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Questionmarktarius posted...

Walmart is doubling down hard on becoming an Amazon clone, and its store locations are oversaturated anyway. If anything they will go onto a Sears-style path of closing a bunch of stores, but competently this time and with a working backup plan.

There's really not much places they can cut labor costs elsewhere, as maybe two of the thirty checkout lines are ever open, and self-checkouts are still largely unused. Maybe more robots in the warehouse.

This was going to happen regardless....Brick and Mortar locations are struggling since so many people shop online...many big companies like Wal Mart are trying to use the online strategy to their advantage so when they day comes they can compete in that avenue. Companies like Sears don't seem to be embracing online sales as heavily and you can see how it affects them. Robots to aid or replace labor was already a thing. Started with self checkouts and its been evolving ever since. Amazon is constantly hiring at their Warehouses and they use robots to assist too...The industry is just changing. Its going to happen regardless.