Walgreens also plans to open later this year a new distribution center designed to work with automated robots from Kiva Systems Inc. The robotic system, which is designed to make warehouses operate faster and more efficiently, will support Walgreens’ plan to ship on the same day any online orders received by 6 p.m. …show more content…
employees, Chawla said. “It’s exciting to see how they are embracing these new technologies,” she said. For example, the company receives frequent e-mails from district and store managers on ways to better engage shoppers in the local community level. Individual stores have run “technology days” to educate shoppers on the several ways they can shop and communicate with Walgreens, including mobile and live chat, for example, and others have worked on Twitter and Facebook campaigns at the local store