Wal-Mart Kills Smartphone Scan & Go

By | August 12, 2014

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart thought shoppers would jump at the opportunity to use a smartphone app to scan items they want to buy as they walk through store aisles. In theory, they could speed through self-checkout. But customers had trouble using the “Scan & Go” app during tests in 200 stores, so…

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Test & Learn process kills the Scan&Go mobile.  Why they started with iPhone given their demographic and make it easier and cheaper is what I wonder. And they learned customers like to track spending (Plan B success).  Other initiatives include same day home delivery. Markets differ though and in Denver the pickup option is much more popular than the delivery (which pins the customer to a location).

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