Resources, articles, and podcasts that focus on the needs and interests of suppliers working with Walmart or aspiring to do so.
Walmart has a dozen supercenters in Puerto Rico and plans to convert the remaining half dozen Division 1 stores into supercenters as well. There are also 11 Sam’s Clubs, 27 Amigo Supermarkets, and...
READ MORE(Editor’s note: EDI is just one of the basics a supplier needs to grasp when working with Walmart. Have questions about this and other areas? Contact an 8th & Walton adviser before your...
READ MOREA Retail Link Users Group (RLUG) is a group of people who use Retail Link and support one another in using the program. In online RLUGs, like the one at LinkedIn, members ask and answer questions and...
READ MOREPOS stands for Point of Sale and can be used in a number of different contexts: POS software is the software used to check someone out, which may also feed into a CRM, logistics, or other software....
READ MORERetail Link is an incredibly powerful tool for growing your business with Walmart and Sam’s Club, and it’s provided free to every supplier. Your buyer assumes that you’re using...
READ MORENote: for information about Walmart’s current fiscal year, go to Walmart Fiscal Year Calendar. The familiar January to January isn’t the only calendar around. Calendars based on lunar...
READ MOREMost Retail Link users pull reports on a weekly basis. You can arrange to run reports automatically at a particular time, so they’re ready for you when you need them. The question is:...
READ MOREWe’ll leave this blog post up for a historical record (and just in case it’s not settled yet), but the good news is that you should now be able to use Retail Link on your Mac. The new...
READ MOREYou’re smart, so you set up Walmart Retail Link reports to run automatically on Sunday night. That way, you can come in on Monday morning, grab the data, and get going. You’re an...
READ MOREVilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) was an Italian economist who noticed, in 1906, that 80% of Italy’s wealth was held by 20% of the population. Over the years, more and more people noticed that more...
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