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DHL executives Saul Resnick and Tim Tetzlaff with a new warehouse robot

DHL adds 1,000 new robots as it spends £550mn on automation and infrastructure

Operations
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10 Jul 2025
by Chloe Rigby
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Co-op rolls out robot deliveries to Greater Manchester

Delivery
15 Mar 2023
by Paul Skeldon
Robots are heading to the streets of Sale. Greater Manchester, as Starship Technologies partners with Trafford Council and the Co-op
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GUEST COMMENT How robots can help retails get back to full strength

Guest Comment
26 Jan 2023
by Paul Skeldon
Michel Spruijt takes a look at how modular robots may hold the key to build back better across the retail sector
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EDITORIAL How retailers are turning to robots and back-end tech to be more effective in 2023

Editorial
1 Dec 2022
by Paul Skeldon
Robots, OMS, ERP and marketplace integration all on the agenda as retailers start to shift to ways to be more effective in 2023
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Co-op delivery robots take to the streets of Cambridge as autonomous delivery gains ground

Delivery
17 Nov 2022
by Paul Skeldon
Co-op has gone live with food delivery robots around central Cambridge following a successful trial in the city
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Starship Technologies robots will now deliver online orders from the Co-op in Cambourne. Image courtesy of Co-op

Co-op targets 50% online delivery growth to £300m this year through quick commerce expansion

Strategy and Innovation
20 May 2022
by Chloe Rigby
The supermarket will deliver orders via both robots and on foot
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Superdry turns to robots to rapidly speed up handling of returns in UK as it seeks efficiency gains

Industry
20 May 2020
by Paul Skeldon
Global fashion brand Superdry has turned to intelligent mini-robot carriers in a bid to transform order picking and put-away at its UK hub.
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Starship robots expand into Central Milton Keynes delivering lunch to 180,000 workers

Mobile
17 Mar 2020
by Paul Skeldon
Customers in Central Milton Keynes will have access to robot delivery for the first time from some of the town’s most popular brands
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Robots set to take more than half a million retail jobs in next five years: study

Technology
24 Oct 2019
by Chloe Rigby
Almost half (44%) of IT leaders questioned by the 2019 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey say they are looking to use automation in order to...
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Same-day delivery most wanted, and most expected, by consumers: study

Delivery
3 May 2019
by Chloe Rigby
What do customers want? Same-day delivery, plastic-free packaging and virtual changing rooms top an Awin poll
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