PYMNTS-MonitorEdge-May-2024

Challenges And Opportunities In Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Disney store

Walmart plans to invest in purchasing merchandise that is manufactured, grown or assembled domestically to advance American-made goods. In brick-and-mortar retail, Disney intends to close a number of stores in North America this year. And in restaurants, diners are reaching for their smartphones more frequently than laptops to order their food. All this, Today in Data.

Data:

$350B: Amount Walmart will spend on merchandise made, grown or assembled in the U.S. over the next decade.

750K: Minimum number of American jobs Walmart expects will stem from its investment in U.S.-made merchandise.

89%: Portion of at-home delivery or takeout orders placed via websites, mobile or third-party aggregator apps.

$486B: Amount U.S. consumers spent on ordering restaurant food that they ate at home in 2020.

60: Minimum count of stores Disney plans to close in North America this year.

PYMNTS-MonitorEdge-May-2024