Retail News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/retail Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:17:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Retail News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/retail 32 32 Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Three-quarters of retailers plan to increase AI investment, report finds https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/three-quarters-of-retailers-plan-to-increase-ai-investment-report-finds.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:43:24 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28799 UK retailers are expected to see a late surge in Christmas trading, with “panic weekend” forecast to generate £3.4bn in spending, up more than 12% year on year, despite broader [...]

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]]> Zalando to roll out Nomagic warehouse robots https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/warehousing/zalando-to-roll-out-nomagic-warehouse-robots.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:17:05 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28531 European online fashion retailer Zalando is planning to deploy Nomagic robots to support staff at its fulfilment centres in 2025/2026. The robots – named Richard – will be used for [...]

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]]> Amazon plans 600,000-strong US robot workforce by 2033 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/usa-news/amazon-plans-600000-strong-us-robot-workforce-by-2033.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:42:16 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28404 Amazon is reportedly planning to deploy up to 600,000 robot workers within its US workforce by 2033, internal documents obtained by The New York Times suggest. The documents suggested that [...]

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]]> Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs, with 4,000 gone from its supply chain https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/nestle-to-cut-16000-jobs-with-4000-gone-from-its-supply-chain.html Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:48:26 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28382 International multinational food and drink processing company Nestlé has announced that it is planning to cut approximately 16,000 jobs globally over the next two years. In total, this will account for [...]

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]]> UK retail leaders back warehouse automation to hit sustainability goals, research finds https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/logistics/uk-retail-leaders-back-warehouse-automation-to-hit-sustainability-goals-research-finds.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:11:58 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28206 Almost nine in 10 directors and senior leaders across UK retail and e-commerce believe implementing robotics and automation in warehousing can improve sustainability, according to new research. A survey carried [...]

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]]> Picnic opens TGW Logistics-automated fulfilment centre in Germany to support expansion https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb/picnic-opens-tgw-logistics-automated-fulfilment-centre-in-germany-to-support-expansion.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:22:48 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28022 Online grocery store Picnic has opened a new highly-automated fulfilment centre in Oberhausen, Germany, as part of its strategy to expand within the German market. The facility was developed in [...]

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]]> Exotec launches next-generation Skypod system https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/amrs/exotec-launches-the-next-generation-skypod-system.html Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:51:05 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26835 Warehouse robotics developer Exotec has launched the next-generation version of its flagship Skypod system with updated features, after secretly deploying it for the past two years The new system now [...]

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]]> Bonsai Robotics secures US$15m Series A funding to advance its physical AI solutions for agriculture https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/agriculture/bonsai-robotics-secures-us15m-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-physical-ai-solutions-for-agriculture.html Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:44:13 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26772 Physical AI solution provider for the agricultural sector Bonsai Robotics has secured US$15m in Series A funding, led by Bison Ventures. Participation also came from new investor Cibus Capital, with [...]

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]]> Symbotic to buy Walmart’s robot business https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/retail/symbotic-to-buy-walmarts-robot-business.html Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:12:41 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26662 AI-enabled robotic technology developer Symbotic has said that it will acquire the Advanced Systems & Robotics business from Walmart for US$200 million. The transaction expands an existing partnership between the [...]

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