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Walmart will make local "white label" deliveries for other retailers

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 24, 2021
The retail giant already has a well developed "last-mile" delivery network in parts of the country.
Walmart announced Tuesday that it will be expanding its delivery service to handle shipments from other businesses in a "white label" shipping service called GoLocal.
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Department stores rebound, but have a long way to go

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 20, 2021
This week, we saw positive quarterly earnings from Macy’s and Kohl's, and news that Amazon plans to open what are essentially department stores.
Customers enter a Kohl's store on Aug. 21, 2018 in San Rafael, California.
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Walmart's vaccine mandate may be a sign of things to come

by Kristin Schwab
Aug 2, 2021
It's a test case for other businesses considering mandates. The company has influence on the service industry at large.
A woman wearing a facemask walks in front a Walmart store in July 2020. Walmart is requiring vaccines for corporate employees but not retail workers.
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What drives corporations to sign — or not sign — a letter opposing voting restrictions?

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 14, 2021
Amazon, Netflix and Starbucks joined a public statement, but Coca-Cola, Walmart and others did not.
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola expressed concern about Georgia's recent voting-rights restrictions but afterward did not join many other companies in making a public statement.
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How will Walmart keep its sales growth going?

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 18, 2021
The giant retail chain received a big boost from the pandemic, but sales are starting to drop off.
Walmart's profits rely primarily on customer loyalty.
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Walmart wants to be your bank

by Kristin Schwab
Jan 12, 2021
It's making a bet that people will want to bank where they already get their groceries, pet care and prescriptions.
Walmart is creating a bank that may strengthen its position in retailing.
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Walmart unleashes new pet offerings

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 16, 2020
Can the mega-retailer compete with specialty stores in the nearly $100 billion pet sector?
A newly adopted pup gets a belly rub in Escondido, California. More Americans have acquired pets during the pandemic.
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Grocers are scrambling to face another pandemic panic

by Kristin Schwab
Sep 28, 2020
And they can't rely on their usual algorithms to decide what to stock up on.
People keep social distance as they line up in front of a supermarket in New York City.
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The next TikTok could well be on the way to the U.S. before long

by Scott Tong and Jennifer Pak
Sep 22, 2020
The wildly popular video-sharing app may be the beginning of a new era in Chinese tech.
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What Oracle and Walmart see in TikTok

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 21, 2020
It's about data.
A TikTok office in Culver City, California. Both Oracle and Walmart are interested in data.
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