BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates, as the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic drove sales gains. Comp-store sales were up 9.3% for the quarter, led by strength in general merchandise and food. Walmart U.S. e-commerce sales grew 97% with strong results across all channels. Total revenue for the quarter was
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart will turn the parking lots of about 160 of its stores into temporary drive-in movie theaters beginning this month, the company said on Wednesday. Created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival, the Walmart Drive-in experience will take place from August 14 through October 21, and will involve 320 showings of
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Sean Slovenski, senior vice president and president of health and wellness for Walmart U.S., is leaving the company. “We are excited to continue building and expanding on what he created at Walmart,” Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner wrote in a memo to staff Tuesday night. The company will name a new health
SAN FRANCISCO — Walmart announced its 7th annual Open Call for U.S. manufactured products, and for the second year in a row, is teaming up with RangeMe to streamline submissions for the industry-leading initiative. “We are thrilled to be working with Walmart on Open Call 2020,” says Nicky Jackson, CEO and founder of RangeMe. “It’s an outstanding
BOWIE, Md. — Inovalon announced a long-term engagement with Walmart’s Specialty Pharmacy business to provide cloud-based capabilities through the Inovalon ONE Platform as part of its data-driven strategy to improve outcomes and economics for its customers. The high-complexity and high-cost nature of specialty pharmacy stands to benefit significantly from the capabilities enabled through the Inovalon
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart shoppers will have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to do their Black Friday shopping this year, the company said on Tuesday. Unlike in recent years, the company plans to close its Walmart stores and Sam’s Club outlets in the United States on Thanksgiving day. The move was framed as
NEW YORK – The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners and leading retailers CVS Health, Target and Walmart have joined forces with the aim to reinvent the single-use plastic retail bag, with the goal of identifying, testing and implementing viable design solutions and models that more sustainably serve the purpose of the current retail
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart made it official on Wednesday: Shoppers in Walmart and Sam’s Club outlets will be required to wear face coverings, effective July 20. “While we’re certainly not the first business to require face coverings, we know this is a simple step everyone can take for their safety and the safety of others
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nevada-based hemp and CBD brand, Canna Hemp continues its year of expansion following multiple account acquisitions and a successful round of meetings at the ECRM conference. Canna Hemp has been expanding into some of the largest online retailers in the United States market, including Amazon. Now, the brand has made its
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Men who prefer to smell uncommon without over-spending now can find Cremo cologne at Walmart, as the men’s grooming brand launches two new fragrances, “Bourbon Vanilla” and “Iced Citron & Driftwood,” at select locations of the nation’s largest retailer. Known for its sophisticated, clean scents for men, the Cremo cologne collection
LOGANVILLE, Ga. — The third Walmart Health center, a facility that promises a wide range of affordable health care services in an accessible mass retail setting, opened Wednesday in a remodeled Supercenter here. This state-of-the-art facility provides quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for members of the Loganville community so they can get the right care at
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart posted strong sales gains across its businesses in the first quarter, with demand driven by the COVID-19 outbreak. Unprecedented demand for products across multiple categories led to strong top-line results. But certain incremental costs negatively affected operating income, including costs associated with enhanced wages and benefits as well as safety and
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has launched a new service, called Express Delivery, that promises to let consumers order from a wide range of products and have them delivered to their doors in less than two hours.Walmart said last week that it had accelerated the development of the service in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has named William White, who has been serving as senior vice president of marketing at Target Corp., to be its new chief marketing officer. The CMO position at Walmart has been vacant since Barbara Messing left the company last August. White’s appointment was announced in an email to employees from Walmart
