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Walmart is bringing its high-tech store concept home to Bentonville, Arkansas: “The company said in a news release Friday that the Market Fulfillment Center is built inside Store 100 at 406 S....
READ MOREWalmart Canada has announced a number of changes to its corporate leadership team: “Mohammed Abdool-Samad has joined Walmart Canada as chief financial officer, John Bayliss has been named chief...
READ MOREWalmart holds 25.5% of SNAP shoppers’ annual grocery spend, more than triple the share of second-place Kroger: “For the year through the end of the 2023 first quarter, Walmart accounted...
READ MOREThe National Retail Federation reports that April’s core retail sales in the United States rose 0.6% from March and 2% year-over-year: “Retail sales in April rose 0.6% from March,...
READ MOREWalmart raised its full-year guidance on Thursday after fiscal first-quarter sales rose nearly 8%. The company’s grocery business helped offset weaker sales of clothing and electronics:...
READ MOREAs Walmart prepares to release its earnings report, analysts are focusing on the company’s grocery business. Sales are good, but inflation remains a concern: “Walmart remains in a pitched...
READ MOREDroneUp, a drone delivery startup backed by Walmart, has announced employee layoffs: “Attempts at scaling commercial drone delivery in the U.S. have been slow moving, largely due to technical...
READ MOREA new report from Impact Analytics shows that grocery prices in the United States have increased by 0.78% from April to early May: “The steepest increase (1.05%) was observed in cereals and...
READ MOREGrocery delivery sales rose in April, though pickup and ship-to-home both declined: “Delivery sales in April rose 20%. Pickup dipped 3%, and ship-to-home plunged 19%. (Delivery includes orders...
READ MORERecent data shows that Walmart has surpassed Giant Eagle as the leading grocery retailer in Western Pennsylvania: “Despite O’Hara-based Giant Eagle being the hometown grocer, Walmart has been...
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