PYMNTS

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 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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

New technology often starts out at the U.S. 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). Prison Payments.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. With the technology, the home improvement retailer is able to provide its customers with the “convenience of self-service and time savings,” Johnston said.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

It’s a problem that still vexes retailers: How to craft logistics so that online consumers don’t abandon you. Among the projects with the most interest is whether Target can sell more online goods by exploiting its Shipt delivery service. The retailer also offers free store pickup of online grocery orders.).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Amazon and eBay, rivals in online commerce for the last 20 years or so, will now be heading to court to face off. Grocery delivery is coming for Walmart customers in Arkansas in a way few customers have ever seen before. Scuffle of the Week: Amazon and eBay Head to Court.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. He said the technology is a “new era in commerce. And that was just the serious stuff.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The lawsuit represents Amazon’s latest effort to take on the rampant counterfeit trade taking place in its online marketplace. Big Play of the Week: SNAP Comes To All Online Grocery Pickup. To use SNAP in combination with online grocery is much like the experience using any payment card.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

In early 2017 the USDA pushed out a pilot program that allowed SNAP enrollees to buy groceries online with their card in seven states and with seven grocery partners: Amazon, FreshDirect, Safeway, Dash’s Market, Hy-Vee, ShopRite and Hart’s Local Grocers. As technology advances, it is important for SNAP to advance, too.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

The latest June count for where Walmart Pay is available is: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C. PayPal’s Consumer Support.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

There is a possibly apocryphal story of Amazon’s early days (around 2001) where Founder Jeff Bezos was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas to discuss the possibility of Walmart purchasing his still young – and, at this point, struggling – online bookstore. Customers will also be able to use the service online at Walmart.com.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

Looking ahead,” said President and CEO Doug McMillon , “we will compete with technology, but win with people. Walmart has “started to invent the future of shopping again,” using technology to empower associates and improve the customer experience, McMillon told 14,000 associates during the company’s 47 th Annual Shareholders Meeting.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

And nearly every area across the industry will be impacted by the technology’s rise. One of the biggest hurdles for artificial intelligence in healthcare will be overcoming inertia to overhaul current processes that no longer work, and experimenting with emerging technologies. More than 2,000 hospitals accept WeChat payment.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

Two Finovate alums scored big rounds: Zooz raised $24 million for its payment technology. Payments technology. Online bookkeeping service. Accelerator: VC Fintech Accelerator (Little Rock, Arkansas). Total dollars raised YTD is now $14.3 billion, more than twice the $6.6 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Below, we analyze how AI, machine learning, and computer vision-based technologies — including robots used for heavy lifting, navigation, and assembly tasks — are impacting all parts of the retail chain, from the manufacturing of goods all the way to their distribution. Consumer channels: online vs in-store. Table of contents.

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