
Coles and Woolworths Commit $4 Billion to Automated Warehouse Networks
Australia’s two supermarket giants are splitting $4 billion in logistics spending across contrasting centralised and decentralised distribution networks through 2030.
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Australia’s two supermarket giants are splitting $4 billion in logistics spending across contrasting centralised and decentralised distribution networks through 2030.

The regional freight forwarder is expanding automated sorting across its 50,000-square-foot warehouse network while electrifying 70 per cent of its ground fleet.

DTDC, Blue Dart and Amazon expand sorting capacity and warehouse footprints across India as package weights outpace shipment volume gains.

The global hardware and home improvement brand currently operates 22 European warehouses and stocks 15,000 product lines across the continent.

The fifth vintage of the Japan development vehicle hit its hard cap to build out an $11 billion modern warehouse pipeline across Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

The Singapore manager is rolling equity into development sites across Malaysia, Vietnam and India while selling mature assets in western markets.

Regional spending on store and warehouse automation is expanding at a 13.8 percent annual rate, outpacing the global average as merchants counter rising wage costs.

Rapidly expanding retailers risk operational bottlenecks when legacy warehouse systems fail to keep pace with national sales networks and digital order volumes.

The Korean tuna processor agreed to acquire the 487,258-square-foot Hwaseong warehouse from Hines and Pebblestone Asset Management to expand its metropolitan distribution network.

More than 300 domestic robotics firms brought 2,000 exhibits to Beijing, pitching automation hardware for logistics hubs and electronics assembly lines.

GreyOrange, a global distribution automation software and robotics company will showcase its family of Flexible Automation solutions, including the new mobile and modular sortation system, FlexoTM and the AI-powered goods-to-person system, Butler, at the 9th…

A Nike warehouse in Melbourne’s Altona North suburb has become the first facility in Australia to receive a ‘whole-of-building’ carbon-neutral certification from the National Carbon Offset Standard. The certification is the latest recognition for the site,…
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