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Walmart Going Cashier Free, Developing New Delivery System

Paul Bois

The Walmart megastore will be getting in on the automation race — they are planning a new service that may make their stores cashier-free. They will also be implimenting new strategies to compete in the E-commerce wave sparked by Amazon.

According to Recode, “a new Walmart subsidiary, called Code Eight, has recently started testing a personal shopping service for ‘busy NYC moms,’ according to multiple sources, with the goal of letting them get product recommendations and make purchases simply through text messaging.”

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