BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is eliminating the “people greeter” position at its stores and replacing it with a “customer host” role with such additional duties as handling customer refunds, scanning receipts and checking shopping carts. The change raised concerns that many greeters with disabilities would lose their jobs. Customer hosts need to be able to
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart used its annual supplier forum here to set new goals for plastic waste reduction, and asked its suppliers to help it hit the targets. The company on Tuesday said the changes are expected to impact more than 30,000 items sold in its stores and online. Walmart noted that the new commitments
LOS ANGELES — Hello Bello, a collection of plant-derived baby necessities, was rolled out Monday exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide, on Walmart.com and HelloBello.com. Founded by actors and parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, along with Sean Kane (co-chief executive officer), Jay McGraw (co-chief executive officer) and Jennifer Pullen (chief financial officer and chief operating officer), Hello
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart on Tuesday reported strong profit and revenue figures for the holiday quarter, citing strength across a range of product categories and a 43% surge in digital sales. Revenue was up 1.9% to $138.8 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter. Excluding currency fluctuations, year-on-year revenue growth was 4.2%. Walmart U.S. posted its
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Shoppers rate supermarkets highest in quality and variety compared with discounter rivals such as Aldi and Walmart. But the discounters score highest in terms of shopper perceptions of value. These and other ratings come courtesy of the “2019 U.S. Supermarket Experience Study,” released this week by the Retail Feedback Group, which
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Just in time for the Super Bowl, Walmart.com on Tuesday launched a specialty shop with licensed apparel and other gear for sports fans. The site is being operated in partnership with Fanatics – a brand for sports fans that makes team and player merchandise, and operates such popular sites as NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and Walmart on Friday reached a multi-year agreement in which Walmart will continue participating in the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and Managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks. The companies are not disclosing the financial terms of the new contract. “We are very pleased to have reached a mutually agreeable
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart on Thursday said it has added four delivery companies to bolster its grocery delivery service. The addition of the companies — Point Pickup, Skipcart, AxleHire and Roadie — helps Walmart expand its grocery delivery program, available in more than 800 stores. Another 800 are being added in 2019, the company said
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health said Tuesday that Walmart has opted to leave the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and Managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks. CVS Caremark has requested that Walmart continue to fill prescriptions as an in network participating pharmacy through April 30, 2019. This transition does not impact Walmart’s participation in the CVS
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The spotlight is shining on Walmart’s in-store pickup program with the retailer’s launch this week of a national advertising campaign to promote the fulfillment option. “[W]ith the service now available nationally and growing in both popularity and to even more locations this year, we’re kicking off 2019 with our biggest and first-ever
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is expanding its tests of driverless vehicles via a program to use Udelv autonomous-driving vans to deliver groceries in Surprise, Ariz. “We want to make sure we stay on the cutting edge of grocery delivery by exploring what’s new and next,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart
CHICAGO — Trader Joe’s was again the top-rated grocer in the second annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI), a study that ranks the nation’s 56 largest grocery retailers by a score that takes seven factors into account: price, quality, digital, operations, convenience, discounts/rewards and speed. The retailers who focus their business on superior value perception