Walmart plans to invest in a more automated e-commerce fulfillment environment over the next year, said CEO Doug McMillon during an investment community meeting last week, reports Grocery Dive.
"Our automation plan is now ready to scale," said McMillon. "We'll be investing in our distribution centers, our e-commerce fulfillment centers and in-market fulfillment centers, which will, in many cases, be inside of or built beside our stores."
This expansion will help increase fulfillment capacity at a time when Walmart is trying to bring more members to its Walmart+ program.
We've got a limit on how much we can pick and deliver from stores," McMillon continued. "The automation that we're investing in will help change that." Full Story
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