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While Walmart has more than 100 clinics in its more than 5,000 stores nationwide, company executives said the walk-in health centers offer a cost-effective way for patients to receive acute and chronic medical care. As a result, the company plans to expand its network of clinics over the next few years.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart and JD.com, China’s largest e-commerce company by revenue, on Monday announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to better serve consumers across China through a combination of e-commerce and retail.

For Walmart, the alliance greatly expands its opportunity in China e-commerce and provides its stores and Sam’s Clubs with potential traffic from JD.com’s significant base of online customers and same-day delivery network to serve its customers.

Brookshire Grocery Co. has revealed the new banner name for the Walmart Express stores it is acquiring.

Walmart is working with a robotics company to develop a shopping cart that helps customers find items on their lists and saves them from pushing a heavy cart through a store and parking lot. (Bloomberg)

BOSTON – Kantar Retail on Tuesday released the first of two Breakthrough Insights reports to be distributed in 2016.

LOS ANGELES – Personal care products brand Steripod has expanded the distribution for its market leading clip-on toothbrush protector.

The product is now available in 30,000 stores across the United States, including for the first time at 6,000 CVS and 6,000 Walgreens stores. Additionally, Steripod has added 200 Meijer stores, Shopco Wisconsin locations and will roll out to 1,000 plus Kroger Group stores nationwide later this year.

In a new study released exclusively to Adweek, Boston-based consultancy C Space homed in on consumer loyalty among the big retail players, attempting to flesh out some insights about what makes shoppers come back. (Adweek)