Walmart | June 23, 2022 Walmart believes the closest store to their customers is in their pocket, and they are focused on making that always-on experience as easy, engaging and personalized as possible. Today, Walmart announced two brand-new augmented reality (AR) features on the Walmart app designed to making shopping easier. The first feature Walmart is excited to share is rolling out to all customers by early July on the iOS app and allows customers to view furniture and h

Walmart | June 14, 2022 BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 14, 2022, Walmart announced its latest exclusive home collaboration with reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year and three-time GRAMMY winner Miranda Lambert. Wanda June Home by Miranda Lambert is now available only at Walmart.com. Inspired by three generations of warm and sassy Southern hospitality, Wanda June Home is designed to help create a warm, comfortable, casual gathering place where everyone can feel at home – at the incre

Walmart | June 13, 2022 Pride. It sparks a feeling of deep joy and admiration, but it also speaks to acceptance and inclusion, which are so important to Walmart. The Chief People Officer has the privilege of serving as the executive sponsor of Walmart's Pride associate resource group, and today they are proud to announce that Walmart has established an LGBTQ+ Officer Caucus. You may wonder, what is an officer caucus? At Walmart, they have several officer caucuses comprised of

June 1, 2022 At Walmart, they believe great style doesn’t have to be expensive. Walmart has spent the past several years on a mission to democratize style by building their home assortment with high-quality, stylish – and often exclusive – home goods at an incredible value. Walmart's partnership with Gap is a big part of that strategy as they continue to expand into new categories following the introduction of Gap Home last summer and Gap Home Furniture in the fall. The custo

Walmart | May 10,2022 May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S. For many of us, the last 24 months of living in the shadow of a global pandemic has brought prolonged isolation from our friends and colleagues and introduced new levels of anxiety and fear many of us have never experienced before. And considering the growing level of unease created by economic, political and social uncertainty in the world, May is the right time for us to have a real conversation about me

Walmart | April 29,2022 As Walmart continues to be established as a destination for fashion, they remain laser focused on expanding Walmart’s assortment of quality, on-trend apparel and accessories at an incredible value. That includes strategic collaborations with designers and influencers to bring new collections to Walmart's portfolio of exclusive, elevated brands. Their fresh perspectives are resonating with Walmart's customers, and they love hearing all the wonderful fee

Walmart | April 26,2022 Over the past few years, Walmart has focused on building their assortment to bring high-quality, stylish home goods and décor to customers at an incredible value. This includes adding exciting national brands to their portfolio and launching strategic collaborations with designers and influencers that bring exclusive and elevated product lines to Walmart customers at accessible prices. Today, Walmart is so excited to announce the Dave and Jenny Marrs C

Walmart | April 18,2022 Big changes are often slow going. Not because Walmart wants them to be, but because it takes time to make massive impact. Since 2006, Walmart and Sam’s Club have been donating food to local Feeding America® member food banks, and this month marked a major milestone: They hit 7 billion pounds of food donated. They couldn’t have reached this milestone without their associates, who started this program and continue to make it work every day so they can gi

Walmart | April 11,2022 Walmart has never shied away from setting big, ambitious goals, whether it’s setting our sight on 100% renewable energy or their commitment to sustainable packaging, including a goal to achieve 100% recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable packaging by 2025. Innovation is essential to achieving Walmart's goals and their customers’ growing expectation to buy sustainable/sustainably packaged products. Cue the Circular Connector: Launching today,

National Retail Federation | March 16,2022 As retail companies prepare for the long-delayed return to office at corporate headquarters across the country, Walmart Inc. Executive Vice President for Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Rachel Brand says executives need to be supportive of work-life balance — especially for working parents. After two years of meeting virtually rather than getting on a plane, and realizing work can be done from anywhere,

Forbes | March 21,2022 Walmart has scored an exclusive deal on seven new flavors of ice cream from Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, including Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. The flavors will rotate at 3,500 U.S. locations over a 10-week period. In July 2021, Kraft partnered with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen to produce an ice cream version of its signature Macaroni & Cheese. The limited-edition variant led to loud objections from ice cream purists across social media, but the 6,000 pints sold ou

Walmart | March 10, 2022 At Walmart, they are committed to making wellness more accessible for their customers by offering a wide range of essential products and services at an incredible value. As a trusted health and wellness destination, they have worked hard to expand their assortment and services to ensure they're meeting customers’ evolving needs. Today they're excited to announce two new and exclusive offerings that help make it simple, easy and affordable for their cu

Walmart | March 7,2022 Walmart and British retailer Space NK are teaming up to bring prestige beauty products to Walmart.com and nearly 250 Walmart stores nationwide this summer. The unique collaboration, called BEAUTYSPACENK, leverages Walmart’s size and scale with the iconic British personal care and beauty company’s assortment of high-quality beauty brands and products. Customers will now have a convenient way to shop both beauty staples and prestige specialty items during

Retail Dive | February 24, 2022 To discover "the next big names in beauty," Walmart is launching a startup accelerator program with the aim of debuting the brands on Walmart's shelves. The experience includes a virtual classroom series, access to a brand management consultant, training on Walmart's ad platform Walmart Connect, and mentorship and networking opportunities. The company's goal is to launch all participating brands at its stores, though that opportunity is not gua

Walmart | March 2, 2022 Over the past few years, Walmart has successfully been established as a destination for fashion, with an unrelenting focus on expanding their assortment of quality, on-trend and accessible apparel and accessories. Walmart has equally prioritized the introduction of new and innovative shopping experiences that make it easier to shop for clothes online. Walmart is rolling out Zeekit technology to users of the Walmart app and Walmart.com, starting with th

Insider | February 23, 2022 Walmart is unveiling two new collections inspired by fashion designer and in-house creative director Brandon Maxwell. Private label brands Free Assembly and Scoop will each release a spring collection, marking the in-store debut of the collaboration between the retail giant and the fashion designer. "Scoop is a legendary fashion boutique that we've reimagined as your exclusive brand — it's competent, optimistic, and on-trend," Denise Incandela, exe

Walmart | January 27, 2022 Last year, Walmart announced the first phase of their store redesign that was focused on navigation and wayfinding. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and Walmart now has close to 1,000 stores renovated with this new design to help customers save time in finding what they need. Here are Walmart's guiding design principles for the redesign: Activated corners: Exciting displays at the corners of certain departments pull customers in and help th

Walmart | January 25, 2022 Walmart and Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced Walmart signed an agreement to invest in Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company, as part of their $400M Series E funding round subject to a regulatory approval. Walmart’s equity investment is part of a broader strategic partnership to utilize Plenty’s indoor vertical farming technology platform to deliver fresh produce to Walmart retail stores. As part of the investment, at closing, Walmart will

Walmart | January 4, 2022 Today, Walmart introduced their latest exclusive collaboration with The Home Edit co-founders Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin from the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Get Organized with The Home Edit.” Over the last year and a half, Walmart customers have been spending more time in their homes, resulting in a bigger investment in home organization. As the home continued to be the primary destination for all things — work, school, meals, fitness and a

Walmart Corporate | November 22, 2021 Over the last year, Walmart has been leading the way in social commerce by creating first-to-market experiences for customers, doubling-down on shoppable content and shoppable livestreams. More and more customers are tuning in to shop and Walmart applies feedback for even more fun engagement. Last December Walmart had its very first shoppable livestream with TikTok. After testing 15 shoppable livestream events across five platforms, Walma