Tag "Walmart"
Magazine: Supermarkets can use private label products as a weapon
Date: 2020-02-03 07:48:56
The Private Labels Manufacturers Association (PLMA) has a monthly news programme at PLMALive.eu, called Newsdesk, and our magazine now presents to you the highlights of the October edition. In the...
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Trade marketing in 10 years from now
Date: 2020-01-23 09:57:26
Once again it was in the building of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry where the year’s last Trade Marketing Club meeting took place in November. One of the...
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Amazon is the most valuable brand according to Brand Finance
Date: 2020-01-22 11:00:45
Amazon is the most valuable brand in the world according to the 2020 Global 500 Ranking of the UK’s Brand Finance market research and business consulting firm. According to the...
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Food is already packed by robots at Walmart
Date: 2020-01-10 11:00:50
Walmart on Wednesday unveiled its latest weapon in the battle against Amazon and Kroger for shoppers’ food spending: a grocery-picking robot – origo wrote after Business Insider. The machine, part...
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Walmart China to open 500 new stores
Date: 2019-11-26 08:10:11
US retailer Walmart is planning to launch 500 new outlets in China within five to seven years. The expansion will more than double the firm’s presence in the territory in...
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Amazon 2019: Going strong in the USA
Date: 2019-11-18 11:25:59
Those who visit the USA just occasionally might get the impression that Amazon has conquered the country, e.g. there are Whole Foods stores, Alexa-operated Echoes, PrimeVideo subscriptions, etc. AmazonGo is...
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Magazine: Anuga 2019: The place where worldwide supply and demand met
Date: 2019-11-18 07:08:04
Early October 7,500 exhibitors (72 from Hungary) from 106 countries presented their products and services to more than 170,000 visitors for 5 days at Anuga, the world’s biggest food-themed trade...
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Siri comes to Walmart for online grocery
Date: 2019-11-13 08:10:25
Walmart has partnered with Apple to make voice ordering of groceries available via Siri, the tech giant’s virtual assistant. Called the Siri Shortcut for Online Grocery, the service brings Walmart...
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Walmart’s InHome Delivery Service Completes First Deliveries
Date: 2019-10-22 08:30:33
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s InHome Delivery completed its first delivery orders across multiple cities, including Pittsburgh; Kansas City, Mo., and Kan.; and Vero Beach, Fla. More than 1 million consumers in these markets can...
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Magazine: Technological development in an optimistic mood
Date: 2019-10-14 07:31:33
Ian Cook, CEO of Colgate-Palmolive and co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) told on the first day of the organisation’s Vancouver summit in June that more and more developed...
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Magazine: Generation Y is coming – and they want everything at once
Date: 2019-09-30 07:56:58
As the purchasing power of Generation Y – consumers born between 1980 and 1995 – is growing, various aspects of sustainability are becoming more and more important. So that FMCG companies...
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Walmart Pilots Pollinator Gardens at Stores in 3 States
Date: 2019-09-02 08:30:31
Walmart Inc. revealed that it has planted 21 pollinator gardens at stores in Oregon, Washington state and North Carolina. The gardens are designed to beautify the stores’ outdoor grounds while...
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The richest family businesses
Date: 2019-08-23 11:02:44
For many people, family businesses are small, friendly shops. However, there are families that run mega-billion dollar companies. Bloomberg has compiled a list of the richest families in the world...
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Felismerni a fontos és győztes kategóriákat
Date: 2019-08-20 20:29:14
„Az eladáshelyi marketing forradalma” című nemzetközi sikert aratott könyv társszerzője, Toby Desforges angol kereskedelmi szakértő Közép-Európában először tartott előadást a szlovák kereskedelmi kongresszuson néhány hete, amelyről előző számunkban tudósítottunk. A...
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Walmart tops US online grocery market, with 62% more customers than next nearest rival
Date: 2019-08-15 08:50:58
Walmart is dominating the U.S. online grocery market, according to new research out this week from the analysts at Second Measure. The nationwide retailer today offers grocery pickup and delivery...
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Walmart launches a streaming channel in India
Date: 2019-08-07 11:00:25
Walmart is launching a new video streaming service in India through its Flipkart subsidiary, an attempt to entice customers from rival Amazon, which already has a streaming service that also...
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Nearly as much Chinese as American companies can be found on the Fortune 500 list
Date: 2019-07-24 11:05:19
The Fortuna Global 500 list of the world’s top-selling companies has almost as many Chinese as American companies this year. In the top five hundred, the number of Chinese companies...
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Magazine: Schwarz Group Dominates European Retail
Date: 2019-07-23 07:25:35
As in the previous year, German Schwarz Group leads the ranking. With a gross sales plus on company level of 6.3 percent it reached a 7 percent market share in...
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Walmart matches Amazon, tests self-service grocery order pickup kiosk
Date: 2019-07-16 08:50:30
Walmart has introduced an automated grocery pickup kiosk at an Oklahoma City store, matching a concept Amazon Fresh introduced two years ago. Customers order groceries online or use an app...
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Boxing With Giants: Italy’s Packing Robots Are Not Just Cardboard Cutouts
Date: 2019-07-01 08:50:25
Amazon’s new recruit comes from a medieval walled town in central Italy and can box and seal at least 600 items of different shapes and sizes every hour. Twenty-four hours...
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Drone war between Amazon and Walmart
Date: 2019-06-17 11:05:02
The transformation of the retail sector shows well that the two giant companies, Walmart and Amazon are competing with each other for more drone patents – portfolio.hu wrote after Financial...
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Walmart Canada launches Walmart Rewards Mastercard in Quebec
Date: 2019-05-30 08:30:32
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. (Walmart Canada) announced today the launch of the Walmart Rewards™ Mastercard® in Quebec – a credit card that turns everyday spending into BIG rewards. “The Walmart Rewards Mastercard gives...
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Major retailers ‘warned’
Date: 2019-05-15 15:59:20
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to Walmart, Kroger and 10 other convenience store chains for selling tobacco products to minors. In the letters the FDA...
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Unilever North America ramps up its plastic reduction efforts
Date: 2019-05-02 11:10:40
Unilever North America is implementing a three-part plan to accelerate and expand the company’s plastic waste reduction commitments in the region. The scheme aims to provide better choices for plastic...
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Walmart organises two-day forum for suppliers
Date: 2019-04-10 12:41:45
On 18-19 June Walmart ‘Open Call’ will take place, an event where the US retailer’s purchasers will meet face-to-face with hundreds of aspiring suppliers, who can showcase their products. In...
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Walmart to expand in-store tech, including Pickup Towers for online orders and robots
Date: 2019-04-10 11:40:10
Walmart is doubling down on its technology innovations in its stores. The retailer today announced the expanded rollout of several technologies — ranging from in-store Pickup Towers to help customers...
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The shopping habits of British consumers have changed
Date: 2019-04-10 09:16:11
When in April 1990 Aldi arrived in the United Kingdom, British supermarket chains were confident that they had nothing to worry about. Back in 2009 Aldi’s market share was still...
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Walmart and Deliv end partnership
Date: 2019-03-17 13:25:13
Walmart Inc and Deliv have ended their same-day grocery delivery partnership. People familiar with the cooperation told: Deliv drivers often had to wait 40 minutes or more to collect grocery...
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Magazine: An exclusive interview with Rustin Richburg, senior vice president of Walmart
Date: 2019-02-26 07:31:25
Let’s imagine that there is a retailer that employs more people than the population of Budapest. Well, such a retailer does exist: Walmart is the biggest retailer in the world,...
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Walmart uses game app in training
Date: 2019-01-31 10:55:11
From February Walmart uses a simulation game app called Spark City to train newly recruited store staff. Workers have to manage the dry goods section of the store in real...
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