Implications of the Automated Walmart

Understandably and automated Walmart would truely miss its current masses, but what if it were applied to other companies or if Walmart opened up automated stores under a new name in high traffic markets? Obviously automation is about saving money and eliminating un-needed processes. How about eliminating those non-benefitial jobs? Well that's exactly what an automated store proposes. For me I have a hard time the facing reality of future shopping experiences at noname store 101 and interaction with lifelike Androids, but it's coming. Check out out the blog on MIT Advertising Lab about Korea unveiling Own Android.

Be it Walmart or Target, automated shopping is here. Just check out this site featuring some of the vending machines in Japan. Another cool thing being introduced into convenience stores in Japan is their ability to offer services and goods uncommon in normal stores. These stores offer customers the ability to pay utility bills, have automated tellers, and even mailboxes. For automation of consumer stores in the US, offering other services may prove to be the niche needed to aid in early adoption.