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It sure took Walmart a LONG time to wake up to the fact that their local stores could double as local distribution hubs. Better late than never, I suppose. Now
by EricE 5y ago
It sure took Walmart a LONG time to wake up to the fact that their local stores could double as local distribution hubs.
Better late than never, I suppose.
Now if Walmart would just de-emphasize the scuzzy third party marketplace crap on their own site. If you use the Walmart App in the store it does filter all that stuff out; wish there was a way to do that on the main web site.
- U8dcN7vx 5y agoYou can filter on the web site or in the app, not globally nor in some parts of the interface so it's a PITA but it is there.
- mattferderer 5y agoFrom what I can tell, people want "larger selection" but without "scuzzy third party marketplace crap". The 3rd party stuff is a huge reason I've started shopping less on Amazon.
- chasd00 5y agoMaybe hide a raspberry pi somewhere at a store and setup a vpn tunnel to the local network?
- mrfusion 5y agoHow do they know you’re in the store?
- bob1029 5y agoI'm waiting for the day Walmart determines that they also have an ideal footprint for the nation's best low-latency edge services provider. How many Americans are more than 20ms away from their nearest supercenter? I have to imagine this is in the single-digit percentage territory. You don't need a whole lot of racks to do damage with the density of hardware you can purchase today. Switch is doing something like this with Fedex & Dell right now.