Walmart is expanding its electric vehicle charging capabilities in a bid to promote EV ownership. “By 2030, we intend to build our own EV fast-charging network at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations coast to coast,” Vishal Kapadia, the retail giant’s senior vice president...
Walmart has launched products, services and content focused on pickleball. The retail giant has partnered with racquet sports booking platform Break the Love to create this bundled program centered on this recreational sport for “the everyday athlete,” Walmart said in a Tuesday (April 4) press...
Walmart has debuted a redesigned mobile app and homepage for walmart.com to inspire customers at a time when discretionary purchases are on the decline, in a bid to inspire more purchases with seasonality and social media appeal. Tom Ward, executive vice president and chief eCommerce...
Collaborating to improve working capital access for its network of small suppliers, Walmart is teaming with Citi, bringing the Bridge built by Citi lending platform to Walmart’s roughly 10,000 U.S. suppliers that fall into the small to midsize business (SMB) range, offering loans of up...
Walmart is ending a nine-year test of pickup-and-delivery-only locations as the retail giant applies lessons from those sites across its broader retail footprint. In-store and curbside pickup, along with delivery, emerged as the most popular trends to come out of pandemic innovations in contactless ways...
Walmart is pitching its private-label goods to consumers as its suppliers continue to raise prices. With the cost of transportation, packing and raw materials all dropping, “retailers like Walmart will say ‘hey you already had three rounds of price hikes last year, why are you...
Walmart is offering incentives for new third-party merchants to sell on its Marketplace. The company said in a Thursday (Jan. 26) press release that it is providing a limited-time offer to new U.S.-based sellers that includes a commission rate reduction of up to 25% for...
Walmart has unveiled a business-to-business procurement website in its latest bid to compete with Amazon. Launched Friday (Jan. 20), Walmart Business is an eCommerce site and “customer experience” aimed at Walmart’s small and medium-sized business (SMB) and nonprofit customers. “Our focus is to remove complexity...
With the economy slowing, Walmart’s CEO is warning suppliers that the retail giant is through paying higher prices. That’s according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, citing accounts from a speech to suppliers given last month by Chief Executive Doug McMillon. Speaking to...
