BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is enhancing its Live Better U (LBU) education benefit, paying 100% of the cost of college tuition and books for associates enrolled in the program. Starting on August 16, the retailer will eliminate the $1 a day fee it had charged for participating associates, the company said Tuesday. This means approximately
CINCINNATI — Always and Walmart are taking action, in partnership with the Women’s Sports Foundation, to help girls stay in sports by highlighting the important life skills that come from continued participation through puberty. To further rally society to #KeepHerPlaying, they are continuing their partnership with Olympic gold medal gymnast Laurie Hernandez and enlisting social
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is inviting customers to take control of their health at Walmart Wellness Day, a free event on Saturday, July 24, where they can get health screenings and wellness resources at pharmacies nationwide, as well as immunizations in one easy location. The goal of Walmart Wellness Day is to help customers get back
GENEVA, Switzerland — Leading retailers H&M Group, Ingka Group (IKEA), Kingfisher and Walmart have launched a new climate change initiative – the Race to Zero Breakthroughs: Retail Campaign – in partnership with the COP26 High Level Climate Action Champions and supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Retailers have pledged their support to accelerate a movement
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart said Thursday that the Walmart MoneyCard issued by Green Dot Bank now offers its customers more ways to access, manage and move their money. “We are excited to work with Green Dot to provide a more convenient and innovative way for customers to manage their finances with the new Walmart MoneyCard,
BOWIE, Md. — Inovalon announced an expansion and extension of the long-term engagement with Walmart (NYSE: WMT) to provide cloud-based capabilities through the Inovalon ONE Platform in its extensive network of pharmacies nationwide as part of its data-driven strategy to improve outcomes and economics for its customers. Under the agreement, Walmart will extend its engagement
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is empowering people with increased access to their health data through a free, secure digital wallet that they own and decide whether to use to share their health information, starting with the COVID-19 vaccine record. The offering provides individuals with an opportunity to securely store their COVID-19 vaccine record in their
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart+ members are now able to unlock exclusive savings on thousands of the most commonly prescribed medications through a new members-only prescription savings program the retailer is calling Walmart+ Rx for less. Walmart+ Rx for less joins a growing list of benefits offered to Walmart+ members. The program delivers additional savings on the most
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – GNC announced on Monday an exclusive agreement with Walmart and will begin selling a select assortment of products in their stores and Walmart.com. Through Walmart’s national footprint, a curated selection of GNC’s products will be more accessible than ever before the company said. “Millions know and trust our brand, and with this
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced of Friday that all their U.S. store locations will close for Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, as a ‘thank you’ to associates for their continued hard work during the pandemic. Associate Elizabeth Brown, a people lead from Store 5260 in Rogers, Arkansas, shared the exciting news before a crowd of approximately
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has developed a new productivity app for store associates, and the company said Thursday it plans to give more than 740,000 workers new phones to use it with. The Me@Walmart app was developed by the Walmart Global Tech team for U.S. store associates with the aim of simplifying their daily tasks
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart said on Tuesday that has picked the finalists for its eighth annual Open Call event, and more than 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses have received official invitations to pitch their shelf-ready products to Walmart merchants. Walmart said this is the largest number of business owners ever to take part in the
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart on Tuesday reported first-quarter sales and earnings that handily beat expectations. Comp sales for the company’s Walmart U.S. division increased 6.0% with market share gains in grocery and operating income increased 26.8%. Walmart U.S. e-commerce sales grew 37% with strong results across all channels, contributing approximately 360 basis points to comp
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart announced Thursday that it is making progress toward its goal of having its operations 100% powered by renewable energy by 2035. “In 2020, renewable sources supplied an estimated 36% of our electricity needs globally,” said Mark Vanderhelm, vice president of energy and facilities management at Walmart. “To date, our actions will
