What is Pickup Tower? Pickup Tower Review

What is Pickup Tower? Pickup Tower Review
Pickup Tower was launched by Walmart and is similar to a high- tech vending machine, where customers can pick up groceries ordered online without interacting with employees.



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There is no charge for consumers to receive the goods, but the service is only available for orders of $30 or more.

Buyers come to the Pickup Tower, enter the order number or scan the barcode on their mobile phone, and get the item within one minute.


Historical Development


In 2017, Walmart set up nearly 200 self-service pickup kiosks in the United States and launched the "Self-Pickup Discount" feature. With this feature, consumers can enjoy online purchase discounts on more than 1 million items simply by picking up the goods in the store.

In 2018, Walmart announced that it would deploy 500+ Pickup Towers in its retail stores across the United States. As a result, by the end of this year, there will be more than 700 Walmart retail stores equipped with Pickup Towers, covering 40% of the U.S. population.


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Walmart said that since the launch of the automatic pickup kiosk in 2017, the company has received more than 500,000 orders through it. Because of the success of the automatic pickup kiosk project, Walmart decided to deploy more automatic pickup kiosks in retail stores across the United States.


References

  • 1. Walmart will add more than 500 automatic pickup kiosks across the United States this year: China Financial Times [cited on 2018-04-08]
  • 2. Walmart will deploy more than 500 self-service pickup kiosks in retail stores across the United States this year: Yibang Power Network [cited on 2018-04-07]

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