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Walmart hints at one-day free shipping to take on Amazon's $800-mn gameplan

Amazon.com Inc said it would spend $800 million in the current quarter to reduce delivery times for top customers to one day from two

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Rita Devlin and Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg
Is Walmart Inc. taking on Amazon with one-day free shipping?

The retail giant appeared to be taking a jab at its rival with a tweet on Friday, teasing one-day free shipping without a membership fee.

One-day free shipping...without a membership fee. Now THAT would be groundbreaking. Stay tuned.
— Walmart (@Walmart) April 26, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. said it would spend $800 million in the current quarter to reduce delivery times for top customers to one day from two -- sending Walmart shares slumping 1.9 percent to $101.53 at the close, the most in two months. Amazon jumped

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