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What will the People of Walmart make of this? Personally, I think store robots like these don't really help much. A novelty at first, I think the image of Walma
by Overtonwindow 9y ago
What will the People of Walmart make of this? Personally, I think store robots like these don't really help much. A novelty at first, I think the image of Walmart as a cheapskate on all things human, will give the robot a negative reputation.
- 659087 9y ago> What will the People of Walmart make of this? That depends entirely upon whether or not the robots can help deliver their "I thought it was just gas" bathroom babies.
- bamboozled 9y agoSome of them will probably be hired to walk around and greet customers, I noticed that on my last visit to Australia and NZ. A lot of major chains down there, since implementing self-service checkouts etc, now just employ people to be friendly and give the brand and store some kind of face. It was interesting. Kind of like hiring some warmth and personality for an otherwise cold and desolate warehouse.
- adventured 9y agoWalmart re-instituted its greeter system [1] in part for that reason. They're using a lot of elderly workers for it. Walmart found that just having greeters out front reduced their theft numbers meaningfully. [1] http://fortune.com/2016/05/04/walmart-brings-back-greeters-to-improve-service-and-fight-theft/ http://fortune.com/2016/05/04/walmart-brings-back-greeters-t...