BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is acting to ease supply chain bottlenecks by raising pay for first-year truck drivers and expanding a training program for employees who would like to become truckers. Walmart announced this month it was boosting starting pay for drivers in its trucking fleet to between $95,000 and $100,000 a year. The retailer
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Valvoline Inc. on Wednesday named former Walmart executive Lori Flees as the president of its Retail Services business segment, reporting directly to CEO Sam Mitchell. Flees joins Valvoline after nearly a decade with Walmart where she most recently held the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer of its health
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Lori Flees has left her position as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Walmart Health & Wellness. She announced her departure from Walmart in a post on her LinkedIn page on Friday. Lori Flees “Thank you to all the associates I had the opportunity to meet and serve – you
SAN FRANCISCO — Walmart recently announced its 9th annual Open Call and, for the fourth year in a row, is teaming up with RangeMe to streamline submissions for the industry-leading initiative to find products made, grown, and assembled in the United States. “We are excited to continue partnering with Walmart on Open Call for the
NEW YORK — Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s Palmolive brand and Walmart are shaking up the dish soap category with the launch of Palmolive Shake & Clean Dish Soap, which cuts grease on dishes while helping consumers reduce plastic waste consumption. The dish soap is one way the brand said it is reimagining a future with less plastic.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has introduced two new offerings that the company said will help make it simple, easy and affordable for customers to live better. Walmart becomes the first retailer to exclusively offer BetterUp for Caregivers and Easy Vitamin Plan subscriptions to customers across the United States, according to Julie Barber, senior vice president
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart on Monday opened the application period for its ninth annual Open Call event, which will give companies a chance to pitch their American-made products to the giant retailer. Open Call — scheduled for June 28 and 29 — is Walmart’s largest sourcing event that is dedicated to bringing products made, grown
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart and British retailer Space NK are teaming up to bring a collection of prestige beauty products to Walmart.com and nearly 250 Walmart stores nationwide this summer, the companies said Monday. The collaboration, called BEAUTYSPACENK, aims to leverage Walmart’s size and scale with the iconic British personal care and beauty company’s assortment
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Customer satisfaction with retail is relatively stable, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s 2021-2022 ranking. The Retail Trade sector as a whole saw its score dip just 0.5% to 75.1 (out of 100). “Cool stability,” says ACSI managing director David VanAmburg. “That’s the best way to describe the retail sector
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has reportedly named Creighton Kiper its newest vice president of merchandising, beauty. The announcement comes weeks after Kiper’s predecessor, Musab Balbale, departed the company. Kiper previously held the role of merchandising vice president of wellness at Walmart, with responsibility for merchandising in stores and online for the U.S. market. He also
NEW YORK — Musab Balbale has left his position as vice president and general manager of Walmart beauty to take the top merchant role at CVS Health. Starting at the end of the month, he will fill the post that has been vacant since senior vice president and chief merchant George Coleman left in July.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is testing a new store format that is designed to make the shopping experience more engaging and enjoyable for consumers. Unveiled at the retailer’s incubator location, Store 4108 in Springdale, Ark., the concept is called Time Well Spent. It aims to make Walmart’s physical stores into destinations where customers want to