• TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    It’s bound to happen. Why waste hours replacing tags when you can just change what the shelf says when the prices change.

    But this article is so pro Walmart it’s crazy.

    Retailers argue that these innovations increase efficiency and reduce costs in an industry known for its slim profit margins.

    Slim profit margins my ass. Walmarts gross profit for the twelve months ending July 31, 2024 was $163.786B,

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      3 months ago

      I think the main concern is that this is a step towards normalizing extremely frequent price changes, a la Uber surge pricing.

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        3 months ago

        That’s exactly what this is. All stores will eventually do this and prices will fluctuate throughout the day.

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          3 months ago

          isn’t it pretty much what amazon’s been doing since the beginning? the difference being there’s no “app” like camel yet to track prices over time at a single store

          but yea, still another reason not to go to walmart. how do they mitigate the problem of something being $X when you put it in your cart, and the price being X+whatever by the time you get through the 2 mile long line at one of the 2 open registers?