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Join Locus at Tech for Retail Paris, and see how retailers can scale for peaks and automate without building operations around fixed assumptions.

Lucy Jones October 22, 2026 3 min read

Retail fulfillment rarely stands still. Volumes can change without warning when promotions and launches hit. Changing order profiles add complexity. And omnichannel execution adds pressure with little room for operations to fall behind.

Add in the limited space constraints that existing, often high-density, brownfield sites face; and adapting to changing needs with traditional automation presents a restrictive challenge.

Exhibiting at Tech for Retail 2026, Paris, Locus Robotics will show how Flexibility-First warehouse automation helps retailers increase throughput, reduce travel, and adapt capacity as demand changes — rather than build operations around fixed assumptions.

If you’re attending Tech for Retail, learn more at the Locus Robotics booth:

Hall 7.2, Booth Z03
Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles

The team will be there to showcase:

Automation that scales with demand, without overbuilding for peak
Performance without facility redesign, or infrastructure lock-in
Throughput with less dependency on labor availability
A system that adapts as volumes, workflows, and operational needs change
A RaaS model that supports agility with an OPEX-based subscription model

Whether you operate across greenfield, brownfield, high-density sites, or multiple facilities, drop by to see how to build automation that performs through volatility and growth.

At Tech for Retail, we’ll show you how you can:

1. Coordinate Multiple Workflows with One Platform

Picking, putaway, replenishment, returns; retail operations must manage multiple workflows and complex order profiles simultaneously, without bottlenecks. And when launches and promotions hit, operations must be able to absorb these to keep goods moving as priorities change.

At Tech for Retail Paris, the Locus Robotics team will be there to show how the LocusONE® platform orchestrates robots, people, and workflows in real time; helping retailers coordinate picking, replenishment, putaway and returns through one platform.

2. Reduce Walking and Increase Productive Time

Walking is one of the simplest ways to lose productive time in a warehouse. Collaborative automation reduces that burden, helping warehouse teams reduce walking and repetitive transport tasks to handle orders with less physical strain.

At Hall 7.2, Booth Z03, the Locus Robotics team will outline how flexible automation helps retail facilities reduce walking, so associates can focus on higher-value work.

As an example; with Locus Robotics, French retail leader Boulanger doubled its productivity and accelerated order fulfillment while supporting associate safety, retention and accuracy.

3. Modernize Within Existing Warehouse Constraints

Introducing automation doesn’t have to mean a warehouse rebuild. Flexibility-First solutions are designed to enable productivity in dense, brownfield facilities, as well as greenfield, without redesigning layouts or disrupting operations.

At the Locus Robotics booth, the team can help retailers understand how to modernize brownfield sites in a way that works with existing processes and layouts, without redesign.

As one example, a French luxury retailer transformed operations across three continents, with its French operations delivering around twice the previous productivity level.

4. Scale Operations With an OPEX-Based Subscription Model

From product launches to promotions; unpredictable demand spikes mean retailer’s capacity requirements can change dramatically, and rapidly. With a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscription model, retailers can reduce upfront capital requirements, and evolve automation capacity to meet operational needs as they change.

See Locus Robotics in Paris, 30 Nov to 01 Dec

Whether you’re looking to improve an existing operation, support capacity, automate additional workflows, or explore a move toward autonomous fulfillment, visit Locus Robotics at at Tech for Retail Paris.

Lucy Jones

Content Marketing Manager EMEA

Lucy Jones is EMEA Content Marketing Manager at Locus Robotics, where she leads content creation, strategy, and customer advocacy across the EMEA region. With a deep background in creating content for Enterprise B2B technology, SaaS and Robotics brands, Lucy turns business insights and technical inputs into clear narratives so that operators, supply chain, and technology leaders can make informed decisions.