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Instacart-Walmart Delivery Pact Heats Up Online Grocery Wars

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11), reported by CNBC , that retail behemoth Walmart has struck a partnership with Instacart to offer same-day deliver across a few, select markets in the United States, focused on four initial pilots in Oklahoma and California. Amazon, for its part, said online grocery sales tripled in its latest quarter. News came Tuesday (Aug.

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Walmart, Instacart Partner On Same-Day Delivery To Battle Amazon’s Whole Foods

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The service is being tested in four California and Oklahoma markets and solidifies the San Francisco-based grocery delivery and pickup service in the U.S. Last month, PYMNTS reported online grocery sales grew more than 9 percent, to a record of $7.2 Walmart Inc. and Instacart have teamed up to offer same-day delivery in select U.S.

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Macy’s Is Hiring 80,000 Employees For The Holidays

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Macy’s announced it is hiring 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, as well as adding more employees to handle online orders. The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. Macy’s, Inc.

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Amazon Sheds $35B In Four Days Of “Trump” Tech Crash

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in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said by phone. Shares of the online retailer have lost more than $30 billion in value since Tuesday’s vote. The firm oversees about $1.8 Without their participating, that’s definitely going to create a headwind for the market.”.

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