(Disclosure: Rose Law group represents Vestar.)
By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal
Sam’s Club, the wholesaler owned by Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), opens its latest store in the Phoenix area this week, but something customers won’t see inside is long lines to pay.
The new store, which was constructed from the ground up and is located inside the Vestar-owned Tempe Marketplace, is the first store in Arizona — and only the second club in the entire footprint — to have a digital-first checkout experience.
Sam’s Club members will use its Scan & Go digital payment system in the Sam’s Club app. As customers pick up items, they will scan them with their smart phones and put them in the cart and when the customer leaves the store their card will be charged.
