Amazon Go and Scan-&-Go Detractors Need To Stop Burying Their Heads In The Sand Like Ostriches | Forbes

I recently published a new post of Forbes titled, “Dismissing Amazon Go and Scan-&-Go Technology Does A Disservice To The Retail Industry”

A quick excerpt —
Former Target exec and Forbes contributor, Chris Walton, argues that dismissing Amazon Go and scan-and-go technology in favor of incrementalism could be a dangerous trap.

Read the entire article via Forbes here —
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherwalton/2019/02/15/amazon-go-haters-please-stop-burying-your-heads-in-the-sand-like-ostriches/#39de12d711fd

Be careful out there.

– Chris and the Omni Talk team

Chris Walton

Chris Walton is an accomplished Senior Executive with nearly 20 years of success within the retail and retail technology industries. He is well-versed in merchandising, store operations, inventory management, product design, forecasting, e-commerce, pricing and promotions, and tech product development.

Chris was most recently a Vice President with Target, where he led the retailer’s Store of the Future project and also ran the Target’s home furnishing division for e-commerce. He previously worked for GAP, Inc., as a Distribution Analyst and Manager.

Chris holds a BA in Economics and History from Stanford University, and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

He likes to dress as Darth Vader for Halloween, and his wife also frequently asks him to ask Alexa, "to turn off the music."

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