The retailer plans to utilize some 6,000 stores in the country as distribution centers for delivering online orders within an hour of purchase. Lotte Group’s convenience store brand, 7-Eleven, will also play a key role in strengthening its e-commerce. We expect it to create synergy effects in the areas of shopping infrastructure, air transportation and tourism,” a Lotte Group official said. “Our UAM business is a result of the company’s longtime efforts in development of new technologies.
Lotte plans on utilizing its drones to deliver online orders to isolated areas that cannot be reached easily by road. UAM is a transportation service using small aircraft, such as flying cars that can take off and land vertically.
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