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Rural America’s eCommerce Transformation Arrives via Delivery Drone

August 27, 2026
Amazon Clothing Share Doubles as Walmart Loses Ground
Retail // August 25, 2026

Amazon’s share of U.S. clothing spending has doubled since 2019 while Walmart’s has edged lower, a six-year divergence that was still widening during the first half of 2026. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Walmart NFC Rollout Accelerates the Move to Wallet-Based Checkout
Walmart // August 24, 2026

Walmart’s move to NFC lands as mobile wallets are taking a larger role at the register, giving one of the prominent remaining retail holdouts in the United States the same contactless payment infrastructure already common across much of the market. Get the Full Story Complete...

Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday
Payment Methods // August 21, 2026

Walmart will soon begin rolling out tap to pay as a payment option at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 21) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Retailers Find Bigger Growth Selling Ads Around the Shopping Cart
Retail // August 21, 2026

Retail media is giving Walmart, Target and Amazon a faster-growing source of revenue than their core retail businesses, built on the same traffic, searches and transaction data generated by stores, websites and marketplaces. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Amazon Clothing Share Doubles as Walmart Loses Ground

August 25, 2026
Amazon’s share of U.S. clothing spending has doubled since 2019 while Walmart’s has edged lower, a six-year divergence that was still widening during the first half of 2026. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to […]

Walmart and Amazon Rewrite the Price War

August 20, 2026
Years of inflation, promotions, personalized discounts and constantly shifting online prices have made shoppers better at finding deals. They have also made it harder for shoppers to know what anything...

Retail Earnings Will Show What Stretched Consumers Protect

August 17, 2026
America’s biggest retailers are about to turn a weak government sales report into a six-company test of consumer endurance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Amazon Wants Alexa to Look Inside the Fridge and Fill the Cart

August 13, 2026
Amazon’s latest Alexa demonstration looked almost trivial: photograph a refrigerator, ask what groceries are missing, and let artificial intelligence assemble the shopping list. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Walmart Tap to Pay Rollout Begins Monday

August 21, 2026
Walmart will soon begin rolling out tap to pay as a payment option at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 21) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe […]

Walmart Investors Hang Hopes on Retail Media as Sales Cool

August 18, 2026
Walmart’s investors are counting on the company’s ad business to drive profits as same-store sales growth has cooled and the company’s stock has fallen on a cautious annual outlook, Reuters...

Walmart Finalizes Purchase of TV Ad Platform Vibe.co

August 04, 2026
Walmart has completed its acquisition of self-service streaming TV advertising platform Vibe.co. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Amazon Unseats Walmart as Top US Retailer

June 25, 2026
Amazon became the largest retailer in the United States in terms of gross merchandise value sometime in 2025, overtaking Walmart, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (June 25), citing a report by...