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Walmart’s Secret Weapon: Real-Time Data

Credit: CanvasThe Data Café RevolutionWalmart’s analytics hub, the Data Café, processes 2.5 petabytes of data hourly. It spots sales dips—like a grocery pricing error—and fixes them in 20 minutes, not weeks. Real-time insights are their edge over competitors.From Hurricanes to HalloweenDuring Hurricane Sandy, Walmart’s data revealed a spike in Pop Tart sales. Now, they...