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  • Office supplies giant adds robotics to fulfillment network

    Staples is making a bold move to modernize its supply chain.   The office supplies giant is adding a robotic material handling solution across its network of fulfillment centers. Designed by Great Star Industrial USA, LLC, the automated robotic storage and retrieval system incorporates two types of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) into a unified system that brings both high and low cubic velocity items to a single pick and pack station.  

  • Online giant quietly launches meal kits

    Amazon isn’t wasting any time in entering the booming meal kit category.  

  • Walmart opens massive online center

    Walmart is bringing 1,500 jobs to Florida as it continues to expand its e-commerce fulfillment network.  

  • Phillips Edison acquires Ralph’s-anchored center

    Chain Store Age’s “Fastest-Growing Acquirer” for 2016 continues to be hard at it in 2017.   Phillips Edison has purchased Sierra Del Oro Towne Center in Corona, California, about midway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, for $28.6 million, it was announced this week.  

  • Bridal dress retailer closes all stores — and panic ensues

    It's a nightmare for brides-to-be.  

  • Update on True Value: Reports and rumors

    Since reports began to swirl around a possible sale of True Value Company -- or at least the consideration of such a move – the Chicago-based co-op’s CEO has downplayed the story as “rumor.”   But that hasn’t stopped rival co-ops from weighing in with their own statements.   

  • Amazon scores important win in huge foreign market

    Amazon has won the right to sell groceries in India.   The online giant currently sells groceries in India through a local partner. But it recently secured government approval to stock and sell its own food items, reported the Nikkei Asian Review.     

  • Six more Neighborhood Market prototypes sold

    Skilken/Gold has announced the sale of six Neighborhood Market stores, one of which was a prototype of Walmart’s new design for its grocery store concept.   The Louisiana stores all average about 42,000 sq. ft., including the Baton Rouge location that emerged from Walmart’s “build-to-suit” program initiated in 2014.   The Hampshire Companies and a South Korean partner acquired the properties for $78 million.   
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