walmart

Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969.

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Advent Buys 80 Percent Stake In Walmart Brazil
Advent Buys 80 Percent Stake In Walmart Brazil
June 04, 2018  |  Retail

As Walmart refocuses its worldwide operations, Advent International plans to take a 80 percent stake in the retailer’s business in Brazil. With such a deal, Walmart...

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Flipkart Will Still Be A Board-Run Company With Walmart Deal
Flipkart Will Still Be A Board-Run Company With Walmart Deal
June 04, 2018  |  Retail

While Walmart has taken a majority stake in Flipkart, the company’s operating structure will remain the same: Flipkart Co-founder and Group CEO Binny Bansal said that...

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Q12018’s Big Retail Chill
Q12018’s Big Retail Chill
June 02, 2018  |  Retail

“Blame It On the Rain” is more than the song that ended the musical career of early 90s sensation Milli Vanilli. The phrase is also...

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Patent Applications Offer A Peek Into Walmart’s Possible Techy Future
Patent Applications Offer A Peek Into Walmart’s Possible Techy Future
June 01, 2018  |  Retail

And the award for “techiest” retailer goes to … Walmart? The big-box retailer recently published a number of patent filings that would certainly make it...

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Costco’s eCommerce Sales Rise 37 Percent In Q3 Amid Omnicommerce Push
Costco’s eCommerce Sales Rise 37 Percent In Q3 Amid Omnicommerce Push
June 01, 2018  |  Delivery

As Costco amps up its omnichannel offerings, the warehouse club is seeing that its efforts are paying off: The retailer reported that total eCommerce sales...

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Walmart Launches Order By Text
Walmart Launches Order By Text
May 31, 2018  |  Retail

The one-upmanship competition that seems to be perennially on between Amazon and Walmart has just gotten its latest entry. Walmart has announced that it’s rolling...

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Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
May 31, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories range from Walmart’s promotion of...

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Possible Sale Of Cars.com Comes Amid Stronger Digital Ties For Automotive
Possible Sale Of Cars.com Comes Amid Stronger Digital Ties For Automotive
May 31, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Talk about kicking the tires: JPMorgan is reportedly helping Cars.com to explore “strategic options, including a possible sale of the company,” according to the New York Post. The...

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Walmart Sends Its Workers To College
Walmart Sends Its Workers To College
May 31, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart is sending its employees to college in an effort to get them to stay with the company. According to CNBC, the nation’s biggest private...

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