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A comment on Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds (2011).

Re:Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds (2011) by joezydeco on Thursday March 09, 2017 @05:49PM (#13834573)
Things have changed a bit for ALDI since 2011.

They're sinking $1.6 billion into store expansion and renovation. I live near one of the prototype remodel stores and it's really nice.

https://www.ft.com/content/41644020-ee28-11e6-930f-061b01e23...

They also take credit cards now.

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Re:Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds (2011) by MrFoof on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:18AM (#13837353)
They are also rolling out contactless payments as well.

My guess is they initially avoided it due to costs (swipe/interchange fees), but looked at the improvement to checkout speeds and figured likely consider it a wash now.

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