Articles about Wal-Mart

Walmart in talks to invest $1B in Flipkart, aiming to challenge Amazon in India

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is in advanced talks to invest $1 billion in Indian e-commerce site Flipkart, as reported today… Read More

Don’t worry, Amazon: Not many plan to sign up for Walmart’s new shipping program

How many people will sign up for Walmart’s upcoming shipping service that is aiming to rival Amazon’s own membership program? Not that many,… Read More

EBay’s comeback plan includes Amazon Prime rival and new advertising services

eBay is working on a new shipping service that may rival Amazon Prime, and has plans for a new advertising service that will… Read More

How to buy the Playstation 4 for $329

If you’ve been waiting for Sony to drop the price of its Playstation 4, well, Wal-Mart has what you need.… Read More

Wal-Mart wedges way into hip mobile finance world with new checking service

Watch out Apple and PayPal, Wal-Mart announced its biggest push into the financial services world this morning with the introduction of a low-cost mobile checking… Read More

Walmart, Barnes & Noble take advantage of Amazon-Hachette fight with big book discounts

Walmart and Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group. While Hachette and Amazon… Read More

Cheaper than the PlayStation 4: Retailers drop Xbox One Titanfall bundle to $450

If you’ve been waiting for the price of the Xbox One to drop before purchasing Microsoft’s newest console, well, today… Read More

Walmart acquires Seattle-based Yumprint to add recipe tech to grocery delivery

@WalmartLabs, which operates as the tech brains behind the big-box retailer, has acquired Yumprint of Seattle. Walmart plans to use… Read More

Wal-Mart to test new in-store locker service, following in Amazon’s footsteps

Wal-Mart is looking to turn its huge brick-and-mortar retail footprint into a beneficial asset as it continues to battle against… Read More

Target wants to eliminate showrooming by matching Amazon prices

Target Corp. introduced an online price-matching program just for the holiday season, but now it looks like it’s permanent. The… Read More

Sweet deal: Wal-Mart offering iPhone 5 for $127, third-gen iPad for $399

Both my colleague John Cook and I are in the market for a new smartphone, and Wal-Mart’s latest deals certainly just caught… Read More

U.S. Postal Service to test same-day delivery service Metro Post

It seems everyone is now experimenting with the concept of same-day package delivery — even The U.S. Postal Service. Today,… Read More

Wal-Mart takes direct aim at Amazon, promises same-day delivery in 10 cities

In July, Amazon.com CFO Thomas Szutak seemed to douse reports that the online retailer would go big with same-day shipping,… Read More

Study of Seattle consumers shows how weather influences online shopping

One particularly bleak January day, while staring at my computer screen for what seemed the 17th hour on an incredibly… Read More

Chart: The most visited retail sites on Thanksgiving Day

Americans not only chowed down on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day. They also visited their favorite online retailers. According… Read More

Are Wal-Mart and Amazon on a collision course?

Two developments this past week signal that Wal-Mart is getting more serious about the online world, and could very well… Read More