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  • How Amazon and Walmart going ‘small’ can affect drug store retailers

    SEATTLE and BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The state of brick-and-mortar retail appears poised to change significantly in the near future with Amazon and Walmart introducing smaller grocery and convenience locations in early December.

    Amazon introduced its first Amazon Go small-format location, spanning 1,800 square feet in downtown Seattle, a step beyond its current Amazon Fresh online ordering service. The store is currently open as a beta version to employees only and is expected to open to the general public in early 2017.

  • Walmart makes $250K donation to Tennessee wildfires

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will provide $250,000 in support to help relief efforts for those affected by the Tennessee wildfires in Sevier County.

    The wildfires have killed 14 people, injured an additional 175 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 homes and businesses, according to media reports.

  • Record number of Fortune 500 Cos. score '100' on 2017 Corporate Equality Index

    WASHINGTON —  The nation’s major companies are advancing in record numbers vital policies and practices to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers around the world, according to the 2017 Corporate Equality Index released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization.

  • Walmart tests convenience-store format with online grocery pickup service

    Walmart has opened a 4,000-sq.-ft. format that offers pick-up of online grocery orders and a convenience store that also sells snacks, beverages and more. 
       
    The 4,000-sq.-ft. location, in Thornton, Colo., also has an on-site gasoline station, the Denver Business Journal reported.

    It’s the second location for the concept, with the retailer opening its first pickup and fuel station in April, in Huntsville, Ala., according to the report.

  • Industry’s best and brightest collaborate at 18th DSN Industry Issues Summit

    NEW YORK — Some 275 retail and CPG executives descended on the New York Athletic Club Thursday to talk about the future role the industry can play in chronic care management, how companies can embrace technology to better serve customers and patients and where the industry is headed at the 18th annual DSN Industry Issues Summit. The event was preceded Wednesday night with a cocktail reception at the Redeye Grill near Central Park. 
     

  • ItemMaster signs content partnership with Walmart.com

    CHICAGO -- ItemMaster on Thursday announced a new content partnership with Walmart.com to make available manufacturer's Complete & Verified product records. This allows IM Certified Brand Content and additional IM Content+ branded content such as videos and commercials to be made accessible to shoppers surfing Walmart.com.

  • Walmart mounts big offense for Cyber Monday

    Walmart has fired the first shot in the Cyber Monday wars.
     
    The discounter said it will launch its “Cyber Week” sales several days early this year, with the first round to be offered on Friday, Nov. 25, at 12:01 a.m. (EST).
     
    In announcing the deals, Walmart noted it has nearly tripled its online assortment to more than 23 million products from 8 million last year, with the growth partially driven by the increase in the chain’s third-party sellers.
        

  • CBS News tackles the omnichannel retailer's dilemma

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