TRIED & TESTED
I visited the ‘new look’ fancy Walmart store – I was shocked by the high-tech changes that help customers
WALMART has tested its very own immersive shopping experience at a few of its locations.
Multiple videos, including one by a TikToker, show the stores boast a one-of-a-kind look and feel.
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The interior of the new Walmart test stores is complete with active displays and novel brands the store has never carried before, revamping the in-store shopping experience in the midst of regular online shopping.
Justice for Girls, Bonobos, and GAP Home will all be making an appearance in the brand-new superstores.
Queer Eye, the beloved Netflix re-boot of early 2000s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, also has its own brand that will be featured within the Wal-Mart walls.
"We're looking at how to give customers the information they need about different products," a masked Walmart employee told on air.
"For example, here, when you lift a certain razor, it actually pulls up on the screen all the information you need: price, ratings, reviews, some imagery and videos about how to use the product...
"So we're able to see what customers react to."
TikToker Sydney Ratcliff, @sydneyratcliff_8, gave her followers an inside look at what the new world of Walmart has in store.
"When you live 20 minutes from Walmart Corporate and see the trial store at its finest," she wrote in a text overlay of the , read aloud in TikTok's notorious robot voice feature.
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The video features clips of a Walmart that mimic that of a more upscale department store.
Entire model beds are made up with the linens for sale.
Sample living rooms are decked out with Queer Eye home decor, showing shoppers what could be for the low-low prices the rollback company still offers.
The refrigeration section is a futuristic surprise.
Each item is displayed on an LED screen that showcases the entire variety in stock.
Walmart has been under fire lately, both literally and figuratively.
The Peach Tree, Georgia Walmart is in the process of rebuilding after a case of arson.
A 14-year-old girl was arrested and charged as cops say evidence suggested she set the fire.
Eyewitnesses told authorities what they saw in the store during the crime.
Though servers were damaged in the fire, investigators were able to recover surveillance footage, and the adolescent became the primary suspect in the crime, according to CBS.
TikTokers have also come forward to speak about the store's no-nonsense self-checkout practices.
One alleged former Walmart employee who goes by @obeygoddess on TikTok explained: “Now what you didn’t know is Walmart employees that work in the self-checkout area carry devices around called TC devices," she said.
“With these TC devices, we’re able to see everything you’re purchasing, how much your total purchase is, and how much each item costs.
"If an employee suspects that a shopper is stealing, they can reportedly use the devices to pause the checkout process - while the customer sees what looks like a frozen screen."
Walmart has also been amongst the retailers that have been forced to let shoppers keep items for free due to a post-Covid surplus of stock.
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They announced upcoming price cuts to address this overabundance of product, Newsweek said.
As of now, the immersive Walmart stores are still in their test phase.
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