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Walmart Tests Store Without Cashiers As COVID-19 Accelerates Change

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Whether cashiers go the way of the horse and buggy could hinge on an experiment Walmart is running in Arkansas. The largest brick-and-mortar retailer in the United States is replacing its traditional, cashier-staffed checkouts with self-checkout registers at its store in Fayetteville, Ark., according to local news reports.

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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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Walmart To Accept EBT Cards For Online Groceries

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Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according to a report. On Tuesday (June 25), the retailer announced it was expanding the program to all of its more than 2,500 pickup locations. Walmart started testing the program in 2017.

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Walmart Store Employees Might Start Delivering Online Orders

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Reuters reports that the program could be a way for the retailer to compete with rival Amazon.com, as it will cut shipping costs, speed the delivery of packages and allow workers to earn additional money. The test is currently limited to three stores in New Jersey and Arkansas. population.

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Walmart Laying Off More Than 1,200 Workers Even As Digital Shopping Booms

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Walmart is reportedly laying off an additional 1,200 workers as part of a reorganization that encompasses the big consumer shift to online shopping. In July , Walmart cut its workforce by laying off hundreds in its logistics, real estate and retail location-planning divisions. “We 2), adding it was part of a restructuring.

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Walmart Partners With HomeValet On Smart Box Technology For Fresh Deliveries

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Retail giant Walmart is teaming up with delivery solutions startup HomeValet to launch a test pilot that would bring fresh groceries to people’s homes even if they’re not there. “If The pilot program will launch in the spring in Bentonville, Arkansas. Research showed that cleaning products were purchased online by 36.6

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Walmart Reduces Corporate Workforce With Layoffs

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Walmart has reduced its workforce by laying off hundreds in its logistics, real estate and retail location planning divisions as it simplifies its business and reduces its expenses, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. Four such clinics currently exist: one in Arkansas and three in Georgia.