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Amazon has lost market share for the Prime Day shopping holiday it invented. Walmart is setting itself up for a bigger slice of those sales.
Walmart is out to lure customers into its virtual doors during Amazon Prime Day. Its Walmart Plus Week sale started Monday and runs through July 13.
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Walmart plans own EV charger network at U.S. stores by 2030
Walmart Inc plans to have its own network of electric vehicle charging stations by 2030 to tap into the growing adoption of EVs in the United States.
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Walmart-backed fintech startup plans to launch its own buy now, pay later loans
A Walmart-backed startup is looking to compete with buy now, pay later companies. The venture, called One, is gearing up to launch its own version of the payment service as soon as next year, according to a source familiar with the matter. One, which is majority-owned by Walmart, wants to launch a service that shoppers could use at Walmart’s website and stores, as well as at other retailers, the source said. The effort was motivated in part by a more challenging economic backdrop and consumers feeling pinched by inflation.
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McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers criticised for ‘reckless’ antibiotics use
Suppliers of beef to McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Walmart are sourcing meat from US farms that use antibiotics linked to the spread of dangerous superbugs, an investigation has found. Unpublished US government records obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian show farms producing beef for meat packing firms Cargill, JBS, and Green Bay are risking public health by still using antibiotics classed as the “highest priority critically important” to human health (HP-CIAs).
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Walmart is building a streaming service to take on Amazon Prime
It’s all about the perks for Walmart Plus.
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FTC sues Walmart for allegedly allowing money transfer services for fraud
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it sued Walmart, alleging the company had allowed scam artists to use its money transfer services for fraud that cost consumers “hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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Walmart Just Invested Big in Vertical Farming
Walmart's investment in vertical farming startup Plenty will bring organic greens to its California stores and help scale the technology.
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Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business
Walmart said Monday it has started using fully driverless trucking in its online grocery business, aiming to increase capacity and reduce inefficiencies. Walmart and Silicon Valley start-up Gatik said that, since August, they’ve operated two autonomous box trucks — without a safety driver — on a 7-mile loop daily for 12 hours. The Gatik trucks are loaded with online grocery orders from a Walmart fulfillment center called a “dark store.” The orders are then taken to a nearby Walmart Neighborhood Market grocery store in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Walmart is headquartered.
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Walmart Billionaire Marc Lore Is Planning a $500 Billion “City of the Future”
While other billionaires are jockeying to get into space, Marc Lore has his eyes on planet Earth: The former Walmart exec has announced plans to create a new utopian city in the American desert, featuring self-driving cars and energy-efficient skyscrapers.
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Why Walmart's CEO says Americans urgently need another stimulus check
When Walmart CEO Doug McMillon went to the White House last week, he said he gave a clear message: Americans urgently need another round of stimulus checks. Walmart’s stores and websites reflect consumers’ spending patterns, the retail chief said in an interview with CNBC’s Courtney Reagan on “Squawk Alley.”
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Walmart will use fully driverless trucks to make deliveries in 2021
Walmart is casting about for a good fit for its self-driving aspirations.
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Walmart will use fully driverless trucks to make deliveries in 2021
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Walmart scrapped plans to let these 6-foot-tall robots check inventory at stores, after reportedly finding that it's simpler to let humans do the job
After a three-year trial that saw Bossa Nova robots rolled out to 500 stores, Walmart has reportedly found that staff can do the job effectively.
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Walmart returns guns and ammo to store floors, saying civil unrest was "isolated"
Retailer had yanked firearms off the sales floor as a "precaution" after incidents left several stores damaged.
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Walmart to Cut 60,000 Pounds of Plastic Annually with One Simple Change to Its Cucumbers
By switching to plastic-free Apeel English cucumbers—which feature a plant-based, life-extending “peel”—the major retailer is eliminating the equivalent of 85 million plastic straws.
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Walmart to start using autonomous drones for 1-hour delivery
Starting next year, certain Walmart orders will literally fly to your door. The retailer announced a trial run with medical supply drone delivery company Zipline early Monday. Only medical and health and wellness products from Walmart will be part of the pilot program and it'll only be in Northwest Arkansas in early 2021.
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Walmart to test drone delivery of grocery, household items
Walmart said on Wednesday it would run a pilot project for delivery of grocery and household products through automated drones, along with end-to-end delivery firm Flytrex, as the U.S. retailer looks to beef up its delivery business.
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Walmart Employees Are Out to Show Its Anti-Shoplifting AI Doesn't Work
The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns.
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Walmart’s $99 Android tablet actually looks pretty good
When you think of cheap Android tablets, you probably think of the Amazon Fire series, but Walmart is also in the game with its in-house "Onn" tablets. As spotted by 9to5Google, recently Walmart started selling two new models of its Onn tablet: the 8-inch "Onn.8 Tablet Pro" for $99, and the 10-inch "Onn.10.1 Tablet Pro" for $129.
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Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour ‘Express’ grocery delivery service
Record usage of grocery delivery services amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delayed orders, fewer open delivery windows and, on occasion, an inability to even book a delivery time slot.
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