Robomart, the world’s first store-hailing platform, revolutionizing the retail industry by delivering the fastest and most convenient shopping experience to consumers through its fleet of on-demand mobile mini-marts, today announces its official launch in West Hollywood, Calif.
Using the proprietary Robomart app, consumers can hail an automated store on wheels and have it arrive at their location in under 10 minutes, making it the fastest delivery service available today.
For this launch, Robomart has partnered with REEF, Miami’s original “Unicorn” and the largest operator of mobility and logistics hubs and neighborhood kitchens in North America, to manage product stocking, tagging, scanning, integrity and replenishment.
In 2018, Robomart made its debut at CES, where the company unveiled the world’s first self-driving grocery store. Robomart continues to develop its autonomous technology and will incorporate driverless vehicles into its fleet as regulations allow.
Disrupting the retail industry, Robomart works in a similar fashion to Uber in that you can hail a mobile store to come to you and when it arrives, you open the doors with your app and handpick your own products. Robomart solves many pain points consumers experience when using other retail platforms and grocery delivery services.
According to a recent survey, 90 percent of grocery deliveries take more than 30 minutes to arrive – at least three times longer than Robomart, and 87 percent of consumers who use other grocery delivery services often receive the wrong items – making these services less than ideal when people need items quickly.
Robomart eliminates these issues and allows consumers to view a list of all products in the Robomart app before hailing and then handpick their items when the Robomart arrives at their door – leaving no room for product selection error or out of stock items.
The Robomart shopping experience also removes the lengthy, time-consuming shopping cart creation and checkout processes by implementing its proprietary RFID-based checkout-free system that allows users to take the selected products, place them in the bag and walk away – without physically checking out and paying.
“We’re incredibly excited to launch Robomart in West Hollywood and introduce consumers to the latest innovation in retail,” said Robomart Co-Founder Ali Ahmed. “In the past decade, online delivery services have grown substantially and filled a need in the market, however, there are still many challenges that make these services undesirable for consumers. With Robomart, we’re disrupting the industry and have received incredible feedback from consumers on how this is the most convenient way to shop – delivering the fastest and most seamless shopping experience – which other delivery services simply can’t offer.”
As part of this initial launch, the company is premiering two Robomart types: a Pharmacy Robomart that includes shampoo, hand sanitizer, ibuprofen and more, which was recently piloted in West Hollywood; and a ready-to-eat Snacks Robomart that includes chocolates, chips, soft drinks and other snack products.
The company is in the development phase with its Grocery Robomart, which will feature fresh fruits and vegetables as well as other refrigerated items. Robomart plans to expand its fleet to include the Pantry, Deli and Café Robomarts in the coming months.
“Robomart is a fantastic partner who will help REEF further connect customers and neighborhoods with greater accessibility, consistency and efficiency to the most in-demand goods and services,” said Philippe Saint-Just, co-founder of REEF. “Together, we are redefining proximity as a service with our last-block fulfillment infrastructure.”
Robomart has partnered with additional industry leaders to provide the highest level of innovation and quality, including Zeeba, its vehicle fleet supplier, and Zebra Technologies and Avery Dennison, the world’s leaders in RFID, who have provided support for Robomart’s proprietary RFID tracking technology.
Robomart successfully completed a pilot test in December 2020, which resulted in rave reviews from consumers. The Robomart app is available on the iOS App Store and will be available on Android soon.
