Walmart relies on algorithm during holiday season — Reuters.com

By 8th & Walton | on September 15, 2023

Walmart will use its inventory software to ensure full shelves this holiday season:

“The merchandise mix Walmart will carry rests not purely on retail executives’ judgment but rather on software it developed around 2019. Its machine-learning algorithm relies on weather patterns and each store’s past sales data to predict inventory needs of its more than 4,700 U.S. locations, a Walmart tech executive told Reuters.“

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