On June 28, Walmart is inviting more than 500 businesses from across the U.S. to pitch their Made in the U.S.A. products at its Bentonville, AR, headquarters, providing entrepreneurs the opportunity to potentially reach the retailer’s consumers in-store and online.
With online retail competition becoming ever sharper, eBay is making a move to grab the attention of digital shoppers with a price match guarantee.
Walmart has taken another step to expand its presence in the world of e-commerce with the pending acquisition of Bonobos, a men’s apparel company, for $310 million in cash.
At the company’s 47th annual shareholders’ meeting, Wal-Mart Stores president and CEO Doug McMillon said the retailer had begun inventing the future of shopping “again.”
Walmart has introduced virtual reality into its employee training program.
Walmart has unveiled a plan to invest $450 million in Florida that includes the opening of new stores, store remodels and establishing an e-commerce distribution center.
In nominating HomeWorld’s 2017 Retailer of the Year (see the May 22 issue) after a shaky end to 2016 and beginning to this year for many operators, one particularly intriguing example of resilience was hard to ignore: Walmart U.S.
As the spring weather warmed much of the country in mid-May, the housewares industry digested the first quarter earnings reports from a host of retailers.
Walmart’s omnichannel initiatives seem to be paying off, as the retailer grew its comp sales in the first quarter, highlighted by strong e-commerce growth.
Jon Barker has left Walmart-owned Hayneedle.com, where he was president and CEO, to take the position of president and COO at Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings.
