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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by smabie on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:07PM (#23980705)
Dude, 1% of sales is absolutely massive, especially as Walmart's profit margin (I assume), isn't the fattest.
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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by heimatau on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:23PM (#23980851)
>> 1% of sales

It's 0.57% of sales [1]. I tried to find out how much in returns they deal with but...I suspect that returns is a higher number or at minimum comparable.

[1] - https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/walmart-tur...

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