Walmart targets automated ‘middle-mile’ delivery to cut shipping costs

Walmart Inc. came to dominate retailing through its mastery of logistics — the complicated choreography of getting goods from farm or factory to the consumer. But even the world’s biggest store doesn’t make money selling its wares online in the United States, largely due to runaway shipping costs. So the retailer is turning to robots.

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