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New Fabric Study Finds That Free Next-Day and Same-Day Shipping Are New Consumer Standards for Online Shopping | April 20, 2022

Eight of the top ten biggest retailers offer free two-day shipping, and four offer free next-day shipping. NEW YORK — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fabric, an on-demand retail platform that enables brands to realize fast fulfillment at competitive unit economics, today released its latest research report, “Fast and Free: The One-Way […]

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Fabric Opens Dallas Micro-Fulfillment Center as On-Demand Retail Network Expands to Meet Increasing Consumer E-Commerce Needs | April 20, 2022

Chill Brands, a lifestyle brand providing first-class functional products and tobacco alternatives, joins as first customer in Dallas MFC Micro-Fulfillment Centers fit into small-footprint spaces in dense centers of commerce without sacrificing efficiency or volume Fabric research released today finds 61% of consumers expect free next-day shipping, and 52% expect […]

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The Retail Tech 100: The top retail tech companies of 2022

The Retail Tech 100: The top retail tech companies of 2022
Here’s how retailers are tackling the delivery challenges that come with skyrocketing e-commerce sales post-COVID

Here’s how retailers are tackling the delivery challenges that come with skyrocketing e-commerce sales post-COVID
100 Israeli Tech Leaders You Need to Know

100 Israeli Tech Leaders You Need to Know
The Retail Startups Aiming To Change How We Shop In 2022 And Beyond

The Retail Startups Aiming To Change How We Shop In 2022 And Beyond
What this billion-dollar “robocorn” says about e-commerce

What this billion-dollar “robocorn” says about e-commerce
Fabric raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for robotics-based fulfillment tech to help e-commerce players compete with Amazon

Fabric raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for robotics-based fulfillment tech to help e-commerce players compete with Amazon

Fabric Raises $200 Million in Series C Funding and Becomes a New Kind of Unicorn — a “Robocorn” | October 26, 2021

The investment, led by existing investor Temasek, puts Fabric’s valuation at more than $1 billion and will fuel the retail technology trailblazer’s mission to reinvent on-demand omnichannel fulfillment (New York, NY, October 26, 2021) – Fabric today announced that it has closed a $200 million Series C funding round led by […]

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Grocery Competition Is Intensifying As Young Startup Called Fabric Raises $200 Million

Grocery Competition Is Intensifying As Young Startup Called Fabric Raises $200 Million
Robotics-powered ‘microfulfillment’ startup Fabric raises $200M

Robotics-powered ‘microfulfillment’ startup Fabric raises $200M
RETHINK Delivery: Fulfillment and Delivery Strategies for the Modern Retailer

RETHINK Delivery: Fulfillment and Delivery Strategies for the Modern Retailer
Top retailers will establish robot resource departments as demand grows: Gartner

Top retailers will establish robot resource departments as demand grows: Gartner
How Grocery Retailers Can Leverage Micro-Fulfillment To Streamline Their Operations

How Grocery Retailers Can Leverage Micro-Fulfillment To Streamline Their Operations
The Supply Side: Micro-fulfillment centers newest retail supply chain strategy

The Supply Side: Micro-fulfillment centers newest retail supply chain strategy
Instacart teams up with Fabric for fulfillment automation

Instacart teams up with Fabric for fulfillment automation
Grocery Delivery Providers Redefine Speed, Convenience

Grocery Delivery Providers Redefine Speed, Convenience

Instacart Announces Next-Gen Fulfillment Initiative for North American Retailers | July 22, 2021

Instacart Signs Strategic Partnership with Fabric to Provide Automated Fulfillment Solutions to Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Partners in the U.S. and Canada   San Francisco (July 22, 2021) – Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today unveiled the first phase of the company’s next-generation fulfillment initiative designed to bring […]

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Instacart Announces Next-Gen Fulfillment Initiative For Retail Partners

Instacart Announces Next-Gen Fulfillment Initiative For Retail Partners
Instacart Inks Deal with Startup to Use Robots in Warehouses

Instacart Inks Deal with Startup to Use Robots in Warehouses
Instacart Forays Into Warehouses in Food Delivery Market

Instacart Forays Into Warehouses in Food Delivery Market

Health and Beauty Retailer Super-Pharm Commits E-Commerce Strategy to Micro-Fulfillment With Expansion of Partnership with Fabric  | May 12, 2021

Following Proven Success, Second Micro-Fulfillment Center Will be Built to Meet Massive Increase in E-commerce Demand    Tel Aviv (May 12 2021) – Fabric, a leading micro-fulfillment solution provider, and  Super-pharm,  Israel’s largest health & beauty retailer, announced today that following great success with what became known as “the world’s […]

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Four things we can learn from Walmart’s automated micro-fulfillment expansion

Four things we can learn from Walmart’s automated micro-fulfillment expansion
Walmart adding dozens of automated local fulfillment centers to speed delivery and pickup orders

Walmart adding dozens of automated local fulfillment centers to speed delivery and pickup orders
Unbundling UPS: How The Traditional Shipping & Logistics Space Is Being Disrupted

Unbundling UPS: How The Traditional Shipping & Logistics Space Is Being Disrupted
Walmart’s Bot-Based Order-Picking System Goes National

Walmart’s Bot-Based Order-Picking System Goes National
Walmart turns to robot-staffed warehouses to handle online orders

Walmart turns to robot-staffed warehouses to handle online orders
Walmart Scaling its Automated Fulfillment with Alert Innovation, Dematic and Fabric

Walmart Scaling its Automated Fulfillment with Alert Innovation, Dematic and Fabric
Walmart to launch local fulfillment with grocery-picking robots

Walmart to launch local fulfillment with grocery-picking robots

Fabric Named to the 2020 CB Insights Retail Tech 100 — List of Most Innovative B2B Retail Startups | December 3, 2020

Fabric recognized for achievements in Automated Micro-Fulfillment Supporting Ecommerce

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Fabric Micro-Fulfillment now available on Microsoft AppSource | September 10, 2020

AppSource is Microsoft's online cloud marketplace providing tailored line-of-business solutions

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FreshDirect to Expand Service Offering to Washington D.C. Metro Area to Meet Surge in Online Grocery Demand | July 28, 2020

Micro-fulfillment Partnership with Fabric Lays Groundwork for Future Expansion

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Fabric announces new investment by Evolv Ventures, the venture arm of Kraft Heinz | February 25, 2020

The investment represents a major vote of confidence in the flexible logistics platform

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Fabric, Formerly CommonSense Robotics, Launches Triangular Micro-Fulfillment Operation to Fulfill On-Demand Grocery Orders As Flexibility in Automation Becomes Paramount | December 18, 2019

Located in the heart of Tel Aviv, this micro-fulfillment center enables retail partner Rami Levy to enter a new market while answering the growing consumer demand for on-demand grocery delivery

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Fabric, Formerly CommonSense Robotics, Raises $110 Million in Series B Funding | October 23, 2019

The investment, led by Corner Ventures, will fuel the flexible logistics platform’s expansion into the U.S., bringing total funding to date to $136 million

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CommonSense Robotics Rebrands to Fabric | September 10, 2019

Fabric is the Infrastructure that Provides Profitable One-Hour E-Commerce Order Fulfillment

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CommonSense Robotics Breaks Ground on World’s First Underground Automated Warehouse | July 11, 2019

Located in a parking garage in downtown Tel Aviv, the world’s first underground robotic fulfillment center leverages underutilized urban real estate to make one-hour delivery profitable for retailers

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The World’s Smallest Automated E-Commerce Facility Launched by CommonSense Robotics to Make One-Hour Grocery Delivery Profitable | October 11, 2018

The World’s Smallest Automated E-Commerce Facility Launched by CommonSense Robotics to Make One-Hour Grocery Delivery Profitable

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CommonSense Robotics Raises $20 Million Series A Funding To Make Fresh Food Delivery as Fast as Ordering a Pizza | February 15, 2018

Company Develops Advanced Robotics and AI to enable profitable, one hour, last-mile grocery deliveries, bringing the market to every doorstep

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CommonSense Robotics Announces $6 Million Seed Round To Help Retailers Take On Amazon With Robots | August 1, 2017

Robotics and AI Pioneer Emerges from Stealth Mode to Enable Profitable, On Demand Retail Logistics

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Walmart is doubling down on micro-fulfillment centers and working with these 3 startups to cut down on delivery times

Walmart is doubling down on micro-fulfillment centers and working with these 3 startups to cut down on delivery times
Walmart bets bigger on online grocery as it ramps up automated fulfillment at local stores

Walmart bets bigger on online grocery as it ramps up automated fulfillment at local stores
Smaller Is Big in New E-Commerce Warehouses

Smaller Is Big in New E-Commerce Warehouses
Five robots that hope to save the US food supply chain

Five robots that hope to save the US food supply chain
Grocery Delivery Goes Small with Micro-Fulfillment Centers

Grocery Delivery Goes Small with Micro-Fulfillment Centers
The pandemic is changing how we eat. But not for the better.

The pandemic is changing how we eat. But not for the better.
How the pandemic may change the way we grocery shop

How the pandemic may change the way we grocery shop
8 ways coronavirus may change how we shop at the grocery store forever

8 ways coronavirus may change how we shop at the grocery store forever
Real-Estate Firms Expect Coronavirus-Driven Shifts Will Spur Warehouse Demand

Real-Estate Firms Expect Coronavirus-Driven Shifts Will Spur Warehouse Demand
COVID-19 Makes a Punishing Case for Automation in Grocery

COVID-19 Makes a Punishing Case for Automation in Grocery
Kraft Heinz’s Evolv: Backing Micro-Fulfillment’s Evolution At The Grocery

Kraft Heinz’s Evolv: Backing Micro-Fulfillment’s Evolution At The Grocery
The future of online grocery and our investment in Fabric

The future of online grocery and our investment in Fabric
Kraft Heinz Venture Arm Invests in Fabric to Leverage Tech and Ideas

Kraft Heinz Venture Arm Invests in Fabric to Leverage Tech and Ideas
Kraft Heinz Funding Fabric’s Microfulfillment War Chest

Kraft Heinz Funding Fabric’s Microfulfillment War Chest
Kraft Heinz invests in $110m Series B for cloud retail robotics startup Fabric

Kraft Heinz invests in $110m Series B for cloud retail robotics startup Fabric
How online order fulfillment is changing grocery in 3 charts

How online order fulfillment is changing grocery in 3 charts
Future of fulfillment: Robots, trikes, and very small spaces

Future of fulfillment: Robots, trikes, and very small spaces
Fabric raises $110 million Series B to expand its network of automated fulfillment centers in the US

Fabric raises $110 million Series B to expand its network of automated fulfillment centers in the US
Fabric nabs $110 million to expand its automated micro-fulfillment centers

Fabric nabs $110 million to expand its automated micro-fulfillment centers
Orders in an hour? This (non-Bezos) company thinks it has the recipe

Orders in an hour? This (non-Bezos) company thinks it has the recipe
Fabric raises $110M to fuel micro-fulfillment

Fabric raises $110M to fuel micro-fulfillment
Israeli-U.S. retail logistics startup Fabric raises $110 million

Israeli-U.S. retail logistics startup Fabric raises $110 million
Fabric announces ‘world’s first’ underground micro-fulfillment center

Fabric announces ‘world’s first’ underground micro-fulfillment center
We can build our cities for e-commerce, we just need to repurpose our parking lots

We can build our cities for e-commerce, we just need to repurpose our parking lots
City-centre robot distribution is speeding up one-hour delivery

City-centre robot distribution is speeding up one-hour delivery
CNBC unveils its annual list of 100 promising start-ups to watch

CNBC unveils its annual list of 100 promising start-ups to watch
Fabric, formerly CommonSense Robotics, makes your warehouse work like clockwork

Fabric, formerly CommonSense Robotics, makes your warehouse work like clockwork
Watch: A team of robots fulfills an order in 1 hour

Watch: A team of robots fulfills an order in 1 hour
Automation in logistics: Big opportunity, bigger uncertainty

Automation in logistics: Big opportunity, bigger uncertainty
Small, But Fierce: Why Micro-Fulfillment Centers Are Gaining Traction In Retail

Small, But Fierce: Why Micro-Fulfillment Centers Are Gaining Traction In Retail
Future of Work Tech Emerging Landscape in Israel

Future of Work Tech Emerging Landscape in Israel