Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are to merge their e-commerce activities in Germany
Majid Al Futtaim taps IBM blockchain for food traceability at Carrefour stores
Carrefour will use blockchain to enable food traceability across the supply chain. Majid Al Futtaim, which holds the Carrefour franchise for the Middle East, Asia and Africa, will leverage IBM Food Trust, a blockchain-enabled platform for the food industry run on IBM Cloud. The initiative will start with two initial products categories, Carrefour’s fresh chicken brand and microgreens harvested from select in-store hydroponic farms, before expanding into more product lines.
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Walmart s Mexico unit boosts logistics spending in $1bln capex plan
Walmart’s Mexico unit will ramp up logistics spending this year as a part of a 22.2bln peso ($1.09bln) plan aimed at further boosting online sales, which soared in 2020, the retailer said. Walmart de Mexico said it will put a quarter of its capex into logistics, compared to just 14% devoted to the segment in 2020, and invest even more heavily in the area over the next 5 years while pulling back on spending for brick-and-mortar supermarkets. The move mirrors its parent company’s investments in online sales.
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