Sam's Club is winning over Gen Z shoppers with convenience, and that could spell trouble for Costco

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Sam's Club CEO Chris Nicholas said the Walmart-owned company has grown its Gen Z membership by 68% in the past two years.

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Sam's Club says getting rid of physical receipt checks at the door has been a big success

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Sam's Club says its new AI-powered exit tech is now in more than 120 locations where it's speeding up the checkout process.

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The Walton family empire: Inside the lives of the billionaire Walmart heirs collectively worth more than Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos

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The Walton siblings.

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Sam's Club CEO wants to use AI-powered cart scanners to ring you up automatically

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Sam's Club members must ring up their totals using the company's phone app before heading to the exits, but that's going to change.

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Costco and Sam's Club shoppers are rushing to buy a $150 dupe of an Anthropologie mirror that costs $1,200

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The Luisa Mirror.

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Sam's Club will stop checking receipts at the door — and instead use AI to snap photos of your shopping cart

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Sam's Club's new gateways are equipped with an array of cameras and sensors that capture images of the shopper's cart and processes them with computer vision.

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Walmart customers either hate or love the chain's new shopping carts. We tried one out, and it's clear why they are so polarizing.

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I went to Walmart to check out the redesigned cart, and I even brought my tape measure.

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A sales tax snafu at Walmart meant customers were charged twice

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The incident affected Walmart customers in Alamaba.

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Costco history: How a wholesale warehouse in Seattle grew into the third-largest retailer in the world and redefined retail

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Sales at Costco rocketed from zero to $3 billion in less than six years.

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