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If you think about digital shelf labels, what we're doing here is trying to make things super easy for associates and the customer.

And as you think about technology in general, that's what we're doing.

當你從整體上思考技術時，這就是我們正在做的事情。

These are Walmart's new digital shelf labels, or DSLs.

They're used in more than 4 ,300 U .S stores already

and expected to be chain -wide by the end of the year.

With DSLs, employees update prices using a mobile app rather than using paper tags, which can otherwise take all day.

Before we had digital tax, every single time that you would do like a modular that is new, you're going to have to use everything in paper.

So we're going to have to look back and forth to see where it belongs.

Other than helping staff with stocking and returns, they also speed up the time it takes the consumer to find an item.

A Walmart store typically carries around 120 ,000 items.

It's all about, are we taking away tasks that associates don't find value at?

If you took the customer's position on that, they want to see the price.

They want it clearly visible.

And then if they're struggling trying to find an item, they want to be able to get in and get out with speed.

DSLs are a part of Walmart's recent focus on improving the in -store experience.

Sales were lower than expected in its latest quarter.

In fact, it was the company's smallest sales gain in more than six years.

Analysts say it has less to do with Walmart and more to do with Americans' finances.

Shoppers across the country are spending cautiously as the war in Iran and inflation continue to drive up prices.

That's put pressure on Walmart's stock since May.

But Walmart's new tech also comes as consumer anxiety over dynamic pricing is front and center.

Shoppers worry the system will mimic rideshare apps or airlines' ability to increase prices based on demand, though the company has pushed back.

Walmart is going all in on technology right now.

I'm at a store outside of New York to take a closer look at some of these new features.

Walmart has been trying to enhance its customer experience for years, from delivery times and drone delivery to inside its stores.

Since 2024, it's spent billions on modernizing hundreds of locations and building dozens of new ones.

Its latest 20 stores have features like QR codes and DSLs.

The biggest priority that we had is how do we continue to accelerate from a speed standpoint?

We have a Walmart store located within 10 miles of 90 % of the U .S population.

And so our focus is how do we get goods to the consumer faster than ever before?

So we're in the pharmacy section.

I'm looking for magnesium.

OK, so we'll hit magnesium.

This first one looks great.

Should tell us aisle G9.

And then we will say flash the price tag.

There it is.

And there it is.

So this is the one you want.

Cathy says the feature has been used 5 million times since its rollout this year.

Staff has their own version called the pick -to -light feature.

Their other tool is called Stock -to -Light, which shows which shelves are empty or low on inventory.

How do these digital shelf labels fit into Walmart's broader technology strategy?

What we're doing here is trying to make things super easy for associates and the customer.

Walmart is also expanding its radio frequency identification, or RFID technology, which it's used for decades.

These are smart chips that use radio waves to track products throughout the store and supply chain.

Almost all of our items in apparel have electronic product codes in them.

We would spend all of our time counting this to make sure we had the right amount of stock on the floor.

Now you can use that RFID just to scan this and you capture all of that data.

For a retailer that's constantly managing price and inventory, these small changes could have a big impact and further set it apart from competitors.

Especially as inflation remains high and spending slow.

Analysts say Walmart is winning and retaining customers in part because of its rollbacks, what it calls temporary price drops, and deals.

It more than doubled the markdowns in its most recent quarter.

Now it'll have an easier time managing them at a time when consumers need them the most.

Dynamic pricing, which is when businesses change prices in real time based on market demand, is controversial.

States like Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey have enacted laws that restrict the use of personal data to set individualized prices.

This is a form of dynamic pricing called surveillance pricing.

The FTC is considering a ban, too.

New Jersey went a step further in July, implementing a one -year pause on any new electronic shelf labels while the state studies them.

Walmart told CNBC in a statement

that its DSL technology has already been installed in its New Jersey stores and that its labels are,

quote, not a tool for surveillance pricing and are simply a modern way to display a price.

DSLs operate on a closed system and do not interact with shoppers or collect any information about them.

Walmart's price changes are mostly planned ahead of time

and done overnight there's a person not a robot making the

pricing decisions although the system is what implements them plus some

store managers will still be able to lower prices for customers

in real time to remain competitive digital shelf labels have been around for a long time

so this is actually not new technology

but we designed it to display a price

and to be able to identify

and flash for a customer associate that's what we designed this technology to do and and that's what the technology is doing.

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影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
label 名詞	/ˈleɪ.bəl/	標籤 /標籤, 簽條 /籤條
shelf 名詞	/ʃɛlf/	架子
associate 名詞	/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/	同行, 同事
flash 動詞	/flæʃ/	閃光 /閃光
implement 動詞	/ˈɪmpləmənt/	實施 /實施, 執行 /執行
surveillance 名詞	/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/	監測 /監測, 監視 /監視
inflation 名詞	/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/	通貨膨脹 /通貨膨脹, 通脹 /通脹
inventory 名詞	/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/	庫存 /庫存, 儲存 /儲存
temporary 形容詞	/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/	暫時 /暫時
anxiety 名詞	/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/	焦慮 /焦慮, 擔心
tag 名詞	/tæɡ/	標簽 /標籤
capture 動詞	/ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/	捕獲 /捕獲, 佔領 /佔領
priority 名詞	/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/	優先權 /優先權, 更重要的事
visible 形容詞	/ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/	看得見 /看得見, 可看見的 /可看見的
belong 動詞	/bɪˈlɒŋ/	屬於 /屬於

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
look back 動詞		回顧 /回顧
speed up 動詞	/spiːdˈʌp/	加速, 加快

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	has pushed · has been · have enacted
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	has been used · is called · been installed
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	tags, which can · pricing, which is

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說話人用了 13 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 we're, I'm, they're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: shelf /ʃɛlf/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, flash /flæʃ/, inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/
長單詞——注意重音位置: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/

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