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Walmart Launches GoLocal Last-Mile Delivery For Other Retailers
August 24, 2021

Walmart is rolling out a new, white-label, last-mile delivery service in the U.S. to help other retailers secure local transport needs and meet their customers’ delivery demands.  Walmart GoLocal is a new business unit that builds on the retail giant’s know-how in getting merchandise to...

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Walmart To License Its Digital Tech
July 28, 2021

Walmart is extending a digital leg up to businesses and brands looking to enhance their online services by offering them some of the same technologies that the retail giant itself uses.  The world’s largest retailer also teamed up with Adobe in a strategic collaboration to...

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Walmart’s MoneyCard Users Get DDA-Like Services Powered By Green Dot Digital Banking Platform
June 24, 2021

Walmart’s MoneyCard, issued by Green Dot Bank, is now being offered as a debit card linked to a demand deposit account (DDA) instead of being a prepaid card, per a Thursday (June 24) press release. Walmart Vice President of Financial Services Julia Unger said that...

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Walmart+ Launches Prescription Savings Program For Members
June 08, 2021

Walmart+ is rolling out a new members-only prescription savings program that offers low-cost and no-cost medications for everything from allergies and antibiotics to high blood pressure, mental health, and more.   Walmart+ Rx for less is one of many perks the retail giant extends to members...

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Walmart, AT&T Team To Provide Internet Access To Underserved
May 26, 2021

Walmart is working with AT&T to help with access to internet, a company press release says. The offers are available through the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB), and will offer some customers internet services for free or very low cost. EBB refers to the temporary...

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Walmart To Open Five Ghost Kitchens In Canada
March 14, 2021

Ghost Kitchen Brands (GKB) has teamed up with Walmart Canada to bring one-stop meal pickup and delivery to consumers, according to a press release. The first Ghost Kitchen at Walmart is open currently in the St. Catherine’s Walmart. There are other locations planned at Toronto,...

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Walmart Employee Turnover Up Despite Early Wage Access
March 09, 2021

Walmart debuted its early pay app three years ago, letting employees access pay instantly rather than on the usual pay cycles, but users have actually been quitting faster, Bloomberg reported. Now the retail giant is re-assessing how to promote the program, which was beloved by...

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Walmart Will Invest $350 Billion To Advance American-Made Goods
March 03, 2021

Over the next decade, Walmart said it will spend $350 billion on merchandise made, grown or assembled in the U.S., according to a Wednesday (March 3) company post by President and CEO John Furner. Furner estimated in the post that the infusion of money will...

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Walmart Sharpens FinTech Super App Ambition, Poaches Goldman’s Marcus Team
February 28, 2021

Walmart is enlisting the help of two Goldman Sachs executives to help roll out a new FinTech startup as the retail giant gets into banking, Bloomberg reports. The executives are Omer Ismail and David Stark, the report says. Ismail is the head of Goldman’s commercial...