Walmart Expands Pickup Tower Integration To Cumming

CUMMING, GA – As Walmart continues to lead in retail innovation, the company is expanding the rollout of cutting-edge technology with the installation of a Pickup Tower in the Walmart Supercenter on Peachtree Parkway in Cumming, Georgia.

“Creating efficiencies for our customers is important, and the Pickup Tower technology is just the beginning,” said Cumming Store Manager Steve Wood. “Customer-centered innovations are changing the ways that customers shop, establishing convenience and the option to shop whenever and however they want.”

Pickup Towers are 16-feet-tall and function like high-tech vending machines, capable of fulfilling a customer’s online order in less than a minute. A Pickup Tower was recently installed at the following Walmart Supercenter:

• 2395 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming, GA 30041

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Using the Pickup Tower

• Simply choose from millions of items available on Walmart.com and select the “Pickup” option at checkout.
• When the item arrives at your local store, an associate loads it into the Pickup Tower and you will receive a notification.
• When you arrive at the store, step up to the Pickup Tower and scan the bar code sent to your smartphone.

• You will receive your order in less than a minute.

In April, Walmart announced it expects to spend an estimated $38 million over the next year in Georgia through the remodeling of 11 stores, as well as the rollout of several in-store and online innovations designed to further improve the customer experience.

Shop How, Where and When You Want: Convenience Offerings

Walmart is innovating the shopping experience like no one else – so customers can shop when and how they want.

• Customers can shop nearly 67 million items on walmart.com or through a new partnership with Google Express.
• Walmart also gives customers the power of choice; Pickup Discount gives customers a discount on select items if they choose to pick up their Walmart.com order at a store.
• In addition, free 2-day shipping is offered at no extra cost for orders of $35 or more.
• The Walmart mobile app for iPhone and Android makes shopping easier than ever. By using the Walmart mobile app, customers can create shopping lists, search the location of items in their store, check weekly ads and prices, save e-receipts and shop walmart.com.
• Express Services is a new feature in the Walmart app that is combined with in-store Express Lanes in most stores to help expedite customers’ Money Services transactions and will soon include Pharmacy Services.
• With Online Grocery Pickup, customers select from up to 40,000 online grocery items, diapers, dog food and more, and choose the best time to pick their items up. A Walmart personal shopper loads the groceries into the customer’s car upon arrival – all at no additional cost.

Photo courtesy Walmart