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Walmart has revealed a new look and feel for its US Supercenters, with inspiration taken from airports to help its shoppers complete a fast and easy trip. App driven experience Walmart has developed a new look and feel for its stores, as reported by the Associated Press. Tested in one store, the exterior and interior of the stores will feature the Walmart app icon. The store entrance area w...

The owners of forecourt operator EG Group are reported to have won the race to be the preferred bidder to buy Asda from Walmart. Issa Brothers and TDR understood to be preferred bidders Though not confirmed by Asda or Walmart at the time of writing, Sky News, citing City sources, has reported that a consortium led by Mohsin and Zuber Issa and backed by TDR Capital has been chosen by Walmart...

We look at Walmart’s plans for Black Friday and the holiday season as it adjusts to the COVID-19 trading environment. Ensuring a fast, easy and safe shopping experience Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walmart is planning for a different holiday shopping experience this year. Last month, it announced that its stores would be closed on Thanksgiving Day, the traditional kick-off to the holiday s...

Walmart is targeting zero emissions across its global operations by 2040. The retailer also plans to manage or restore at least 50m acres of land and 1m square miles of ocean by 2030 to help combat the cascading loss of nature. On the path to becoming a regenerative company These new goals represent a raising of ambitions at Walmart as the retailer aims to play a leading role in transformin...

Having initially been in discussions with Microsoft to make a bid for the social media platform, TikTok, Walmart is partnering with Oracle and other investors to take a stake in a new company, TikTok Global. TikTok Global TikTok is creating a new company called TikTok Global that will be responsible for providing all TikTok services to users in the US and most of the users in the rest of th...

Following the launch of the first Walmart Health facility last year, Walmart has outlined plans to take the initiative to at least 22 locations by the end of next year. Targeting the Florida market The first Walmart Health facility opened in Dallas Georgia, followed by a further four locations in the state and one in Bentonville, Arkansas. This year, the retailer plans to open seven f...

Walmart is introducing a team-based operating model at its US Supercenters following a successful initiative at Sam’s Club over the last 12 months and its launch at its Neighborhood Market stores earlier this year. Building small teams The new model sees Walmart create small teams of associates who will be cross-trained and given ownership of all tasks within their area. This will include s...

Following a pilot programme, Sam’s Club is rolling out Scan & Go for fuel purchases. National roll-out by the end of the year Scan & Go has been hugely popular with Sam’s Club members, with usage increasing significantly since the start of the pandemic. Member adoption rate has doubled over the past 12 months. The retailer is building on this with a mobile pay-at-the-pump experience than br...

Walmart is partnering with Flytrex to pilot drone delivery for grocery and household essential items. Understand the associate and customer experience The pilot is taking place in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The goal of is to take learnings which could form the basis of a larger-scale drone delivery programme. The drones, which are controlled over the cloud using a smart and easy control ...

The grocer brings back "That's Asda Price" in its latest Rollback campaign, amid fierce competition to win shoppers over with everyday low prices. Lower prices on 1000s of products Asda will lower the prices of branded and own label products across the store, including fresh, ambient, non-food, and GM categories. To raise awareness of the price investment, the grocer is bringing back its...