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What does this mean for workers? Salling Group's move touches 1 job, which employs about 2.8 million people in the U.S. For stockers and order fillers, AI and robots already touch about 1h 17m of a typical 8-hour shift. A single company's move is an early signal for these jobs, and the time cards show how far the change has spread nationally.
A pilot is a limited test, often at a few sites, that may or may not expand.
On the floor
- Salling Group tests humanoid robots restocking a Danish store overnight
Salling Group is running a multi-year trial, begun in June 2026, of Unitree humanoid robots trained by Hive Robots to restock shelves after closing at a Føtex store in Lyngby, Denmark. The robots are currently slower than human workers, and Føtex said reaching every store could take up to five years.