Walmart Is Testing A Scan And Go iPhone App That Could One Day Replace Cashiers

Alyson Shontell
Business Insider
September 1, 2012

In Rogers Arkansas, Walmart recently asked employees and their friends with iPhones to test out a new self scan-and-go app. It’s one of a few mobile initiatives Walmart is working on that could one day replace or aid its many cashiers.

The test was put together by Walmart Labs. The app let employees scan items on their phones but not pay on the devices. Instead the app transferred all scanned items to a self-checkout kiosk.

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This article was posted: Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 12:04 pm

Tags: business, domestic spying, technology

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