Walmart is best understood as a high-tech company rather than a low-tech retailer, since its success rests heavily on its computerized inventory system, handheld devices, radio communication to warehouses, and the way it keeps inventory costs down.

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Russ Roberts

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one of the reasons they've been so successful is the is that computerized system embedded in that that device you would hold in your hand and the radio communication to the warehouse

Source

Charles Platt on Working at Wal-Mart 06/15/2009EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:17:26 AM

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