SHELTON, Conn. — Walmart is the leading venue for sales of household products, according to research by TABS Analytics. Walmart accounts for 16.4% of sales in the $75 billion household products market, TABS revealed in a recent webinar. That compares to 14.9% for food retailers, 9.5% for dollar stores, 9.3% for home improvement stores. E-commerce
Retail jobs are changing, and the arrival of robot “workers” in stores will only accelerate that evolutionary shift. Walmart recently acknowledged that it is testing the use of robots that can move down the aisles of its stores, scanning shelves for out-of-stock items, missing shelf tags or other problems. The robots are said to be
The holiday selling season has arrived, and it promises to be a memorable one for several reasons. A decade after the financial crisis that triggered the Great Recession, the U.S. economy has finally stabilized, with low unemployment and strong growth. Those conditions have led retail industry watchers to predict solid sales increases over the next
NEW YORK — Nielsen announced Thursday that it had been named Walmart’s preferred provider of point-of-sale data, and was expanding its partnership with the giant retailer. Nielsen chief executive officer Mitch Barns shared details of the arrangement during the the company’s Investors Day conference. According to Barns, Nielsen and Walmart are teaming up to create
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Walmart’s Jet.com online retail unit has unveiled a new consumer essentials brand called Uniquely J. More than 50 SKUs are now available for Uniquely J, spanning such categories as coffee, condiments, cleaning, laundry, pantry, paper and food storage. Jet.com said more items will be added to the brand in the coming months
As this issue of MMR was going to press, Walmart was widely reported to be in the midst of serious discussions with Lord & Taylor about bringing the department store operator’s merchandise offerings to walmart.com as part of a larger effort to counter the appeal of Amazon in the battle to win the hearts and
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is testing the use of robots that can move down the aisles of its stores, scanning shelves for out-of-stock items, missing shelf tags or other problems. The company says the aim is not to reduce the number of employees in its stores, but to use automation to handle tasks that are
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — KISS Products Inc. is expanding retail distribution of its KISS Gold Edition hair appliances and accessories to Walmart and Kroger. KISS said Wednesday that the rollout to the two mass chains builds on KISS Gold Edition’s launch in July exclusively at Amazon.com. The four-product KISS Gold Edition line comes in metallic, matte gold
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart expects that its U.S. online sales will grow 40% in its next fiscal year, which starts on February 1. That forecast came ahead of the giant retailer’s annual meeting for the investment community on Tuesday, during which the company announced plans to redesign its website, double its number of online grocery
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is now live on the Google Express e-commerce site, and the retailer is offering its customers a deal to get them to try ordering merchandise by voice. From now until January 15, any customer who buys a Google Home or Google Home Mini speaker from Walmart will receive a coupon good
BENTONVILLE, Ark. —Walmart has acquired Parcel, a company specializing in same-day delivery of perishable and non-perishable goods to customers in New York City. “Delivery is increasingly one of the most important elements for today’s online shoppers, as demands for speed, flexibility, and reliability continue to grow,” Nate Faust, senior vice president, Walmart U.S. e-commerce supply
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Walmart’s Jet.com plans to introduce a line of upscale private label merchandise aimed at urban millennials. The new brand, called Uniquely J, will include food, beverages and household goods, and is expected to debut in the next two months, according to published reports, which indicated that the line will later expand into