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Walmart announces plans for in-store lockers, expanded fulfillment network

March 27, 2013

Walmart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it would start using its stores to get Internet orders to customers faster, as the world's largest retailer faces increasing competition for quick delivery of physical goods from online retailers like Amazon, Reuters reported.

Walmart said it would soon test the use of lockers to hold goods ordered online. The lockers would store the goods in the stores until shoppers pick them up. It is also expanding its distribution network by doubling the number of stores that can fill orders placed online.

The locker test will start this summer, in about a dozen U.S. stores, the article reported.

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