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Inside the high-tech Sam's Club store in Grapevine. [Photo: Sam's Club]
The Last Word: Sam’s Club Exec on Grapevine Store’s Use of Computer Vision, Scan & Go Tech, and More
by David Seeley | Apr 17, 2025
Since it reopened last October, the Sam's Club store in Grapevine has been a peek into a whole new retail future. Instead of waiting in lines at cash registers, customers use Scan & Go technology to pay for items with a phone app. AI and computer vision are used to keep store shelves stocked. Automatic floor cleaners keep things spiffy. Other upgrades include a vertical tire carousel and automated forklifts. And if shoppers get hungry, a robot in the cafe will be happy to make them a pizza.
by David Seeley |
Mar 6, 2025
Dallas-based Big Thought is one of two nonprofits who have each received a $1.5 million grant from Sam’s Club, part of a $3 million investment to help youth, aged 16-24, who are out of school and unemployed by providing them with meaningful career pathways.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 6, 2025
The grant to Big Thought is part of a $3 million investment to help youth, aged 16-24, who are out of school and unemployed by providing them with meaningful career pathways.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 30, 2023
After Brooke Hart Jones graduated from Dallas' Kimball High School, she became the third generation in her family to attend an historically black college or university (HBCU), getting a finance degree from Hampton University in Virginia. Now she's putting that degree to use—and inspiring a new generation of future HBCU hopefuls—with her line of HBCyoU Dolls.
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Epic Sales Partners Welcomes 3 Leaders to Boost its National Presence with Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Other Retailers
by Lance Murray | Sep 15, 2023
Over the past four months, Irving-based Epic Sales Partners has welcomed Jill Shoush, John Timpano, and Mark Buckley to its team, a trio that combined, brings more than 100 years of retail and sales experience to Epic’s clients.
The company said it is building the largest independent, commonly owned, and managed food sales agency in the United States....
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by David Seeley |
Mar 14, 2023
In partnership with San Diego-based remote engagement platform Independa, Lucid Hearing is launching hearing assessments that can be performed right in your own home. But to utilize the test and get recommendations, you must own a 2021 or newer LG Smart TV. "This will greatly benefit millions of Americans who suspect they have hearing loss but have hesitated to seek testing and treatment," says Lucid EVP Bennett Griffin.
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by DI Content Studio | Special Advertising Section |
Jan 29, 2020
Musings on innovation from the region's paradigm-shifting companies and organizations.
sponsored by The Organization
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2019
Designed to make Sam's Club's Scan & Go service even faster, the patent-pending technology uses machine learning to eliminate the need for a barcode scan.
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Smart park: Rendering of the forthcoming West End Plaza. [Image: [Image: James Corner Field Operations, Courtesy of Parks for Downtown Dallas and the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department]
‘High-tech Park’ from NY High Line Designer Coming to Dallas’ West End
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Aug 16, 2018
The West End Plaza at Market and Corbin streets is part of the ongoing developments in the neighborhood where the Dallas Innovation Alliance is piloting smart cities tech.
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