All Walmart articles – Page 6
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OpinionFour ways to better merge physical and digital: lessons from global retail
How can retailers better merge the physical and digital worlds? Nicki Sprinz, managing director of digital experience agency ustwo, shares examples from around the world.
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NewsWalmart scraps use of Bossa Nova’s stock-checking robots
Walmart has cut ties with inventory robotics start-up Bossa Nova and will return to staff-based methods of stock-checking in its stores.
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Opinion‘Don’t underestimate the power of partnerships post-pandemic’
The idea of togetherness is one that has shone through in countless ways amid the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsDixons Carphone, AO.com and Walmart offer rival Prime Day Sales
Retailers including Dixons Carphone, AO.com and Walmart are all offering autumn Sales in competition with Amazon’s delayed Prime Day.
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AnalysisProfile: Asda’s new owners – the billionaire brothers with community values
Britain’s third-largest supermarket chain Asda has returned to private ownership, but who are the billionaire brothers behind the £6.8bn deal? Retail Week takes a closer look at Mohsin and Zuber Issa.
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NewsIssa brothers’ Asda swoop ‘not a traditional private equity deal’
Asda’s chief financial officer has said the £6.8bn sale of the retailer is “not a traditional private equity deal” as the billionaire Issa brothers reflect the grocer’s values and long-term strategic aims.
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NewsWalmart completes sale of Asda to Issa brothers for £6.8bn
Walmart has completed the sale of UK grocery chain Asda to global convenience and forecourts retail business co-founders the Issa brothers for £6.8bn.
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NewsEG Group founders and TDR Capital lead race for £6.5bn Asda deal
The co-founders of EG Group and TDR Capital have moved into pole position in the race to buy Asda.
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NewsWalmart set to choose preferred bidder in Asda deal
The Walmart board convened last week to decide on its preferred bidder in the Asda takeover deal.
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NewsPrivate equity firm Lone Star drops out of race to buy Asda
US private equity firm Lone Star has reportedly dropped out of the bidding war to purchase Asda, leaving asset manager Apollo as the leading suitor.
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NewsWalmart TikTok deal in doubt after Trump calls for US ‘total control’
US president Donald Trump has poured cold water on the mooted Oracle and Walmart takeover of TikTok, demanding the US companies have total control over the app.
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NewsAsda deal could be struck this week
A sale of Asda could be agreed later this week by parent company Walmart, it is understood.
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NewsWalmart throws down gauntlet to Amazon with subscription service launch
Walmart has lifted the lid on details of its long-awaited subscription service as it ramps up its fightback against online rival Amazon.
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Opinion‘How to navigate the future of shopping on social media’
As Walmart and Microsoft make moves to buy TikTok, Lena Roland, managing editor, WARC Knowledge at WARC, sets out how businesses can navigate the challenges and seize new opportunities in the world of shoppable media
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Opinion‘Walmart’s TikTok interest is $30bn worth of evidence that retail has changed forever’
If ever something deserved an exclamation mark, it was the news that retail powerhouse Walmart hopes to snap up video-sharing social media network TikTok in a deal worth as much as $30bn.
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NewsWalmart and Microsoft join forces on TikTok bid
Walmart has joined forces with Microsoft to launch a multibillion-dollar bid for TikTok’s US business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Walmart and Kroger really beat Amazon at its own game?
Kroger has followed US grocery rival Walmart by launching its own marketplace. Retail Week analyses whether the two grocery giants really have what it takes to challenge Amazon.
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NewsAsda bids lined up by former CEO and ex-Debenhams boss
Former chief executives of Debenhams and Asda are understood to be working with private equity groups on a bid for the supermarket chain.
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NewsAsda eyes ecommerce expansion as online sales double
Asda has said it plans to expand its online delivery capacity to 1 million slots a week by next year after seeing online sales double in its second quarter.
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NewsWalmart joins forces with Instacart to boost same-day delivery credentials
Walmart has joined forces with Instacart to offer same-day delivery in four US markets as it seeks to rival Amazon’s rapid fulfilment proposition.