The world’s largest retailer Walmart has opened in test mode shop «for the rich and busy moms from new York» Code Eight, the purchase in which you can make with the help of text messages.
Store products for home and body care Eight Code gives customers the service, product recommendations and orders with messages. The goods from the section «for home» will be delivered within 24 hours and the rest within two working days. Buyers also have to pay a membership fee. Of the benefits — free shipping and return under the door.
Developed the idea of a Code Eight , the entrepreneur who founded online store Jet.com mark ENT. Work on the concept, which would allow to attract new customers, at a cost of 3 billion dollars.
Also in Recode received information that Walmartopia “incubator of ideas” Store No. 8 working on the concept of «store of the future», which has been dubbed the «Kepler Project«. This store will not be cashiers and queues, and intelligent video camera can keep track of what goods the buyer takes and automatically remove the charge. When developing the scheme of work Project Kepler, Store No. 8 were guided by the maximization of speed and comfort of shopping.
Network Walmart worldwide employs over two million people, most of whom were cashiers. The technology used in the Kepler Project, will be based more on innovation for new outlets, than a tool for the modernization of existing stores.
