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  • Inside look at Walmart’s store of the future

    Watch out Target — Walmart is also looking to reinvent its store experience.
     
    Walmart is testing an array of new initiatives, from sleeker fixtures and signs to a cool BBQ eatery to a giant kiosk for online order pick-up — at a new store in Arkansas, according to TheStreet.
     

  • Wal-Mart looks to future at annual meeting

    The CEO of Wal-Mart Stores called on associates to reimage the chain’s future at the company’s 46th annual shareholders meeting.         “We have the opportunity to reimagine retail again,” said president and CEO Doug McMillon.  

  • Walmart taking on Amazon with same-day delivery pilot

    Walmart is teaming up with a few third-party partners — including two names very familiar to consumers — to take on its biggest rival in the competitive in the area of online delivery.  

  • Walmart finds interesting use for drones

    Drones are getting a lot of attention as a means of delivering products to customers. However, Walmart is reportedly testing the applicability of drones a little further back in the supply chain.

  • Guess what Walmart is bringing back?

    Walmart is reviving a familiar icon to be the symbol of its low-price marketing.

    The discounter announced it is bringing back its yellow smiley image, which has been in hibernation for some 10 years. The image can already be seen in some digital advertising and will expand to television ads and select in-store signage next week.

  • French retailer opens start-up competition with U.S. tech accelerator

    Galeries Lafayette Group is the latest retail entity to launch its own tech accelerator program.

    The French specialty retail conglomerate, which operates the Galeries Lafayette, BHV Marais, Royal Quartz, Louis Pion and Didier Guérin banners, is partnering with Silicon Valley-based technology accelerator and venture fund Plug and Play in the effort. The three-month program aims to develop an integrated platform to assist startups focused on the fashion and retail sectors. It will include access to venture capitalists, mentors, and Fortune 500 companies.

  • Report: Wal-Mart will have to go to native in China to succeed

    With a fast-growing $1.5 trillion grocery market, China is the ultimate prize for Wal-Mart, according to an Associated Press report. But the retailer will have to adapt to succeed in what it is a very different marketplace than America.

    “If the Arkansas-based company wants to win over foreign consumers, it has to shed some of its American ways, and cater to very different customs and conventions that are fast changing,” the report said.

  • TechBytes: Three Retailers Who Threaten Amazon

    Amazon.com is starting to appear like the ‘Teflon e-tailer.”   According to eMarketer data, Amazon captured $79.3 billion in U.S. e-commerce sales between April 2015 and April 2016, growing 13% year-over-year. Its next-closest rival, Walmart, took in just $13.5 billion online in that period. However, Amazon may not be invincible.    Here are three retailers who could pose a real challenge to Amazon’s e-commerce dominance:   
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