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☆ Walmart’s new threat to CVS: 30-minute prescription deliveries
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Maria Aguilar Prieto | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Walmart, already partially responsible for the slow demise of America’s drug stores, is launching yet another CVS killer: 30-minute prescription delivery. Walmart’s pitch to costumers is simple – fill your prescription, plus get some groceries delivered to your door, all in one order. Prescription delivery was the number one most-requested service by its customers, the company said in a press release. The company has nearly 4,600 pharmacy locations across the United States. Earlier this month, Walgreens said it is closing approximately 1,200 locations, while CVS said it planned to cut about 2,900 corporate jobs.

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Walmart will start to deliver prescriptions to customers' doorsteps. As CVS and Walgreens shutter hundreds of stores nationwide to shore up profits and investor sentiment, Walmart said Tuesday that it is offering a new option for customers: delivering prescriptions to their doorsteps. The prescription delivery service is another example of how Walmart is trying to outmatch competitors on convenience along with low prices. Still, it is unclear how much market share Walmart could win from CVS and Walgreens, both of which offer same-day, one-day and two-day prescription deliveries. Walmart's delivery service will be available for new prescriptions and refills, the company said.

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Fran Horowitz, Abercrombie & Fitch CEO: The future of retail is small, efficient, omni stores, and they're located where the customer tells us. I get really, really excited about what this means in the operations of the business, using predictive analytics to help us forecast demand. They're worldwide, a zillion stores, and their operations and execution, aside from their merchandising, I think they're always on top of the game. I think you're going to see an interaction with someone in a setting that doesn't look like retail, but looks like a fantastic experience. Nicholas of Sam's Club: Another retail standard that is really going to be important beyond the customer is energy.

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☆ Walmart beefs up its third-party marketplace as it challenges bigger online rival Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In this article WMTAMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTWalmart hosted its first seller summit for its third-party marketplace this summer. Walmart leaders gave third-party marketplace sellers an early gift, too: Waiving extra fees for storing merchandise during the peak season. Already, the company is using the third-party marketplace to try to drum up early business. About 70% of items included in Walmart Plus Week, which coincided with Amazon Prime Day in July, were marketplace items. There are signs Walmart's growing third-party marketplace could help the company defy slower spending patterns and capitalize on inflation-wary shoppers.

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☆ Even Walmart needs a side hustle. Here are 4 other ways the store chain makes its money – besides selling merchandise.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

WalmartLike Walmart Connect, Walmart Luminate — a data monetization platform — has grown in spades since its launch in October 2021. Walmart has been working hard to increase its number of sellers on Walmart Marketplace. Walmart GoLocal launched in 2021. By the end of 2022, Walmart GoLocal delivered from more than 5,000 business and retail locations. "Through Walmart GoLocal, any merchant from national retailers to small town shops can use Walmart's growing delivery platform to power their local delivery efforts.

☆ Walmart's US CEO tells workers not to worry about their jobs despite announcing a major push into store automation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

More specifically, one area where Walmart is seeking to increase investment is in market fulfillment centers (MFCs), which are automated fulfillment centers built within, or added to, a store. Walmart piloted this concept at a store in Salem, New Jersey, in 2019, using automated robot technology from Alert Innovation — a robotics company Walmart acquired in October 2022. Those include "manual MFCs," where associates pick items for online orders but in a separate area from the sales floor. Walmart will still need at least the same level of workers to help in stores even as automation picks up, company leaders say. Still, Walmart is laying off workers at fulfillment centers nationwide.

☆ Walmart rolls out fresh look for its website and app
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Walmart has redesigned its website and app to try to encourage shoppers to browse and buy more. Starting this week, all customers who browse the company's website and app will see bigger and glossier photos, videos and social media-inspired content that Walmart hopes will nudge more purchases. It anticipates same-store sales for Walmart U.S. will increase between 2% and 2.5% excluding fuel, in the fiscal year ahead. He said along with offering low prices, Walmart wants to catch customers' attention by putting fresh, trendy and seasonal items in front of them, such as spring dresses, patio furniture and toys for Easter baskets. He said the website and app's new look could also lift sales for third-party sellers that have joined or could join Walmart's marketplace.

☆ Walmart's new website design might look familiar to Amazon users
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The redesign offers a "product-focused experience," according to Walmart's e-commerce lead. Walmart's new website and app represent its latest move to try to gain ground on rival Amazon. At the end of the company's second quarter in 2020, it reported e-commerce year-over-year sales growth of 97%. For comparison, Walmart's e-commerce sales grew a healthy, but not as remarkable, 17% year-over-year in the most recent quarter. What do you think of Walmart's redesign?

☆ Walmart's not waiting for Black Friday. it's ready for holiday shoppers now
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNNBusiness —Halloween is still a month away, but Walmart is ready for Christmas. Walmart on Thursday said it’s getting the ball rolling on its year-end holiday shopping season at its stores and online as early as next month. The retailer said it is also changing its return policy for Walmart and Walmart+ subscription service customers to give this year’s early gift shoppers more time to make returns. Given the company’s status as an industry bellwether, it’s too soon to say whether Walmart’s earlier-than-usual holiday push could trigger other retailers to follow suit. “If there are fewer gift purchases by consumers, expect to see even more holiday promotions than ever.”

☆ How Tom Ward's YouTube side hustle became the go-to interview for influencers and YouTubers
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-01 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But in 2015, determined to take his career in a new direction, Ward started blogging on his personal website. By early 2017, Ward started blogging about influencer marketing for Forbes, although he didn't follow YouTubers or YouTube culture at the time. When Paul tweeted Ward's article and Ward's Twitter handle, Ward said his phone started "blowing up." After he published his interview with Paul, Ward started interviewing even bigger YouTubers and influencers, like Shane Dawson and Lele Pons. Now, Ward's YouTube channel has more than 5.3 million views, and his easy rapport with influencers has led to even bigger opportunities, like co-hosting a branding-focused podcast with TikToker Griffin Johnson.

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