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Cash-Strapped Consumers Hesitant to Spring for Full-Priced Wholesale Club Memberships

Cash-Strapped Consumers Hesitant to Spring for Full-Priced Wholesale Club Memberships
Cash-Strapped Consumers Hesitant to Spring for Full-Priced Wholesale Club Memberships
April 23, 2024  |  Retail

With ongoing financial challenges prompting consumers to make more conservative spending changes, major membership wholesale clubs’ latest promotions suggest they are having trouble getting shoppers...

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Retailer Concerns About Organized Crime Escalate Amid Ongoing Losses
Retailer Concerns About Organized Crime Escalate Amid Ongoing Losses
March 18, 2024  |  Retail

As retailers face ongoing margin pressures from a difficult economic environment, many are growing increasingly concerned about the losses they may be accruing from theft...

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Walmart: Conflicting Reports Show Self-Checkout Is Work in Progress
Walmart: Conflicting Reports Show Self-Checkout Is Work in Progress
March 06, 2024  |  Retail

Depending on where you looked Wednesday (March 6), Walmart is scaling back self-checkout, limiting it to subscribers — or it’s a store-by-store decision. As reported...

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Walmart and Amazon’s Retail Tug-of-War Now Focused on AI
Walmart and Amazon’s Retail Tug-of-War Now Focused on AI
March 01, 2024  |  Retail

This week, Amazon increased its investments in artificial intelligence, as the eCommerce giant and rival Walmart adopt new technologies to remain competitive. Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is ramping up investments in...

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Walmart’s Vizio Acquisition Could Bring Revenue, Subscribers if It Tracks Data
Walmart’s Vizio Acquisition Could Bring Revenue, Subscribers if It Tracks Data
February 21, 2024  |  Subscriptions

This week Walmart announced it is buying TV manufacturer Vizio for $2.3 billion. Walmart (and its affiliate, Sam’s Club) have been selling the Vizio brand...

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Sam’s Club Replaces Receipt Checks With AI-Powered Scans
Sam’s Club Replaces Receipt Checks With AI-Powered Scans
January 14, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Sam’s Club is replacing the practice of verifying receipts as shoppers exit the bulk retailer.  Instead, the Walmart-owned company is rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology...

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Pickup and Delivery Drive Walmart’s 24% eCommerce Surge, as Consumer Spending Slows
Pickup and Delivery Drive Walmart’s 24% eCommerce Surge, as Consumer Spending Slows
November 16, 2023  |  eCommerce

Walmart has made the consumer spending slowdown official. As fiscal year third-quarter earnings results debuted Thursday morning (Nov. 16) showed a cautious outlook on consumers’...

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Shein and Walmart Vie for Top Spot on Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps
Shein and Walmart Vie for Top Spot on Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps
October 16, 2023  |  Mobile

This month in PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Shopping Apps we see Walmart climbing to the top, giving Shein something to fight for. We also see double ties...

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