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Walmart's Grocery Delivery Partnerships With Uber, Lyft Fail To Take Off

By Steve Wynne-Jones
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Walmart Inc's online grocery delivery partnerships with ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft have ended, according to two sources.

It marks a potential setback for the retailer's ambitions to challenge Amazon.com Inc head-on with speedy delivery of groceries to people's homes.

The end of the Walmart partnerships, which has not been previously reported and was confirmed by Walmart and Uber, undercuts a vision the ride-hailing companies laid out: a service that can efficiently deliver anything on-demand, including people and cargo, at the touch of a smartphone app.

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