To date, e-commerce has been about scale. But when it comes to same-day or even same-hour delivery, the economics become tricky, regardless of how many units a company sells. Loss leaders like Amazon reign supreme as they stamp out competition, but profitability has been an elusive benchmark in the ultra-fast delivery wars.
Automation will certainly play a key role in making lightning fast grocery delivery profitable, but one company, commonsense Robotics believes another part of the equation is to think small. Today the company announced the first of its Micro-Fulfillment Centers ( MFC)s is live and delivering orders in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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