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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Amazon May Provide $2B Boost To Investment In India
Amazon May Provide $2B Boost To Investment In India
June 05, 2018  |  Amazon

After committing $5 billion to investments in India, Amazon reportedly wants to increase its investment by $2 billion. With the additional capital, the eCommerce retailer...

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Startups Compete With Facebook For Home Services
Startups Compete With Facebook For Home Services
June 05, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers who want to hire a home services professional to, say, fix a broken air conditioner, are sometimes faced with a dilemma: Who do they...

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Meeting Customers Wherever They Are (Literally)
Meeting Customers Wherever They Are (Literally)
June 04, 2018  |  Today In Data

Why deliver oneself to a store — and face the hassle of heat, crowds and parking — when the store can deliver itself to you,...

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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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