Carrefour expands pioneering robotic deployment in Middle East
Senior Editor, Technology Carrefour’s franchisee in the Middle East, Africa and Asia is increasing its use of inventory control robots at stores in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Majid Al Futtaim, a UAE-based holding company that franchises Carrefour stores across seven countries in the region, became the first retailer to leverage robots in the Middle East by deploying the Simbe Robotics “Tally” autonomous shelf-scanning unit at select Carrefour stores in the UAE in 2019. Now the company is adding 11 more Tally Robots across 12 Carrefour stores in the UAE to support with s...