All WalMart articles – Page 7
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OpinionOpinion: Don't bank on a private equity swoop on Asda
The planned merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda was dealt what looks like a body blow by objections raised last week by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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OpinionSainsbury's-Asda merger: How will Walmart react to CMA probe?
Today’s bafflingly onerous verdict from the Competition and Markets Authority on the planned Sainsbury’s-Asda merger is clearly a body blow for Sainsbury’s.
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NewsAsda posts sales rise ahead of Sainsbury's merger findings
Asda has posted its seventh consecutive quarter of sales growth as parent company Walmart hailed the performance of own-label lines and its online business.
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NewsAsda staff can proceed with £100m equal pay claim
Asda workers can press on with their £100m equal pay claim against the grocer following the latest ruling in a long-running legal dispute.
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VideoWatch: NRF – new business models and new retail purpose
This week, the team discuss key themes from this year’s NRF conference, from Walmart’s digital reinvention to Dick’s Sporting Goods taking a stand on gun control.
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VideoWatch: Game-changing retail technology from NRF
Every retail tech company worth its salt descended on NRF, each showcasing the latest innovations. Here is Retail Week’s round-up of the technology that might make an impact.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lessons from Walmart’s digital transformation
Walmart is on a mission to transform itself for the digital age and allow it to fend off the onslaught of online titan Amazon.
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NewsWalmart rolls out robot cleaners that collect data
Walmart will roll out 360 robotic cleaners across the US that will clean its stores and collect data in the process.
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NewsFlipkart boss steps down amid misconduct allegation
The chief executive of Flipkart Group Binny Bansal has resigned following an independent investigation into an allegation of “serious personal misconduct.”
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AnalysisDeath of the town centre? Walmart plans to build its own
Walmart has unveiled plans to build ‘town centres’ in the car parks of its existing big-box stores in the US.
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AnalysisGDPR three months on: The impact on retail
Since being introduced three months ago the implementation of GDPR has had some serious repercussions on the UK retail industry.
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NewsWalmart extends Microsoft tie-up to drive digital shift
Walmart has extended its partnership with Microsoft as part of the drive to “accelerate” its digital transformation.
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OpinionOpinion: Don't ignore the seismic shifts in global retail
As we obsess about the rapidly changing shape of British retail, we are in danger of missing the bigger picture.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Big Tech partnerships reboot retail?
Where once a retail deal might have meant a merger or acquisition, the focus now is increasingly on partnerships – especially with technology companies.
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NewsMicrosoft challenges Amazon with checkout-free tech
Microsoft is reportedly developing technology that would allow retailers to run checkout-free stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Asda needs Sainsbury’s shoulder to lean on
The old analogy of two drunk men propping each other up at a bar has been used in the past to describe retail mergers.
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NewsAsda sales rise for fourth consecutive quarter
Asda has registered its fourth consecutive quarter of sales growth as the earlier fall of Easter boosted its performance.
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DataData: Quarter of consumers shop at Sainsbury's and Asda
Around 25% of consumers shop at both Sainsbury’s and Asda where the two supermarkets are in close proximity, research has revealed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s behind Walmart’s pounce on Flipkart?
Only a week after lining up a deal for Asda with Sainsbury’s, US titan Walmart has made the biggest acquisition in its history with the capture of India’s Flipkart.com.
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NewsWalmart edges out Amazon with $16bn Flipkart deal
Walmart has snapped up India’s largest ecommerce retailer Flipkart for around $16bn (£11.8bn) after seeing off competition from Amazon.