HaiRobotics boosts returns to 5,000+/hr

Hai Robotics is using a JNBY Group warehouse case to argue that apparel returns can move from a manual bottleneck to automated flow. (hairobotics.com) The company said JNBY’s inbound return-processing rate rose from about 50 items an hour to more than 5,000 after deploying its HaiPick system. JNBY is a Hangzhou-based Chinese fashion group that Hai Robotics describes as a major designer-brand apparel company. (hairobotics.com) (jiangnanbuyigroup.com.cn) Hai Robotics said the JNBY return site has 88,000 storage locations and covers 16,000 square meters, including 12,400 square meters of storage area. The company said the system uses seven HaiPort loaders and seven HaiPort unloaders. (hairobotics.com) Returns are the reverse side of online shopping: items come back mixed by size, color, season, and condition, then have to be checked, sorted, stored, and made sellable again. Hai Robotics said those waves of mixed stock are what slow apparel warehouses after promotions and seasonal peaks. (hairobotics.com) Hai Robotics says its answer is goods-to-person automation, where robots bring totes to fixed workstations instead of sending workers across aisles to hunt for stock. In its apparel materials, the company says the same robot fleet can be shifted between inbound, storage, and outbound work as volumes change. (hairobotics.com 1) (hairobotics.com 2) The company used another apparel customer, ANTA, to show how that flexibility can extend beyond returns. Hai Robotics said about 70% of ANTA return volumes were processed during nighttime inbound operations so daytime labor could stay focused on fulfillment. (hairobotics.com) Hai Robotics is also pitching the same platform on outbound speed, not just reverse logistics. On its apparel solutions page, it says Bosideng lifted outbound efficiency by 150% and reached 99.99% picking accuracy with a HaiPick-based setup. (hairobotics.com) The numbers come from Hai Robotics’ own marketing and case-study material, not an independent audit or a customer filing released this week. But the company’s April 10, 2026 blog post shows where warehouse-automation vendors are aiming their message: returns are no longer treated as back-room cleanup, but as inventory that has to get back on sale fast. (hairobotics.com) The close of the pitch is simple: in fashion warehouses, the item coming back may now be as important as the item going out. (hairobotics.com)