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Updated On: 20 Feb 2024 | 9:37 PM IST

Walmart has unveiled plans to dive further into the world of artificial intelligence -- and drones -- to improve its customers' shopping experiences. In a Tuesday keynote at trade show CES in Las Vegas, the nation's largest retailer announced that it would be expanding its drone delivery to 1.8 million additional households in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area later this year. Drones aren't new to Walmart -- which has already completed 20,000 drone deliveries across seven states to date -- but company leaders say that this expansion displays growing demand and efficiency. Walmart executives said no other rival has gotten this close to this type of drone concentration of households in a big metro market. Among AI advances, Walmart announced a generative AI-powered search experience for iOS customers, which suggests relevant products for consumer queries ranging from football watch parties to bridal showers. The company also provided a glimpse into InHome Replenishment, which ...

Updated On: 10 Jan 2024 | 7:10 AM IST

Traders are still apprehensive about big retail, but organised players from Reliance Retail to Walmart are eager to forge alliances with them

Updated On: 03 Jan 2024 | 10:14 PM IST

'The category expansion over the last 15 years has been incredible …The ingenuity, the grit, the education of the labour force are a strategic advantage in India'

Updated On: 08 Nov 2023 | 6:00 AM IST

The platform will charge users an onboarding price of 199 rupees, while there will be no charge for trades of up to 400 rupees, the company said in a statement

Updated On: 30 Aug 2023 | 1:54 PM IST

Retail giant Walmart is laying off hundreds of employees at its e-commerce facilities across the US as part of an adjustment in staffing "to better prepare for the future needs of customers"

Updated On: 24 Mar 2023 | 3:54 PM IST

Wal-Mart India Pvt Ltd, which operates Best Price Flipkart wholesale stores, has witnessed its loss widening to Rs 299.01 crore in FY22 despite its revenue from operations going up, according to financial data accessed by business intelligence platform Tofler. Wal-Mart India, in which Flipkart acquired 100 per cent interest in July 2020, had reported a net loss of Rs 200.80 crore in FY21. The company's revenue in FY22 grew 6.9 per cent to Rs 5,349.98 crore as compared to Rs 5,004.88 crore for the financial year ended on March 31, 2021. Its total income also went up 6.40 per cent to Rs 5,361.72 crore for the financial year that ended on March 31, 2022. It was Rs 5,038.75 crore in FY21. Wal-Mart India's revenue from other income was at Rs 11.73 crore in FY22. Its total expenses in FY22 were at Rs 5,660.74 crore, up 8.03 per cent in comparison to the previous year. Flipkart Wholesale stores sell personal care products, home care appliances and laundry utilities besides staples, spic

Updated On: 31 Oct 2022 | 11:08 PM IST

The US retail giant operates more than 400 stores and is one of the largest online retailers and fastest growing marketplace platforms in Canada

Updated On: 27 Sep 2022 | 8:21 PM IST

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Updated On: 25 May 2022 | 2:54 PM IST

New Indian e-commerce rules will raise costs for all online retailers but particularly Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart as they may have to review their business structures, senior industry sources said

Updated On: 23 Jun 2021 | 7:06 AM IST

In July, Flipkart announced the acquisition of Walmart India for an undisclosed amount, and launched 'Flipkart Wholesale'

Updated On: 26 Nov 2020 | 8:32 PM IST

The 152-year-old Tata Group is talking to Walmart Inc. for a $25 billion investment in a "super-app," a multipurpose online platform

Updated On: 05 Oct 2020 | 9:48 PM IST

According to ongoing discussions between the two companies, the super app could be launched as a joint venture between Tata and Walmart

Updated On: 29 Sep 2020 | 12:14 PM IST

Flipkart Wholesale's 'Big Festival Month' would offer a wide range of products in categories

Updated On: 29 Sep 2020 | 12:14 AM IST

West Bengal and Odisha governments have said that Flipkart can be associated as a technology service provider of Diageo -backed HipBar, an Indian alcohol home delivery mobile app

Updated On: 14 Aug 2020 | 6:16 PM IST

Says a few sellers will get preferential treatment, Flipkart will engage in deep discounting in groceries

Updated On: 27 Jul 2020 | 9:18 PM IST

Flipkart says it would leverage the strong wholesale capabilities of the company and enable growth for kiranas and MSMEs

Updated On: 24 Jul 2020 | 12:57 AM IST

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Updated On: 23 Jul 2020 | 5:25 PM IST

With muted economic sentiment, we expect that customers will move towards more value purchases, Walmart India Best Price CEO Sameer Aggarwal said

Updated On: 21 Jun 2020 | 9:22 PM IST

The special package of incentives for the smaller format mom and pop stores is likely to be a part of the e-commerce policy being drafted by the Commerce and Industry Ministry

Updated On: 20 Jun 2020 | 6:39 PM IST