Walmart has announced that it’s going to merge its Walmart Grocery app with the main Walmart mobile app, to create a more seamless shopping experience for its customers, according to a report by TechCrunch. Previously, customers had to switch between the two apps depending on...
Walmart and Verizon are in talks to create a 5G wireless network at Walmart locations using antennas and other such items. The experiment would be a high-profile test of the next-generation tech. The plan is to bring the tech to a pair of Walmart locations...
Delivery service Skipcart has parted ways with Walmart, citing money loss and an inability to eke out a profit while shuttling around groceries, according to a report by Bloomberg. Skipcart is the latest in a series of delivery companies who have stopped working with Walmart....
Walmart’s New York City-based concierge shopping service Jetblack is shutting down and laying off most of its 350 staffers, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 13). The personal shopping and delivery service relied on text messages and promised speedy delivery. The service ends Feb. 21...
Walmart is making changes to its executive team after the holiday shopping season, according to a report by CNBC. Walmart’s chief merchant, Steve Bratspies, is leaving, according to an internal memo sent to Walmart workers by U.S. CEO John Furner. Bratspies will be replaced by...
Walmart is partnering with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to launch a new pilot program that will test autonomous grocery delivery in the Houston market, Walmart announced in a press release Tuesday (Dec. 10). The service, which will begin testing next year, will use R2 —...
Walmart supports consumers having “reasonable controls” when it comes to the collection, use and sharing of personal data, Reuters reported. During testimony at a hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the retail giant said customers should be able to “reasonably...
Walmart will expand aggressively in China, with a plan to add 500 new locations in the country over the next half decade or so, according to a report by CNN. The news comes as China is in the midst of an economic slowdown and a...
Walmart has introduced a new program called Delivery Unlimited in 1,400 of its stores. Customers who want to order groceries from Walmart without having to pay a per-delivery fee every time have the option of paying $98 a year or $12.95 a month, according to...
