Walmart News & Updates
Last updated September 11, 2026
Walmart is storing third-party marketplace items in store backrooms for faster local fulfillment
Sam’s Club launched a one-hour or less Express delivery tier across 600+ clubs at the same price as in-club with no purchase minimum
Walmart is storing third-party marketplace items in store backrooms as it and Amazon increasingly borrow each other’s core strategies
Walmart International CTO Vinod Bidarkoppa Is Departing After Six and a Half Years
Amazon’s Project Kobe combines Walmart-style supercenters with robot warehouses and AI inventory tools
Walmart Uses 1,600+ Unique Seller Names to Game Google’s Shopping Diversity Algorithm and Dominate Product Carousels
OpenAI launches visual product discovery in ChatGPT with Walmart, Target, Shopify, and major retailers
FedEx launches same-day delivery with OneRail, offering two-hour windows as Amazon and Walmart boost their speeds
Walmart and VIZIO unveil CTV commerce integrations at NewFronts with a first-to-market L’Oréal product placement
Walmart makes a second attempt at shopping with OpenAI with the launch of a ChatGPT App
#270 – Amazon vs USPS, Google updates UCP, & Walmart launches a ChatGPT app
Flipkart CFO Sriram Venkataraman steps down as Walmart-owned e-commerce firm prepares for India IPO
Walmart wins AI pricing and markdown patents as state legislators push to ban algorithmic pricing
Walmart builds AI in-house while Target bets on ChatGPT and Gemini partnerships to win AI commerce
Amazon launches 1-hour and 3-hour delivery in major U.S. cities to compete with Walmart
Walmart agrees to pay $100M to settle FTC charges over deceptive driver pay in Spark program
Walmart posts first e-commerce profit as high-income shoppers drive sales
Estee Lauder sues Walmart over alleged sale of counterfeit beauty products
Walmart becomes first traditional retailer to hit $1T market cap
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