Walmart said its new home page design helps not only shoppers, but sellers and suppliers as well. The retailer announced the new “Walmart.com experience” on Monday. Walmart will likely discuss the redesign at its Investor Community Meeting, which it will Read more
Walmart is making it harder for dropshippers who list on its marketplace by tightening its handling time policy. Sellers had been required to ship orders in 1 day unless they were granted a “lag time exception” by the company. On Read more
Walmart introduced a “Return Pickup from Home” feature in the fall for paid members of its Walmart+ program, and it continues to expand the offering to more members, making it easier for shoppers to return unwanted items. Walmart announced the Read more
Walmart is actively recruiting more sellers – it onboarded 8,000 new sellers in the third quarter of 20022, and this week it kicked off a promotion to give US sellers an incentive to join its platform. Merchants who sign up Read more
Walmart officially launched a program for business shoppers called Walmart Business, with the move coming 8 years after Amazon launched its Amazon Business procurement program. Both programs are designed to provide an online shopping experience that caters to businesses procuring Read more
Talk about impulse shopping – Walmart launched a new feature on Wednesday that lets customers shop by simply sending a text. The company quoted a shopper who explained how it would make her life easier: “When different things pop into Read more
Walmart recently told branded merchants who sell on its marketplace about a program that lets them pay for product reviews through Plum’s Field Agent program for $15 per review. In a recent post, Walmart explained: “Field Agent can help you Read more
Walmart grew ecommerce sales 12% year-over-year in its latest fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2022 (which is its fiscal 2023 second quarter). It made a point of noting that online sales were up 18% when compared to the same quarter Read more
Many shoppers joined Amazon Prime for the free-shipping perk and stayed for the free video streaming service. Prime Video gave it something Walmart’s free-shipping membership program didn’t have – until now. Walmart is adding a major perk to the Walmart+ Read more
“It’s not too late to start selling on Walmart.com before the holidays,” Walmart advised merchants today, and cited research from eMarketer predicting 15.5% growth in online holiday sales this year. Etsy also issued a holiday-season message for sellers, with both Read more
