Walmart is Updating 1,000 Stores Into a New Store of Tomorrow

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Are you ready to step into a newly reimagined Walmart store? Walmart has announced a $130 million plan to roll out what is being called the store of tomorrow. Now according to The Sun, 1,000 stores have been updated already or are being updated to this new store plan.

The goal of these layouts is to modernize Walmart stores not just with the look of it but with how they work to offer a better shopping experience.

With the store of tomorrow, Walmart plans to use data analytics and artificial intelligence to improve its shopping experience. Walmart says this new AI will help manage the stores’ inventory and make sure there are enough carts waiting for you when you arrive. Walmart may also be able to offer tailored recommendations, customized offers, and promotions to customers.

Walmart is also upgrading its displays to be more engaging and partnering with brands like GAP to bring their products to Walmart stores.

Walmart is also looking at expanding the use of robotics and automation to assist with filling orders. At some point, Walmart may follow Amazon and look at fully automated warehouses and fulfillment centers.

Lastly, Walmart has been experimenting with augmented reality (AR) to offer interactive displays and AR-enabled shopping lists.

There is still a long ways to go, as Walmart has 4,648 Walmart locations just in the United States. So Walmart is only about one-fourth of the way through updating their stores.

Has your local store already been updated? If not, look for that to happen in the months and years to come.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-is-updating-1000-stores-into-a-new-store-of-tomorrow/


We've been talking about AI, robots and other futuristic technical advances. It looks like it may become part of many people's shopping lives very soon.

How will you like it?
 

I think perhaps they should use that @130M to find ways to lower their prices that are 60-80% higher than they were last year at this time. And that percentage is being generous. I'm getting an order together today and a number of the things are literally double what they had cost before. Instead of a "store of tomorrow" maybe they should concentrate on bringing back the "store of yesterday?" 😟
 
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CallMeKate said:
I think perhaps they should use that @130M to find ways to lower their prices that are 60-80% higher than they were last year at this time. And that percentage being generous. I'm getting an order together today and a number of the things are literally double what they had cost before. Instead of a "store of tomorrow" maybe they should concentrate on bringing back the "store of yesterday?" 😟
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Yes, Yes, Yes!
 
"Walmart plans to use data analytics and artificial intelligence to improve its shopping experience."
Last week there was news report about most stores have, or intend to utilize facial recognition as part of their loss prevention. It seems to be a social conflict between those who sell and those who take as we witnessed increasing since 2020.
 
CallMeKate said:
I think perhaps they should use that @130M to find ways to lower their prices that are 60-80% higher than they were last year at this time. And that percentage is being generous. I'm getting an order together today and a number of the things are literally double what they had cost before. Instead of a "store of tomorrow" maybe they should concentrate on bringing back the "store of yesterday?" 😟
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Accurate. We really could use a store of yesterday with real customer service.
 
The Walmart SuperCenter near me has been looking like it's going backwards, not forward.
I say that because of the selection available .... many food items have disappeared.
I have to shop elsewhere most of the time.
 
I go into a Walmart about three times a year due to needing a couple of specific items in their store brand. I just made my first trip for 2023. Every time the experience seems worse than before. It’s like some Walmart higher up says ‘what can we do next to make the shopping experience most unpleasant for our customers’.
One nice thing — I wanted in line for an actual cashier rather than go through self checkout and the cashier was so pleasant it cheered me up some.
 
Myrtle said:
Are you ready to step into a newly reimagined Walmart store? Walmart has announced a $130 million plan to roll out what is being called the store of tomorrow. Now according to The Sun, 1,000 stores have been updated already or are being updated to this new store plan.

The goal of these layouts is to modernize Walmart stores not just with the look of it but with how they work to offer a better shopping experience.

With the store of tomorrow, Walmart plans to use data analytics and artificial intelligence to improve its shopping experience. Walmart says this new AI will help manage the stores’ inventory and make sure there are enough carts waiting for you when you arrive. Walmart may also be able to offer tailored recommendations, customized offers, and promotions to customers.

Walmart is also upgrading its displays to be more engaging and partnering with brands like GAP to bring their products to Walmart stores.

Walmart is also looking at expanding the use of robotics and automation to assist with filling orders. At some point, Walmart may follow Amazon and look at fully automated warehouses and fulfillment centers.

Lastly, Walmart has been experimenting with augmented reality (AR) to offer interactive displays and AR-enabled shopping lists.

There is still a long ways to go, as Walmart has 4,648 Walmart locations just in the United States. So Walmart is only about one-fourth of the way through updating their stores.

Has your local store already been updated? If not, look for that to happen in the months and years to come.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-is-updating-1000-stores-into-a-new-store-of-tomorrow/


We've been talking about AI, robots and other futuristic technical advances. It looks like it may become part of many people's shopping lives very soon.

How will you like it?
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I'm not thrilled about more technology, AI, robots, etc. So I'm thinking I won't like it. But, as with everything else, I'll find a way to deal with it or shop elsewhere. Until the elsewheres run out and all these stores are run the same way. :confused:
 
We've shopped at Walmart for years, and will probably continue to do so. About the Only thing that would turn me off would be seeing them go completely to "self checkout". That is convenient for a few items, but would be a total PITA with a full cart.

Walmart prices have gone up in the past couple of years....along with virtually Every Other store, Years ago, when I was working, I visited their headquarters in Bentonville, AK., on several occasions, to assist with major computer installations/upgrades. The walls of that facility were lined with Plaques noting record quantities of products purchased from manufacturers. Buying in such huge quantities allows WM to keep their prices below those charged at most other stores. Every morning dozens of salesmen from the suppliers would line up to make million dollar sales, and by the end of they day, they left a bit disappointed when WM bought their stuff at a huge discount.

Our oldest Great-granddaughter has started college near a big Walmart, and has landed a part time job as a cashier. She loves it, and is making a pretty good salary that is covering most of her college expenses.
 
Walmart drove Kmart out of business so they can pretty much do whatever they want with less competition.
 
I wouldn't mind if they used some data and any kind of intelligence to improve the store so a person doesn't have to backtrack all the way across the store to get an item. And they could improve the traffic pattern around the pharmacy so that the people in line for the pharmacy don't get in the way of people shopping. I'd like smaller carts as long as they had a roomy bottom to set bulky paper goods on. Mostly I just wish I would not always wind up with a cart that pulls to the side.
 

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