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Walmart To Hire 20,000 Supply Chain Workers

Walmart Inc has announced that it plans to hire 20,000 workers at its supply chain division ahead of the busy holiday season as the world's largest retaile...

How The Pandemic Helped Walmart Battle Amazon Marketplace For Sellers

Between 2009 and 2014, Walmart’s Marketplace business, where outside merchants hawk everything from baby blankets to power tools, counted no more tha...

Walmart To Triple Exports Of India-Made Goods To $10bn Per Year By 2027

Walmart Inc has said that it will triple its exports of India-made goods to $10 billion each year by 2027 in a move that will help expand the global r...

Walmart Drops Plans To Use Robots For Tracking Inventory

Walmart Inc has dropped its plans to use roving robots to scan shelves and keep track of inventory, squashing the world's largest retailer's years-lon...

Asda To Test Hydrogen Fuel Cells To Reduce Emissions

UK retailer Asda has announced plans to test hydrogen fuel cells for manual handling equipment in its Skelmersdale Chilled Distribution Centre (CDC) in Gre...

Walmart Opens 'Case-Ready' Meat Facility In Thomasville

Walmart has announced that it has opened a state-of-the-art meatpacking and processing facility for Angus beef in Thomasville, Georgia, USA. The facilit...

Walmart To Invest $1.2bn In China To Upgrade Logistics

Walmart plans to invest 8 billion yuan (€1.03 billion) in China over the next 10 years to upgrade logistics, the US retail giant said on its...

Walmart Creates Angus Beef Supply Chain, Cutting Out Meat Processors

Walmart Inc is taking control of the supply chain for Angus beef sold in some of its stores, cutting out meat processors as the company looks to offer high...