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Simbe's 3,000 figure is robots under contract, not a deployed count.","regions":["US"],"support":{"src_awo_theisens_tally":{"support":"customer_confirmed","verified":"Quotes Steve Jensen, Theisen's chief merchandising and marketing officer"},"src_r247_br_tally":{"support":"customer_confirmed","verified":"Quotes Marty Jarvis, director of marketing at B&R Stores"}},"basis":{"kind":"defined_scope","site":"three Theisen's stores in Iowa and Wisconsin","detail":"In April 2025 Tally robots went into three Theisen's stores in Iowa and Wisconsin, in Dubuque, Dyersville and Jefferson, to scan shelves continuously; its chief merchandising and marketing officer, Steve Jensen, called Tally a powerful tool.","sourceIds":["src_awo_theisens_tally"],"support":{"src_awo_theisens_tally":{"support":"customer_confirmed","verified":"Quotes Steve Jensen, Theisen's chief merchandising and marketing officer"}}}},"commercialAvailability":{"value":"quote_required","asOf":"2026-10-15","sourceIds":["src_simbe_tally_page","src_techrepublic_simbe_3000"],"note":"Sold to retailers; prices are not published.","support":{"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000":{"support":"company_reported"}}},"lifecycle":{"value":"active","asOf":"2026-10-15","sourceIds":["src_techrepublic_simbe_3000"],"support":{"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000":{"support":"company_reported"}}},"releaseChannel":"general","statusLabel":"Scanning grocery shelves","availability":"Sold to retailers; prices are not published. Simbe says Tally is under contract with more than 75 retail banners in nearly a dozen countries.","pricing":[{"label":"Retailer contract","cadence":"contact","note":"Prices are not published.","checkedAt":"2026-10-15","sourceId":"src_simbe_tally_page","support":{"support":"company_reported"}}],"claims":[{"id":"clm_tally_contracted","text":"Simbe says more than 3,000 Tally robots are under contract across more than 75 retail banners in nearly a dozen countries (September 2026). That is a contracted count; Simbe did not say how many are deployed.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_techrepublic_simbe_3000"],"observedAt":"2026-10-15","support":{"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_tally_scans","text":"Simbe says Tally scans aisles for out-of-stock items, pricing errors and misplaced products, and pauses or reroutes around shoppers.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_techrepublic_simbe_3000","src_r247_br_tally"],"observedAt":"2026-10-15","support":{"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000":{"support":"company_reported"},"src_r247_br_tally":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_tally_people","text":"Store staff receive the prioritized tasks Tally generates, such as restocking shelves or fixing prices, and act on them. Simbe says Tally moves staff away from manual shelf audits.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_techrepublic_simbe_3000"],"observedAt":"2026-10-15","support":{"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_tally_br","text":"B&R Stores introduced Tally at select stores in Lincoln, Nebraska in June 2026; its director of marketing, Marty Jarvis, said the technology eliminates repetitive manual audits.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_r247_br_tally"],"observedAt":"2026-10-15","support":{"src_r247_br_tally":{"support":"customer_confirmed","verified":"Quotes Marty Jarvis, director of marketing at B&R Stores"}}},{"id":"clm_tally_ul","text":"Simbe says Tally became the first retail technology robot to achieve UL 3300 safety certification, in March 2026.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_r247_br_tally"],"observedAt":"2026-10-15","support":{"src_r247_br_tally":{"support":"company_reported"}}}],"sourceIds":["src_simbe_tally_page","src_techrepublic_simbe_3000","src_awo_theisens_tally","src_r247_br_tally"],"lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-15","updatedAt":"2026-10-15","editorial":{"status":"published","reviewedBy":"Holly White","reviewedAt":"2026-10-15","note":"Batch 2B-B record, approved in the evidence review (2026-10-15) and published."},"status":"available","statusAsOf":"2026-10-15","sourceRecords":[{"id":"src_simbe_tally_page","title":"Meet Tally: The Autonomous, Shelf-Scanning Inventory Robot","publisher":"Simbe","url":"https://www.simberobotics.com/store-intelligence/tally","origin":"company","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_techrepublic_simbe_3000","title":"Simbe surpasses 3,000 contracted robots for retail stores","publisher":"TechRepublic","url":"https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-simbe-3000-contracted-retail-robots/","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2026-09-22","checkedAt":"2026-10-15","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_awo_theisens_tally","title":"Theisen's stores roll out Simbe Tally robots","publisher":"Automated Warehouse","url":"https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/theisens-stores-deploy-simbe-tally-robots/","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2025-04-18","checkedAt":"2026-10-15","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_r247_br_tally","title":"B&R Stores deploys Simbe's autonomous inventory robot Tally across Nebraska locations","publisher":"Robotics 24/7","url":"https://www.robotics247.com/article/br-stores-deploys-simbes-autonomous-inventory-robot-tally-across-nebraska-locations/Simbe_Robotics","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2026-06-09","checkedAt":"2026-10-15","sourceType":"independent"}],"canonicalUrl":"https://itsalive.ai/products/tally"}