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Turning Parking Spaces Into Grocery Stores
The Moby Mart is an autonomous, staffless, mobile store, turning every parking space in the world into a potential new 24-hour store.
“The biggest costs in retail are staff, restocking and rent,” notes Moby CEO Per Cromwell. “A Moby cuts all these costs. Since the delivery truck IS the store, there is no need for restocking. Any parking space will be a store."
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Published on Thursday, December 21, 2017 in
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