Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Walmart store.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Walmart plans layoffs at five e-commerce fulfillment warehouses, per Reuters. The move ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — At first glance, this warehouse looks like many: Forklifts unload pallets from the back of dozens of tractor-trailers. Canned soup, soda and cleaning supplies whiz by on conveyer ...

Symbotic shares jumped over 40% Tuesday after the Walmart-backed supply chain tech company reported record revenue as it improved margins and deployed new systems. The AI-powered robotics company said ...

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is the largest private-sector employer in the United States. As of 2024, the company had 2.2 million staff globally, down by 70,000 from five years earlier. According to its ...

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Symbotic's Rick Cohen at the company's test center in Massachusetts. Rick Cohen’s fortune jumped as his warehouse automation firm Symbotic announced record sales and a $23 billion backlog of orders on ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—Inside a sprawling Walmart warehouse here, hundreds of jobs slinging boxes are changing into roles managing robotic arms, conveyor belts and screens. The central Florida warehouse, ...

The global logistics robot market is projected to reach $35 billion by 2030, driven by e-commerce growth, labor shortages, and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Symbotic has emerged ...

Many e-commerce operations constructed additional warehouses to accommodate demand at the height of the pandemic. Once built, however, operators faced a new challenge: a labor shortage that 57% of ...

Walmart is accelerating its use of automation across its supply chain as it chases higher profits. The company showed off an automated distribution center in Florida at an investor day. CEO Doug ...

Warehouse work is physically taxing, with employees moving thousands of pounds per day. As Walmart automates distribution centers, new robots and forklifts are lightening the load. CFO John David ...