Bremerhaven. (bm) Starting in this December, ICA’s new highly automated warehouse in Brunna, Stockholm, is fully operational. ICA Gruppen AB is the first in Sweden to open a warehouse with a highly automated solution for e-commerce food. E-commerce has grown rapidly in recent years, with ICA’s e-commerce increasing by 117 percent in 2020 alone. ICA has invested SEK 1.1 billion in the e-commerce warehouse in Brunna, Stockholm and the technology of Ocado. Other topics of the week:
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