Walmart testing self-driving vehicles for delivery strategy

September 20, 2021

Walmart is testing self-driving cars in a collaboration that involves Ford Motor and AI provider Argo AI for expanding its product delivery strategy.

Walmart ramps up hiring for holiday season

September 14, 2021

Mega retailer Walmart aims to boost its supply chain workforce by 20,000 as it prepares for the holiday shopping season.

‘Just Walk Out’ heading to Whole Food stores

September 8, 2021

Amazon's cashierless technology, called Just Walk Out, will be part of two Whole Foods Market stores opening in 2022.

Amazon Fresh arrives in Maryland

August 27, 2021

Amazon has opened a first Amazon Fresh grocery store in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Walmart's robust Q2 driven by stimulus spend, economy status

August 18, 2021

Federal stimulus payments, as well as the migration of shoppers back to physical stores, drove robust earnings for Walmart in the second quarter this year.

Why back-to-school in 2021 presents unique opportunity to impress shoppers

This blog was written by Keith Jelinek, managing director; Rick Maicki, managing director; Darren Morrison, managing director, and Frank Jones, director, at…

La Madeleine debuts Express model within Dallas Walmart stores

August 13, 2021

La Madeleine French Bakery & Café has rolled out its first Express store model locations in three Dallas-based Walmart stores.

Amazon launches another Fresh location

August 5, 2021

The latest Amazon Fresh store is in Warrington, Pennsylvania and is open for business.

Bed Bath & Beyond advances digital-first strategy

July 26, 2021

Bed Bath & Beyond and buybyBaby customers can now pick up purchases curbside at any of the retailer's stores before the store is open for the day and as…

Target goes TikTok in search for employees

July 19, 2021

Target is embracing social media platform TikTok in its efforts to find workers.

Sam's Club pilots scan-and-go app

July 14, 2021

Sam's Club is piloting the integration of its scan-and-go app with a program called Scan & Ship that allows customers to place direct-to-home orders while…

Amazon embarks on huge veteran, military spouse hiring effort

July 14, 2021

Amazon aims to hire over 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses within the next three years.

Best Buy latest retailer to shut stores for Thanksgiving

June 16, 2021

Best Buy will not be open on Thanksgiving and is putting many of its Black Friday deals online for the second straight year, according to a CNN report.

Walmart debuts associate app, doles out smartphones to drive use

June 9, 2021

Walmart is deploying a 'All-in-One Associate App,' called Me@Walmart to 74,000 associates and also a Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro smartphone to drive app…

High-Performance Retail POS - Clientron Ares755

The Clientron Ares755 is designed from the ground up for POS retail applications that need a little more kick than low-power systems provide.

Walgreen's taps partner Catalina to drive deeper, more personal shopping experience

April 28, 2021

Walgreens is teaming up with longtime technology partner Catalina in its quest to create a deeper personalized customer experience and providing a deeper value…

Amazon will beat Walmart by 2025, claims research

April 28, 2021

Walmart might not like this news: Amazon is predicted to overtake the retailer, claiming title as largest U.S. retailer, within just four years.

Amazon launches retail beauty salon

April 23, 2021

Amazon is now a beauty salon operator having launched the Amazon Salon in London.

Amazon tapping biometric tech for palm pay approach at Whole Foods

April 21, 2021

Shoppers at one Whole Foods store in Seattle don't need to swipe a credit card to checkout starting today. All they need is their palm, according to a Reuters…

Walmart embracing fast casuals, local services as store-based tenants

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

With the departure of McDonald's and Subway operators from within its storefronts, Walmart aims to fill in-store leased space with "relevant" tenants, ranging…