New Sam's Club Store in Dallas Swaps Cashiers for Cameras, Prioritizing Data and Tech

The storefront will feature AI, robotics and lots of cameras

Sam’s Club, Walmart’s members-only retail warehouse, is opening its first Sam’s Club Now location in Dallas. The company describes the 32,000-square-foot store as a “technology lab that doubles as a live retail club.”

In the announcement, Jamie Iannone, chief executive of SamsClub.com and evp of membership and technology, said it will incorporate technology such as computer vision, augmented reality, machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics, which Sam’s Club will test and refine to help evolve the retail experience at all 600 locations.

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