A Simbe Robotics Inc. Tally shelf-scanning robot travels through an aisle while customers browse products displayed for sale at a Giant Eagle Inc. Market District supermarket in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. The Amazon.com Inc. threat has forced the grocery industry to experiment with shelf-scanning robots, dynamic pricing software, smart carts, mobile-checkout systems and automated mini-warehouses in the back of stores. (Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg) As concerns multiply about weak consumer demand, so have projections for a reduction in U.S. economic growth. But a brief pullback in consumer spending could give the U.S. economy just the room it […]
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