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What is a Dark Store? Benefits for the Retail and Grocery Industry

Locus Robotics

In the UK, Tesco opened its first dark store in 2009, but here in the US, grocery and retail stores have only recently started to make the move. Instead, they can look like a warehouse, which saves the store owner money that can be spent on automation and technology. Reduced spend on design. Reduced number of human workers.