Customer Profile

NEXT is a UK-based retailer specializing in clothing, footwear, and home products, with its headquarters in Enderby, England. It operates around 700 stores, with approximately 500 in the UK and over 200 across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By sales volume, NEXT is the largest clothing retailer in the UK. The company is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 index.

Customer Pain Points

• High demand fluctuations in the fashion industry, leading to operational challenges.
• Inefficient manual processes slowing down productivity.
• Difficulty scaling operations to meet increasing customer demands.
• Struggles with maintaining delivery speed, especially during peak sales periods.

Solution

• Deployment of 250 Geek+ AMR Robots
• Geek+ combined sorting and picking solution for end-to-end automation.

Customer Value

• NEXT can now process over 16,000 products per day.
• Automation has doubled efficiency compared to manual processes.
• Maintains "same-day delivery" promise even during peak sales periods.
• Improved scalability to handle future growth demands seamlessly.