Walmart, one of the largest companies in the world, will begin pilot testing new healthcare programs for its employees starting next year, according to a report by CNBC. The move is part of an effort by the company to cut its healthcare costs, which is...
Walmart has revealed it is testing out a fee-based service called “Fulfilled by Walmart.” The company’s U.S. eCommerce chief, Marc Lore, announced the news at an industry conference this week, explaining the service aims to help Walmart’s online unit generate more revenue, as well as...
People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered via a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. Following the state’s new law allowing autonomous vehicles, Palo Alto, California-based Gatik was approved by the Arkansas Highway...
Walmart is relaunching its delivery service that brings groceries into the refrigerators of customers. Reuters, citing Marc Lore, head of U.S. eCommerce for the retailer, said the move is aimed at finding new ways to offer cheap and speedy online delivery. Walmart began testing the...
Walmart is expanding its next-day delivery to more areas of the U.S. as it pushes back on Amazon’s one-day delivery expansion plans. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing Marc Lore, head of U.S. eCommerce at Walmart, the retailer will start offering free...
Walmart announced Tuesday (April 2) Walmart Voice Order, a new voice ordering capability that enables people to use voice commands to shop for groceries. In a blog post, Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations at Walmart, said the retailer is building platforms with...
Walmart will provide an update as to how the retailer did against Amazon during the holiday shopping season when it reports fourth-quarter results. And while the retailer is expected to show profit margins that are the lowest in years, it’s also expected to report an...
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, is gearing up to bring on 2,000 technology professionals during 2019 to support its operations in stores and online. Bloomberg, citing comments Walmart CTO Jeremy King made in a Bloomberg TV interview, said the hiring would increase the retailer’s IT...
California autonomous car startup company Udelv announced it is teaming up with Walmart to offer its self-driving vans for deliveries, according to a report in VentureBeat. The company made the announcement on Tuesday (Jan. 8) at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas,...
