Sam’s Club has announced that customers will now be able to use federal supplemental nutrition benefits to pay for purchases digitally and avoid checkout lines, a report from Winsight Grocery Business said Tuesday (March 8). It will make Sam’s Club the first big retailer to...
With the rise in online grocery occasioned by the pandemic, consumers have grown used to being in control of their shopping journey. The digital buying experience is, after all, entirely self-guided. Now, with the return to shopping in brick-and-mortar grocery stores, many consumers are noticing,...
The past few months have brought profound changes to many aspects of consumers’ lives, not the least of which is where they get their food. With many restaurants closed, consumers are shopping for groceries more than ever – with big assists from their mobile phones,...
It is difficult to think of an aspect of consumers’ lives that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the pandemic. There is one area where the changes are both profound and easily overlooked, however: how consumers eat. With restaurants by and large still closed, consumers...
June 14, 2024
As Walmart and Amazon compete to stay at the forefront of retail’s omnichannel transformation, the two industry giants are integrating digital technologies into physical stores, aiming to provide the most convenient, connected shopping experience. Walmart, for its part, is digitizing shelf tags to make brick-and-mortar operations more efficient, which in turn will translate to a […]
July 20, 2021
With the rise in online grocery occasioned by the pandemic, consumers have grown used to being in control of their shopping journey. The digital buying experience is, after all, entirely...
June 12, 2020
It is difficult to think of an aspect of consumers’ lives that has not been thoroughly disrupted by the pandemic. There is one area where the changes are both profound...
March 02, 2017
When Walmart Pay first appeared on the scene a little over a year ago, it seemed something of the mobile payments odd man out. While the rest of the world...
March 09, 2022
Sam’s Club has announced that customers will now be able to use federal supplemental nutrition benefits to pay for purchases digitally and avoid checkout lines, a report from Winsight Grocery Business said Tuesday (March 8). It will make Sam’s Club the first big retailer to support digital electronic benefits transfer (EBT) payment for SNAP transactions […]
August 10, 2017
Retailing giant Walmart is expanding the use of its Scan & Go mobile app, which is already being tested in around 12 stores in Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Georgia, to...
July 10, 2017
Warehouse retailer Sam’s Club is testing a delivery service for its business customers in Dallas, Texas. According to a report, the new service will allow business customers to place orders...
