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Business Wars Daily

Welcome to Sam’s Club, Where the Future Is Now

Business Wars Daily

Audible

Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today is Tuesday, November 6, and we’re looking at Sam’s Club Now vs. Amazon Go



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One, three. From Wondery, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, November 6th.

1:09.0

Happy election day, everybody. Voted yet? Confession time.

1:13.6

I'm a patient guy, but I hate waiting in checkout lines, and I dread them during the holidays.

1:19.7

Turns out I'm not alone. Checkout hell is shoppers' number one obstacle to buying stuff in brick and mortar

1:25.7

stores, and retailers everywhere are looking for ways to

1:28.7

get rid of it. Well, Sam's Club, the big box store owned by Walmart, has figured out a way.

1:35.3

Goodbye, cashiers. It's starting with an experimental store. They call it a retail lab of the future,

1:41.7

soon to open in Dallas. Don't even bother walking in the doors of the

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new store called Sam's Club now without your smartphone, because you're going to need it. To shop,

1:51.6

customers will download an app and scan each item before dropping it into their carts. The app will

1:57.0

not only track your purchases, it'll make your shopping list for you, whether you

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