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NEW YORK — Shoppers on Walmart.com who pay a $98-a-year membership fee will get free shipping on orders of any size starting Friday.
Walmart announced the membership perk on Wednesday, doing away with a previous requirement that orders amount to at least $35 to qualify for free shipping.
The perk comes two months after Walmart launched its membership service called Walmart+, which it hopes will compete with Amazon‘s Prime membership program.
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