Today in Data: Amazon, Walmart Battle for Healthcare Supremacy; Rent-A-Center Struggles; Allbirds Grows Wholesale

Walmart Launches New Insurance Brokerage

Today in Data, Amazon and Walmart will spend much of 2022 battling for market share in telehealth, pharmacy and connected health. Plus, Rent-A-Center is struggling to overcome rising prices and the end of the economic stimulus program, and Allbirds is looking to have its wholesale operation perform as well as its online segment.

Data

20+: Number of U.S. cities expected to open Amazon Care healthcare facilities in 2022

61%: Share of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck

$1.5B: Rent-A-Center’s market value, down from about $5 billion in August

11%: Brand awareness for Allbirds in the U.S.

80%: Share of Allbirds’ business that is done digitally