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Walmart Tests Store Without Cashiers As COVID-19 Accelerates Change

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Whether cashiers go the way of the horse and buggy could hinge on an experiment Walmart is running in Arkansas. The Arkansas experiment comes as Walmart embarks on a major overhaul on how it interacts with its customers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. according to local news reports.

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Walmart Eyes Robo-Vans For Warehouses

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Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test out a self-driving vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We This fills a big gap in the market.”. Earlier this month, Walmart’s U.S.

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Walmart Divests Of Shoes.com, Bare Necessities Brands As Part Of Digital Streamlining

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27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. operation in Culver City, California. “We Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand. We believe a potential relationship with TikTok U.S.

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Walmart To Accept EBT Cards For Online Groceries

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Amazon, Dash’s Market, Safeway and others also participated. Spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test a vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We

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Walmart To Lay Off 1K Employees At Its Headquarters

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Bloomberg reported news that between 400 and 500 jobs were cut this week in marketing, human resources, merchandising, real estate and other departments. We’ve been looking at our structure for some time as we explore ways to operate more effectively,” the company said in an emailed statement.

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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That seems like a lifetime in this business,” said Congressman French Hill of Arkansas. lags behind other markets in real-time payments adoption, and look to more advanced services in other markets for best practices. This mirrors our ACH system, which has two operators,” she noted. “To

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Walmart’s International Omnichannel Expansion

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Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. Amazon also faces competition from Walmart as the latter bolsters its eCommerce and omnichannel efforts in other markets. which offers crowdsourced on-demand delivery in Chile and Mexico.

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