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JUNE 25, 2019

Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according to a report. Walmart has been adamant about the need to cater to low-income customers, saying that online shopping is not a luxury. Walmart started testing the program in 2017.

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MAY 13, 2020

In a Q&A sent to customers , the Arkansas-based chain explained that the grocery app is not going away – it’s simply being integrated with Walmart’s original app. Say goodbye to one Walmart app. In a few weeks, the world’s largest retailer will phase out its standalone grocery app. The reason?

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Buy a car entirely online, and have it safely delivered, contact-free.” So goes the pitch at online car-buying platform Vroom , which is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to further accelerate the transformation of the used car business. Marketing Cars Online.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

The pilot program will launch in the spring in Bentonville, Arkansas. Research showed that cleaning products were purchased online by 36.6 percent ordered with pharmacy products online. By fall last year, research showed that online grocery shopping was accelerating faster than digital retail and online restaurant meal ordering.

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JULY 30, 2020

“Our customers want to have a seamless experience whether they’re shopping in our stores, using our app or shopping online. Four such clinics currently exist: one in Arkansas and three in Georgia. “We are continuing on our journey to create an omnichannel organization within our Walmart U.S.

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JULY 28, 2019

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered via a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. said in a news release. . “We

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JULY 28, 2019

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered with a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. said in a news release. . “We

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APRIL 6, 2018

To use the Pickup Towers, which are 16 feet tall and approximately 8 feet wide, customers place an order online and receive a barcode on a digital recipe. The retailer debuted the first of the giant self-service kiosks in the fall of 2016 in a Bentonville, Arkansas store.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Under Larry Wilson’s leadership, First Arkansas Bank and Trust’s branch on the Little Rock Air Force Base was named the 2020 Air Force Bank of the Year. Borrowers apply online and can go from application to cash in their checking account in as little as four minutes. Photo by: Dero Sanford. We were glad to do it,” Swetman says.

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APRIL 14, 2020

On Tuesday (April 14), the Arkansas retailer announced special store hours for grocery pickup at select locations for customers over 60. When customers order online, they will see a prompt that shows the criteria for selecting the “at-risk only” timeframe. One month after Walmart Inc. at 2,400 stores.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. The retailer recently announced that it was acquiring online marketplace Cornershop Inc., which offers crowdsourced on-demand delivery in Chile and Mexico. Global eCommerce Transformations.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug.

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MAY 13, 2020

In a Q&A sent to customers , the Arkansas-based chain explained that the grocery app is not going away – it’s simply being integrated with Walmart’s original app. Say goodbye to one Walmart app. In a few weeks, the world’s largest retailer will phase out its standalone grocery app. The reason?

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MARCH 20, 2018

The pilot, according to news from CNBC — which is being tested at Walmart locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, Texas and Colorado — has already exceeded expectations. The tie-in will reduce some friction for both in handling the last-mile element of online sales.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The next round of layoffs, less than 500 positions, will happen next year, as some buildings are consolidated in anticipation of the company’s new corporate headquarters, which will be located about two miles away from its current location in Northwest Arkansas. The new HQ will take five to seven years to complete.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

million was defrauded from lenders by an Arkansas man in a rare case of small business loan fraud. Buguroo operates deep learning technology to detect and prevent online fraud for financial institutions. According to the Magnolia Reporter , $3.3 Its funding will go toward geographic expansion into the U.S.,

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JANUARY 14, 2021

percent of grocery shoppers are ordering groceries online to be delivered at home more now than they did before the pandemic began, while 21 percent are ordering grocery for curbside pickup more than before, and 11.9 percent are ordering groceries online to be picked up in-store more than they did before. Our research shows 22.7

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Walmart has had an online presence in China since 2011 after buying part of the Yihaodian supermarket business. JD.com now controls the Yihaodian brand, website and app, while Walmart continues to handle Yihaodian’s direct sales business and sells on Yihaodian’s online marketplace. Alibaba has 58 percent, and Yihaodian has a mere 1.3

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Walmart Gets Green Light to Start Drone Delivery Near Arkansas HQ . Walmart this week got local zoning approval from the city of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, near its company headquarters, to start using the chain’s local store as a drone launch-and-delivery hub.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

According to an article published by Arkansas Online , findings unveiled that a four-day delivery window was actually 10 days long. Walmart is raising the bar on product delivery after two years of study on how goods flow from suppliers and retail distribution centers onto store shelves.

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JULY 13, 2018

The Plano fuel station is similar to stores recently opened in Crowley, Texas and Rogers, Arkansas. The company had already tested convenience stores in Huntsville, Alabama and Thornton, Colorado that feature pickup of online grocery orders. Walmart continues to forecast 40 percent growth in online sales for 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Walmart is energizing its Jet.com engines to power the online eCommerce site that it acquired two years ago. To get more millennials on board, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is rolling out offerings designed to attract younger, well-to-do consumes in urban areas.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

While Amazon enjoys the spoils of being the online sales leader, Walmart is still the brick-and-mortar king, with 4,748 U.S. It has been widely reported that 90 percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart, and the Arkansas-based retailer has already made strides to integrate these locations into its delivery mix.

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JULY 3, 2018

The move enables the retailer to get items to online customers right away instead of waiting for their purchases to be delivered to their home. percent growth in online sales last year, and that its online business now makes up almost 7 percent of its overall business. And, going forward, Walmart is rolling out 500 more kiosks.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Walmart offers in-store pickups for online orders through 6 p.m. The Arkansas-based retailer announced that shoppers could order a gift or other item on its website as late as 6 p.m. Bucking the trend of staying open later on Christmas Eve, Walmart is underscoring its decision to close earlier this year by two hours. on Christmas Eve.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The focus of the probe will be on whether the company has abused its position in the online advertising market. “I At the Monday press conference, Paxton said Google dominates all sides of the online equation, including buyers and sellers “and even the video side with YouTube,” according to his remarks.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

SoFi, the online lender, is moving ahead with plans to roll out a life insurance product, reportedly acquiring licenses and inking a deal with Protective Life Insurance. During the past two months, SoFi got licenses in more states, including Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, New York and South Dakota.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Walmart’s announcement comes after it applied for a license to test drones for end-to-end fulfillment of online orders in October last year. While the Arkansas-based company got the go-ahead for using drones in its warehouse, it might still be a while before it gets to use the technology for fulfilling drone-powered home deliveries.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

At the Monday press conference, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said the AGs, across political parties and demographics, stand together to “protect the free market, protect competition and … the American consumer … against this online, search engine juggernaut.”. The road may be long — and the probe itself will be sweeping.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As Priceline Group focuses in on its hotel and home rental business, the online travel company announced it had changed its name on Wednesday (Feb. The first Walmart location opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. It is now known as Booking Holdings, according to CNBC reports.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

The first Walmart location opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. It purchased Jet.com last year as a major step toward expanding its online retail offerings and achieving those goals. It was the creation of Sam Walton, who had previously opened several other stores like the Walton’s 5 & 10.

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JUNE 16, 2016

At the 2016 Bloomberg Technology Conference, the robotics company’s Founder and CEO Wendy Roberts said that these next-generation carts are a new opportunity for robotics companies as the brick-and-mortar space undergoes transformation to provide the ease online eCommerce players like Amazon provide.

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JUNE 11, 2018

There’s a very small chance somebody is actually using cash,” said Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for American Airlines, according to Arkansas Online. American Airlines , which stopped accepting cash payments for snacks and drinks on flights in 2010, also wants to eliminate cash for checked bags or overweight bags and other fees.

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JULY 31, 2020

Online grocery sales tripled. 40/29 TV News in Arkansas said it obtained a letter sent to an employee stating that their job would be permanently eliminated. ” According to Bloomberg, the move is part of a streamlining effort to consolidate Walmart’s brick-and-mortar and online divisions. Operating income increased to $5.8

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JUNE 8, 2018

The chain, born in Arkansas, has long served as a cultural, economic and even political signifier — telling others that one shopped at Walmart, or disliked its corporate policies, opened up a host of assumptions and judgements. For at least two generations, Walmart has stood for more than just retail.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A report earlier this week from The Intercept detailed how prison operators in New York, Texas, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas are using — or want to use — voice prints from inmates (and, apparently, not always with the full knowledge of those prisoners). Voice-Print Efforts. That was the case last year in the U.S,

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about Walmart.” Walmart continues to forecast fairly robust online sales growth for 2019, though at a somewhat less impressive rate than expected for the current calendar year.

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