Walmart filed patent for “Digital Currency via Blockchain”

Re:Walmart filed patent for “Digital Currency via Blockchain” by xivzgrev on Saturday August 03, 2019 @12:47PM (#20601332)

Walmart used to be the innovator / leader. Now it just seems they are chasing trends. There doesn’t seem to be a coherent digital / tech strategy (at least on the consumer facing side).

Walmarts core is poor, rural/suburban America. How can wal-mart use tech to make their lives better? Same day home delivery is an obvious one, say every $X you spend in store you get a free same day home delivery credit. That would be nice / appreciated by folks struggling to get by.

Target, at least, seems to be doing its own thing vs constantly copying amazon/tech X, and I respect them for that.

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Re:Walmart filed patent for “Digital Currency via Blockchain” by replyguy912 on Saturday August 03, 2019 @01:28PM (#20601551)

>> Walmarts core is poor, rural/suburban America.

Maybe in 'Merica but not in Canada. It's the go-to for the huge array of products between Costco & the grocery store for a wide set socioeconomic segments. If it's a supercentre they get lots of the grocery dollars too.

They give you free shipping on everything, including big, bulky items like diapers. I think this is more important for lower income folks than same day delivery.

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