BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart said it plans to build four next-generation fulfillment centers that, combined with its existing facilities, will let it offer 95% of the U.S. population next- or two-day shipping on their online orders. The new facilities, the first of which is set to open this summer in Joliet, Ill., will use a
NEW YORK — Blue Apron on Wednesday began offering a selection of its meal kits on Walmart.com, allowing consumers to try the kits without a subscription. The company says it is the first and only meal-kit provider on the Walmart Marketplace platform, which serves millions of monthly active shoppers. “Through our work with Walmart.com Marketplace,
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart plans to implement Symbotic’s robotics and software automation platform in all 42 of its U.S. regional distribution centers, the companies announced on Monday. This is an expansion of Walmart’s prior commitment to deploy Symbotic Systems in 25 regional distribution centers. “The need for accuracy and speed in the supply chain has
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Following a successful pilot at a Walmart location in Arkansas, the retailer and SES-imagotag are expanding their strategic relationship to digitize the shelf-edge. The pilot successfully implemented key technological advances to optimize associate productivity and customer experience, and will now be expanded to a much larger set of Walmart locations across the
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart posted mixed results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Adjusted earnings per share for the three months ended April 30 were $1.30, well short of the $1.48 that analysts had forecast. The company said inflation hurt the bottom line. Revenue beat analysts’ estimates, rising 2.4% to $141.57 billion. Wall Street
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart said it is introducing a career program giving young professionals “the opportunity to jump-start their careers by helping run a multi-million-dollar business: one of our Walmart stores.” The College2Career program will be introduced as a pilot this summer for college students and recent graduates, the retailer said on its website. Walmart
WASHINGTON — President Biden Thursday asked retailers and manufacturers, including Walmart, Target, Reckitt, and Gerber, to do more to help families get infant formula. He discussed Reckitt and Gerber’s efforts to increase production to make up for lost supply from Abbott, and asked them to identify other ways the administration can help them. The conversation
BENTONVILLE. Ark. – Walmart is celebrating the grand opening of its Import Distribution Center in South Carolina, a $220 million facility designed to store and sort imported goods that arrive through the Port of Charleston – the country’s eighth-largest port — for delivery to 850 regional Walmart and Sam’s Club locations across the Southeast. “Our
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is inviting its communities to get healthy this spring at Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday April 23, where customers can receive free glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings as well as COVID-19 vaccines and affordable immunizations like shingles, pneumonia, tetanus, hepatitis, HPV and flu at pharmacies nationwide. The goal of
CHICAGO — Thousands of Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs are teaming up with their customers, members, suppliers and associates for the ninth annual “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” campaign, according to the retailer, which says the campaign will run online and in stores from April 18-May 15. There are three easy ways for consumers to support
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