[dwater]

Pretty much every large retailer I've been to in the last 6 months has most of their employees supplied with smart phones of some sort, usually with a barcode scanner, that they can use for inventory processes. I've walked up to employees at the grocery store and a hardware store and asked for a specific niche item, and they've pulled out their phone, searched for the item, found it's location in store, price, and the number in stock. Seems like they're doing a lot of work with them.