RFID, which many retailers already have in place and embedded within their garments, could also be used for correlated real-time theft prevention by way of smart readers in the ceiling placed above the entry/exit points. Fourth, it would need to step back, get out of the way, hand shopping bags to people upon entering, and ask that they scan barcodes on the clothes and pay for whatever they want electronically and just walk out. Third, it would need to integrate its inventory and promotional and markdown systems with a mobile cloud point-of-sale vendor.
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Second, it would need to set up a controlled entry and exit at the front of the store by way of a mobile app download and scan ( similar to Amazon Go). and actually try something innovative and next-gen. It highlights all that needs to be done.įirst, a risk-taking apparel retailer would just need to take one of its many storefronts throughout the U.S. Look back at the Sam’s Club Now video above. #1 and #3 are required, while #2 is optional and cool, as will be explained.
Nearly any retailer could get started tomorrow with some mixture of the following: Third, the systems are all already available for quick experimentation within speciality retail, too. Not only that, but, second, Walmart also carries hundreds of product categories, including food, the complexity of which to manage is far more difficult than, say, carrying, a mock turtleneck for both men and women (lest anyone forget - Walmart carries apparel too). It should be easier to experiment with checkout-free retail within specialty apparel retail than in any big box retailer or grocer.įirst, store footprints are decidedly smaller. Walmart is putting a complete self-checkout system in an almost 200,000 square foot operation, while the average specialty apparel retail site is what? 1,500 to 3,000 square feet? by Walmart (see above), Amazon AMZN (see Amazon Go), 7-Eleven ( mobile checkout in NYC), and even LaGuardia Airport, for crying out loud, but specialty apparel has been slow to do almost anything with the concept. If one is keeping score at home, self-checkout retail has been tried in the U.S.
Walmart’s Fayetteville store is a hybrid experiment of what Walmart has likely learned from the past combined with the everyday new realities of COVID-19 and what customers are likely to adopt.Īnd, for that reason, it is also an audacious experiment that should put the entire specialty apparel industry to shame. It is a little bit of the best of both worlds, adapted to a new environment - the U.S.
The former all have controlled exit points within their experience designs, which is an important theft deterrent ( the reason rumored to have been behind Walmart’s cancellation of its program). 56% said they want a human casher and just 36% said they’d do self-checkout.There is an important distinction between the Walmart Canada and Sam’s Club implementations and Walmart’s previously shuttered scan-and-go program, however. In a recent poll, people were asked what they’d do if there were NO LINES. Of course, many people DON’T EVEN WANT to do their own checkout. Walmart said that they are taking “basic measures to control inventory,” but they wouldn’t say how widespread their self-checkout crackdown is, or what their policies are for citations and other penalties. She didn’t say what the “mistake” was, but $30 isn’t just missing a couple veggies. One woman said that because her mistake was more than $30, the sheriff arrested her for petty theft. In some cases, people ARE stealing and that’s bad but a report out of Arizona talked with people who claim they were cited for MISTAKES, while handling a LARGE number or items, or dealing with children while checking out.
How would you rate your accuracy with self-checkout? Have you ever realized something didn’t get scanned, or you forgot to get it out of your cart? Some Walmart locations are cracking down on self-checkout “shoplifting,” and are issuing citations if people walk away without paying for all their items. With growth, the company continues to weather criticism of low wages, anti-union policies as well as accusations that it has homogenized America's retail economy and driven traditional stores and shops out of business. Wal-Mart, America's largest retailer and the largest company in the world based on revenue, has evolved into a giant economic force for the U.S. TROY, OH - MAY 11: Shopping bags lie on a checkout counter of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Troy, Ohio.
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