. With an annual advertising budget of about $1.4 billion, Temu is focused on aggregating a user base of nearly 100 million people by year-end.
Walmart employs more people than any other company in the world and is the country’s largest grocer. But when it comes to e-commerce, Amazon is the clear leader, with 39.5% of the market share compared to Walmart’s 7%. Now Walmart has ambitious new plans, and new leadership, to try and catch up.
Livestream shopping took China by storm during the pandemic, growing into an estimated $423 billion market in 2022. The trend has caught on more slowly in the U.S., but now Amazon, TikTok, YouTube and Shopify are making big investments in hopes it takes off. CNBC goes behind the scenes with creators like Myriam Sandler to find out what it’s like to sell via livestream, and what it’ll take for the emerging model to become a mainstream way that U.S. consumers shop.
China overtakes Germany in industrial use of robots.
Walmart is betting on automation, AI, and the growth of emerging alternative revenue streams to usher the company into a tech-fueled future.
The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.
A gigantic logistics facility housing a research and development center for next-generation drone technology is now open in Tokyo.
Automated warehouses deliver increased productivity, reduced labor dependency, and lower costs. Here’s how distributors can make them work.
When it first opened, the distribution center was the largest of its kind in Canada.
The new distribution center, located at The Cubes at RiverPark in Jackson, will span approximately 1 million square feet.
Many firms are stumbling over costly missteps in their automation journeys, warns a senior executive from the Kion Group.
Boost Productivity: Autonomous Forklifts for Automated Trailer Loading & Unloading.
Despite minor challenges in order intake and slight decreases in revenue, AutoStore's profitability remains strong,
New Autonomous Forklft to Unload / Load Trucks and Containers.
25 000 bacs qui sont manipulés par 112 robots dans un incroyable ballet au millimètre près.
This technology works by embedding codes on product packaging that are invisible to the human eye.
Many organizations highlight the economic and strategic reasons to reconsider cloud infrastructure.
ZOZOBASE Tsukuba 3 is a facility that is equipped with cutting-edge systems and is envisioned as a new logistics base with advanced automation.
The Zhilang GTP solution combines several technologies, including handling AGVs, lifting robots, and shelving systems.
The new automated sorting facility known as Secondary 25, is same size as three football fields.
Within the last year, Boston Dynamics has added several new features to Stretch that have improved its accuracy and throughput even more.
Arvato acquired its first Stretch system this year and the robot's impact was immediate.
Farmy is Switzerland leading online grocer.
Port workers have until January 15 to hash out a new contract. Here's what's at stake.
Mark Rober visits Zipline. Hear his thoughs on the future of autonomous delivery.
Discover the latest innovations from ABB Automation.
Inside a busy warehouse in Brooklyn, a quiet symphony is playing out. But this is no ordinary ensemble.
Gartner recently gathered supply chain and operations executives from seven industries for a Leaders in Action event.
Spanning more than two million square feet, PSCH will be equipped with cutting-edge technologies such as advanced robotics and automation systems.
As industries worldwide continue to embrace automation, the future of warehouse management is moving toward a highly orchestrated symphony of technology and robotics.
Watch the installation process for a state-of-the-art automated AutoStore Cube System.
From cucumbers to mac and cheese, discover how artificial intelligence is transforming one of the world's largest food companies.
60% of employees who work with robotics and AI expect positive impacts on their productivity, job satisfaction, and safety.