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Walmart Forms Company To Sell Insurance Amid Healthcare Push

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The business’ moniker was initially filed late last month in Arkansas with the secretary of state, MedCityNews reported. Walmart opened clinics in Springdale, Arkansas and Loganville, Georgia in June. In addition, the retailer reportedly paid approximately $200 million to purchase key assets from CareZone.

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Walmart Pushes Digital Innovation During Investor Day

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Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about Walmart.” As for the total responses, investors didn’t seem much fazed by the reduced earnings, as shares fell by 2 percent in pre-market trading, but were up 2.1

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Walmart Thinking Small When It Comes To Tech

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After several years spent trying to infuse its multi-billion dollar business with more forward-thinking concepts with mixed results , last week, the retail giant announced that it will be conducting what amounts to an open call for tech innovation. Biometrics are another avenue along which Walmart may have its innovation sights set.

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Walmart Names Ex-Amex Exec As Chief Customer Officer

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In addition, Barbara Messing will take the helm as Walmart’s chief marketing officer in August, taking the place of Tony Rogers, who has moved to Walmart’s Sam’s Club. While Whiteside will be based in Jet ’s home state of New Jersey, Messing will work out of Walmart’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Southern Bancorp is building wealth for everyone

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Darrin Williams, an attorney and former Arkansas state representative, wasn’t interested when Southern Bancorp, Inc. Williams notes that this often occurs in minority and/or economically distressed markets: Some banks might provide deposit accounts for individuals but then deny them a loan. By Judith Sears. Name: Southern Bancorp.

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How Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout

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But he realized that there was something lacking in small markets like his at the time — big food delivery players such as Grubhub. Then he moved to another smaller market — Lake Charles, Louisiana — and realized there was a potential for food delivery outside big cities. In all, he identified 422 cities as potential markets.

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Walmart2Walmart Is Lowering Fees — And Going Digital With Amex

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That can make cash-related innovation sometimes easy to overlook in a country that is moving forward digitally with great alacrity. Which also makes cash innovation disruptive, when targeted at a pain point that cash-centric consumers have. And while cash represents only about 14 percent of the transaction value in the U.S.,

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