- November 16, 2023
Walmart has made the consumer spending slowdown official.
As fiscal year third-quarter earnings results debuted Thursday morning (Nov. 16) showed a cautious outlook on consumers’ willingness to open their wallets into ...
- October 16, 2023
This month in PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Shopping Apps we see Walmart climbing to the top, giving Shein something to fight for. We also see double ties in our lower half but ...
- September 19, 2023
With grocers expanding their advertising businesses to boost their margins, Sam’s Club has announced new tools for brands to measure campaign effectiveness.
The Walmart-owned membership warehouse club chain, which has close ...
- August 22, 2023
Membership chains such as BJ’s Wholesale Club are seeing the gains they made at the highest points of grocery inflation hold strong, even as price increases moderate.
BJ’s, for its part, a membership ...
- May 31, 2023
You may have clicked this link looking for radical changes of position in PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps. Sorry to disappoint, but this is not the month for rank changes.
In ...
- May 25, 2023
As Amazon succeeds at whittling away at incumbent grocers’ shares of center-aisle purchases, smaller retailers are drawing inspiration.
According to a PYMNTS survey of nearly 2,700 U.S. consumers conducted last month, ...
- May 8, 2023
Been shopping lately? It’s pricey out there. The wise shopper is prepared, and the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps indicates how those wise shoppers save.
Putting our money where our ...
- May 2, 2023
As shoppers resume their in-store experiences, brands and retailers are reassessing their selling strategies.
Retailers are seeking to enhance their interactive displays to entice more consumers, while brands are striving to ...
- April 17, 2023
Direct-to-consumer brands are increasingly using warehouse club stores to reach new, bargain-hungry consumers.
As a report Monday (April 17) by Modern Retail noted, this trend is well-established but has become a larger part ...
- April 14, 2023
While SNAP subsidy cuts will impact its bottom line, Walmart expects much of the revenue loss to return through other tender types.
Among the investor concerns Walmart CFO and Executive Vice ...
- March 30, 2023
In today’s competitive eCommerce landscape, brands and retailers are constantly looking for ways to stand out and attract consumers while reducing costly returns. Artificial intelligence (AI), of course, has emerged ...
- March 21, 2023
As grocers look to mitigate inflation-related margin decreases, Sam’s Club is improving its ad offerings.
The Walmart-owned membership warehouse club chain announced Tuesday (March 21) that it has made it possible ...
- March 2, 2023
For Walmart, omnichannel may be the way to beat Amazon in the war to stock the pantry.
And Sam’s Club may be a way to get some incremental firepower in that ...
- February 21, 2023
As consumers look for affordable alternatives to restaurants, grocers’ prepared food sales are growing.
Walmart announced Tuesday (Feb. 21) in its fourth-quarter earnings presentation that its membership-only retail warehouse club subsidiary ...
- February 21, 2023
Coming off its first-ever $600 billion year of sales, Walmart told investors Tuesday (Feb. 21) that even though economic concerns continue to cloud the future, it has never been more ...
- January 26, 2023
Sam’s Club is adding new locations across the United States to strengthen its omnichannel capabilities.
The Walmart-owned membership warehouse club said in a Thursday (Jan. 26) press release that it plans ...
- November 13, 2022
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 ...
- October 20, 2022
As rising food prices put additional margin pressure on businesses that rely on grocery sales, some are turning to advertising to supplement their revenue.
Instacart, for one, announced Wednesday (Oct. 19) the ...
- September 1, 2022
Value and savings are dominating consumer sentiment in a down year, causing a belt-tightening response that is leading more retailers and brands to lean into memberships and bundling as defense ...
- August 31, 2022
Walmart-owned wholesale retailer Sam’s Club is raising its yearly membership price for the first time in nearly a decade.
According to multiple media reports Wednesday (Aug. 31), the price increase goes ...
- June 23, 2022
As food prices rise, many grocers are looking to supplement their sales revenue by growing their advertising businesses.
Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media arm of grocer Albertsons Companies, which has ...
- May 1, 2022
BJ’s Wholesale has called for a federal judge to throw out a patent lawsuit that Walmart filed against it last month, CNBC wrote Friday (April 29).
According to BJ’s, Walmart was ...
- April 19, 2022
Today in data, the number of Amazon Prime subscribers dwarfs other retail membership programs by more than a 2-to-1 margin, this at a time when U.K. consumers just scaled back ...
- April 18, 2022
Most Americans subscribe to a membership service with a mass retailer, such as Amazon Prime, Costco, Sam’s Club or Walmart+.
Amazon Prime leads the way. An estimated 166 million U.S. consumers ...
- April 18, 2022
Subscriptions have never been hotter, especially those offered by mass merchants to lock in loyalty and ideally increase order values. With so many now subscribed to one or more mass ...
- April 8, 2022
Today in data, membership has its privileges. Also, Wing launches Dallas-Fort Worth drone delivery, and French daily newspaper Le Monde is pushing to add 1 million new digital subscribers by ...
- March 23, 2022
Walmart and Sam’s Club, the retailer’s big-box warehouse subsidiary, have accused rival retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club of stealing technology in a new lawsuit, CNBC wrote Wednesday (March 23).
The tech involves ...
- March 10, 2022
With Russia’s heavy involvement in the ultrafast grocery space around the world, United States 15-minute eGrocers are being heavily impacted by the sanctions placed on Russia in response to the ...
- March 9, 2022
Sam’s Club has announced that customers will now be able to use federal supplemental nutrition benefits to pay for purchases digitally and avoid checkout lines, a report from Winsight Grocery ...
- January 27, 2022
Today in food commerce, McDonald’s gears up for the international expansion of its rewards program, while Domino’s takes to the sky. Plus, grocers leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to bring inventory ...
- January 27, 2022
Membership warehouse Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Inc., has rolled out a national robotic inventory scan in partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Brain Corp and Tennant Company, according ...
- January 27, 2022
As grocers’ labor challenges persist, major brands are looking to automation to complete would-be time-intensive tasks with greater efficiency and ideally greater consistency.
Walmart-owned, membership-based warehouse club chain Sam’s Club announced ...
- December 27, 2021
In 2020, grocery shoppers adopted self-checkout more than ever before, motivated by contagion concerns prompting them to avoid face-to-face contact and seek out quicker ways to move through crowded stores. ...
- November 2, 2021
Today in healthcare, GI Partners invests in Rectangle Health through recapitalization, and Walmart and Sam’s Club introduce the Elton John Eyewear collection. Plus, automated blood pressure monitor company Aktiia grabs ...
- November 1, 2021
Walmart and Sam’s Club are set to launch the Elton John Eyewear line of glasses this week as the company continues to focus efforts on increasing its capture of consumers’ ...
- October 8, 2021
Sam’s Club on Friday (Oct. 8) announced it will offer double the savings events compared to last year as well as roll out a direct-to-home wine program and additional member ...
- July 20, 2021
With the rise in online grocery occasioned by the pandemic, consumers have grown used to being in control of their shopping journey. The digital buying experience is, after all, entirely ...
- July 13, 2021
In today’s top connected economy news, Sam’s Club is piloting a Scan & Ship functionality, while Google is letting GoDaddy merchants integrate their product inventory in an easier manner across ...
- July 13, 2021
Walmart’s warehouse chain Sam’s Club has announced plans to pilot a new Scan & Go feature designed to allow shoppers to scan items in-store for automatic direct-to-home shipping via a ...
- July 13, 2021
Sam’s Club is piloting a new Scan & Ship feature that enables in-store shoppers to scan items for direct-to-home shipping. The tool is part of the store’s Scan & Go ...
