PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered with a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind the wheel. Walmart has been a pioneer in integrating the latest technology into its retail operations. Kroger and H-E-B are among other retailers testing similar technology.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Walmart planned to buy the app for $225 million, to try and give its eCommerce operations in Mexico a shot in the arm. The deal was blocked, the report said, because the officials couldn’t guarantee that rival retailers would be able to compete. Walmart is the largest retailer in the country, with its Walmex stores.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. operation in Culver City, California. Earlier this month, the mega retailer shared clues about its launch of Walmart+ , which is expected to compete with Amazon Prime. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 18, 2017

Can Wal-Mart’s Expensive New E-Commerce Operation Compete With Amazon? A recent acquisition spree including Jet.com gives the retail giant much-needed digital chops by Brad Stone and Matthew Boyle from Bloomberg Business Week Last summer, Marc Lore, founder and chief executive officer of e-commerce startup Jet.com Inc.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test out a self-driving vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We Earlier this month, Walmart’s U.S.

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BankInovation

MARCH 9, 2023

billion Arkansas-based bank decided “we better get focused,” Vance Smiley, chief of operations and systems integration at Southern Bancorp, told Bank Automation News, noting the bank will “have real […]

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

On Tuesday (June 25), the retailer announced it was expanding the program to all of its more than 2,500 pickup locations. The retailer aims to eventually expand the SNAP option to more than 3,100 stores by the end of 2019. Walmart started testing the program in 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

UPS imposed shipping restrictions on some large retailers such as Gap, Nike, L.L. FedEx spokesperson Shannon Davis told NBC that “our priority is the safety of our team members and meeting the service needs of our customers,” and that the weather would certainly have an effect on operations. Hot Topic Inc., Newegg Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

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. It’s easy to see why this test could be a game changer,” said Marc Lore, head of Walmart’s eCommerce operations. population.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

The total roster now claims more than 1,600 banks and credit unions domestically, said the site, even as 35 percent of retailers in the U.S. support Apple Pay. As has been reported, Apple Pay is also available internationally in, among other nations, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, the U.K. and Switzerland.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. The retailer recently announced that it was acquiring online marketplace Cornershop Inc., Through the service, consumers can order goods from pharmacies, supermarkets and specialty food retailers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

The technology is often considered a game-changer for supply chain management and logistics operations, able to both elevate the efficiency of operations while connecting corporates to real-time data for deep business intelligence and analytics. Digitization is a big trend, and data is the new currency. The Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

As competition makes it challenging for retailers to retain customers, Walmart has created a new position of chief customer officer, which will be responsible for its in-store and eCommerce offerings. 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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

The next round of layoffs, less than 500 positions, will happen next year, as some buildings are consolidated in anticipation of the company’s new corporate headquarters, which will be located about two miles away from its current location in Northwest Arkansas. expanding benefits & offering a one-time bonus,” the retailer tweeted.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In a video announcement given by Judith McKenna, Walmart’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, the move is focused on giving store associates more time with their family. The Arkansas-based retailer announced that shoppers could order a gift or other item on its website as late as 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

The retail giant is working on developing smart shopping carts that are capable of helping customers look for items on their shopping list. The Arkansas-based retailer recently announced that it was six to nine months away from using drones inside its warehouses to speed up its operation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Those efforts come as voice-assistant and voice-activated technologies — different, of course, from voice-print biometrics — are having a moment in the retail spotlight. Voice-Print Efforts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

For at least two generations, Walmart has stood for more than just retail. The chain, born in Arkansas, has long served as a cultural, economic and even political signifier — telling others that one shopped at Walmart, or disliked its corporate policies, opened up a host of assumptions and judgements. Go further back to recall the $3.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Among those numbers: Operating cash flow increased 42 percent to $51.2 Operating income increased to $5.8 As a reminder, Q2 is typically our largest volume quarter for the retail business. What that means is that we can flex into space normally used for second-half peak demand, despite the strong operating leverage in Q2.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

As retailers expand their omnichannel efforts with in-store pickup, they are faced with a challenge: What is the best way to help their customers retrieve their orders from their brick-and-mortar stores? Several of the nation’s largest operators, including AvalonBay Communities Inc., The Amazon Locker Effect.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about Walmart.” ” “We are getting to reimagine retail and our business … expect us to test a lot and fail a lot,” he said. to $4.80, down from $4.90

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In addition to adding the service to those seven markets, Google will also be enhancing services currently on offer in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Michigan, Wyoming, Iowa, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Ohio. That can’t always be other retailers’ business model.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

who each week walk into one of those physical stores, in addition to the 100 million who are said to shop one of the retailer’s online channels. 3 post position, displacing Apple, at roughly 4 percent of retail sales. That retailer is, of course, Amazon. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

What’s more, instead of reporting to Amazon’s head of worldwide consumer business Jeff Wilke, Mackey and the two Amazon executives are overseen by Steve Kessel, who is in charge of all the physical store operations. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the combined company has been busy integrating the businesses.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

It’s a problem that still vexes retailers: How to craft logistics so that online consumers don’t abandon you. It’s almost unnecessary to say that nearly every retailer is chasing Amazon and whatever it does, but it is true — including, perhaps, for logistics. Competing retailers, along with the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx Corp.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

During a panel at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global innovation policy and communications, warned that current state laws governing drone operations would continue to pose problems for developing drone delivery systems. Here in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Grocery delivery is coming for Walmart customers in Arkansas in a way few customers have ever seen before. The pilot is made possible by the state’s new autonomous vehicle law which made it possible for the Arkansas Highway Commissioner to give Gatika license to launch a commercial service with Walmart. said in a news release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Nuro’s vision of using robotics to improve lives runs parallel with Walmart’s mission of helping customers live better,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart U.S., After two years at the world’s largest retailer, Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn is leaving Walmart in early 2020, Reuters reported on Thursday (Dec.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

In Arkansas, Jim S. Retail outlets: 11. Today, a proud survivor of industry consolidation pressures, the bank has $250 million assets and operates 11 locations in five counties. Gowen chose to add insurance and retail brokerage services to diversify the bank’s revenue streams and more fully serve its customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Walmart Gets Green Light to Start Drone Delivery Near Arkansas HQ . Walmart this week got local zoning approval from the city of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, near its company headquarters, to start using the chain’s local store as a drone launch-and-delivery hub. Our goal is to continue delivering for customers across the U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Last post was dedicated to the #4 Bank, Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock, Arkansas (see post here ). ESB operates like many other thrifts. ESB does traditional mortgage lending, with some commercial real estate too, funded by retail deposits with a heavy dose of CDs. I will review my top five in descending order.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Companies often also feel that tools like eInvoicing do not offer clear advantages over paper checks, Ernie Olsen, vice president of growth and engagement for liquor retailer Macadoodles , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Arkansas’ laws mandate that alcohol shipments be paid for upon delivery, for example.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The Prime Day countdown clock is ticking down, and with all the media reports about what Amazon is doing to prepare (and what everyone else in retail is doing to prepare for those preparations), it might be hard to believe that there is news to be had outside of the Amazon-invented shopping holiday. So where were the highlights?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. That Amazon is making a major push into apparel retail is, at this point, well known to everyone. And that was just the serious stuff.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

There is a possibly apocryphal story of Amazon’s early days (around 2001) where Founder Jeff Bezos was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas to discuss the possibility of Walmart purchasing his still young – and, at this point, struggling – online bookstore. percent of the consumer’s total retail spend as of February 2019, compared to Amazon’s 6.4

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Allison bragged that Home BancShares has created more millionaires than any company in Arkansas [Note: we may need to fact check that with Walmart shareholders]. As Kirk Wycoff, Managing Partner from Patriot Financial Partners pointed out: 50% of a mid-size commercial bank’s deposits are retail. Commercial Real Estate.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Retail is under pressure to crack the AI code. After all, corporations in every industry are scrambling to adapt and integrate artificial intelligence into their products — and retail is no exception. 15-Min Flash briefing: Can AI Save Physical retail? Using CB Insights data, we dug into the changing retail landscape.

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