What Lindsay Owens has said about Walmart
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026
Lindsay Owens, Consumer protection expert, head of the Groundwork Collaborative think tank, and author of "Gouged", has been quoted on Walmart 3 times in 1 episode of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Owens states that every Walmart in the country will have electronic shelf labels by the end of 2026.
“by the end of 2026, every Walmart in the country will have electronic shelf labels instead of paper stickers”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 6:45
Owens says Walmart has filed dozens of patents over the past decade for collecting biometric data such as heart rate, glucose levels and retinal scans.
“there are dozens of patents over the last decade that Walmart has filed for cataloging all sorts of information about how you look biometric information”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 47:25
Owens called on Walmart to withdraw or relinquish its patents and allow a third-party audit of its pricing algorithms if it truly does not use them.
“bring in an auditor who tells us like, here's what the electronic shelf label algorithm is doing”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:34
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Owens states that every Walmart in the country will have electronic shelf labels by the end of 2026.
“by the end of 2026, every Walmart in the country will have electronic shelf labels instead of paper stickers”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 6:45 · Walmart
Episodes
#693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay OwensThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 55 min
Theo Von talks with consumer advocate Lindsay Owens about price gouging, dynamic and surveillance pricing, corporate data collection, AI shopping agents, and consumer protections.
Others on Walmart
- Claudia Oshry · 1 quote
Lindsay Owens on other topics
- Surveillance pricing · 4 quotes
- Artificial intelligence · 2 quotes
- Lobbying in the United States · 2 quotes
- Dynamic pricing · 2 quotes
- One Fair Price Act · 1 quote
- Kroger · 1 quote
- 2026 FIFA World Cup · 1 quote
- DoorDash · 1 quote