Simbe

April 16, 2019

News Article

Digiday
April 2019

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On Monday, grocery retailer Giant Eagle rolled out Tally, a device developed by Simbe Robotics that roves around stores, monitors inventory and transmits data back to in-store teams that restock shelves. It’s currently live in three stores, and the company said it’s exploring scaling the tool to more locations. And last week, Walmart announced it was rolling out a series of robot deployments to support associates serving customers in-store as well as online orders. Both retailers would not comment on how much these robots cost, but Walmart said it was part of a bigger $11 billion investment for store makeovers, customer service and supply chain upgrades.

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