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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Walmart Is Pulling The Plug On Its Prime Competitor In Favor Of Expanded Free Shipping
Walmart Is Pulling The Plug On Its Prime Competitor In Favor Of Expanded Free Shipping
January 31, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart’s ShippingPass program — a fee-based, two-day shipping program — will never make it past the shipping phase. Piloted as a possible competitor to Amazon...

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New Jobs Push From Walmart
New Jobs Push From Walmart
January 18, 2017  |  Retail

Retailing giant Walmart, also the largest employer in the United States among private entities, said Tuesday (Jan. 17) that it would add 10,000 retail jobs...

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Walmart Shakes Things Up Again
Walmart Shakes Things Up Again
January 16, 2017  |  Retail

Last Friday, Walmart announced its second management shuffle in less than a year since it acquired eRetailer Jet.com back in Aug. 2016. The most recent...

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Walmart To Cut Hundreds Of Jobs
Walmart To Cut Hundreds Of Jobs
January 11, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart is cutting back on its staffing at its headquarters and regional offices as it attempts to scale back its costs.  Most of those cuts...

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Sam’s Club CEO To Step Down
Sam’s Club CEO To Step Down
January 09, 2017  |  Retail

After five years as head of membership-only retail warehouse Sam’s Club, it was recently announced that Rosalind Brewer will be exiting from her position as CEO....

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Walmart Drops $70M On Shoebuy
Walmart Drops $70M On Shoebuy
January 06, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart just found another way to bolster Jet.com — with the purchase of online shoe and apparel retailer ShoeBuy.com for $70 million. The deal is...

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Ban Be Gone: Walmart, Visa Reach Deal On Canadian Credit Cards
Ban Be Gone: Walmart, Visa Reach Deal On Canadian Credit Cards
January 06, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Walmart ended a fight with Visa, paving the way for customers in Canada to pay with Visa credit cards again. According to a report by Bloomberg,...

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Getting Ready For 2017? Not Before You Read This
Getting Ready For 2017? Not Before You Read This
January 02, 2017  |  Karen Webster

Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. The goal:...

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Promising Partnerships Edition: PayPal, The Card Networks And Walmart
Promising Partnerships Edition: PayPal, The Card Networks And Walmart
December 26, 2016  |  Data Dive

The last days of the year are always filled with many things — shopping, holiday festivities, brainstorming resolutions and, if you’re a major payments player,...

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