automation
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The price rollbacks could put pressure on margins, while Walmart is also spending money on automation, new warehouses, and tech upgrades.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The persistent slide in vacancies is a red flag for the jobs market, suggesting labour demand is shrinking amid soaring employment and energy costs, while greater automation is also squeezing some entry-level roles."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rising labor costs have made it easier for warehouse operators to justify the cost of warehouse automation, which can run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, industry experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Bonnie Dilber, a senior manager of talent acquisition at artificial-intelligence automation company Zapier, said automatically shunning frequent job switchers can mean missing out on a good hire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Inside, the hydrofoil gearings for the Pole Star sat in red dimness, clicking gears and whirring automation mechanicals for the sails and hydrofoils and parasail reels.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
“What they want to do is create their own processes, their own workflows, their own agents, their own automations on top of it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The company aims to make its 700-plus people self-sufficient, building the automations and AI processes they need themselves.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
Brown suggests prioritizing bookkeepers and accountants, building automations or hiring someone to generate leads.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
As a result, program traders gave way to more sophisticated automations with much more advanced technology: High-frequency trading.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2023
Hiring specifically in back-office functions such as human resources will be suspended or slowed, Krishna said, adding that 30% of non-customer-facing roles could be replaced by AI and automations in five years.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2023
Vocabulary lists containing automation
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