How Walmart--Yes, Walmart--Created A Cottage Industry Of Small-Town Retail Innovators

We're excited to be featured on Fast Company today alongside some other great companies in Northwest Arkansas.

"A company called Field Agent, turns smart-phone-wielding shoppers into retail intelligence-gatherers. As they move through stores, these “Agents” (shoppers who get paid for their efforts) can photograph displays, scan bar codes and offer opinions on everything from how clean a store is to whether its products are displayed right. In aggregate, this information can tell a company like Walmart how its stores are performing, without having to sending an auditor to all 3,700 of them.\n This is a big business for retailers and suppliers who are invested in every detail of your shopping experience, right down to the “planogram compliance”.

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