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Walmart Sees Online Sales Surging 40% As It Pursues Amazon

Walmart Stores expects US e-commerce sales to surge by 40% in the next fiscal year, as its online investments allow the retail giant to play catch-up with...

Walmart Deploys Shopping App To Simplify Returns For Holidays

Walmart Stores is simplifying the return process through its smartphone app, aiming to ease a major hassle of shopping in time for the holiday season. B...

Walmart Expands New York Delivery Footprint By Acquiring Parcel

In a sign of the intensifying battle for New York’s online shoppers, Walmart Stores acquired Parcel, a company specialising in same-day deliveries of...

Walmart Overhauls Private Label Baby Product Range

Walmart has just fired a broadside in the battle for your baby’s bottom. The world’s biggest retailer is going after the new parents who typ...

Walmart Steps Up Push To Remove Potentially Harmful Chemicals

Walmart is expanding its programme to clean up the products it sells, setting a 2022 target for reducing potentially harmful substances and widening the li...

Walmart Tests Service Delivering Groceries To Customers' Fridges

US retail giant Walmart has announced plans to test a new home-delivery service that brings groceries straight into customers' fridges, as it looks to expa...

Walmart Will Simplify Its Sprawling US Store Operations

Walmart Stores is reorganising its US store operations to simplify the sprawling business, as part of a bid to maintain growth and compete with the likes o...

Wal-Mart Brings Its Online Grocery Pickup To Amazon's Backyard

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open its 1,000th online grocery pickup location in a very strategic location: the Seattle area, hometown of rival Amazon.com...