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Walmart to Expand InHome Delivery, Reaching 30 Million U.S. Homes in 2022

January 6, 2022 Walmart

It’s a new year and Walmart is resolving to bring the convenience of InHome delivery to even more customers in 2022. Today, the retailer is announcing plans to scale the service, going from InHome being available to 6 million households to making it accessible to 30 million U.S. households by the end of the year. To support the expansion, Walmart plans to hire more than 3,000 associate delivery drivers this year as well as build out a fleet of 100% all-electric delivery vans. …

Walmart Canada Unveils State-of-the-art Warehouse Technology in Cornwall, Ontario

December 23, 2021 Walmart Canada

Walmart Canada has officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art warehouse order fulfillment system at a distribution centre in Cornwall, Ontario – the first of its kind at Walmart Canada. …

Walmart Selects Salt Lake City, Utah for New Fulfillment Center, Opening Summer 2022

December 21, 2021 Walmart

Walmart announced plans to build a new fulfillment center in Salt Lake City to support the retailer’s growing eCommerce business. The 1,000,000+ square-foot facility, which is located at 990 N 6550 W, is scheduled to open Summer of 2022 and will create approximately 450 full-time, permanent jobs across the region. The purpose of the facility will be to fulfill online orders placed on Walmart.com. …

FTC Launches Inquiry into Supply Chain Disruptions

November 30, 2021 Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is ordering nine large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer good suppliers to provide detailed information that will help the FTC shed light on the causes behind ongoing supply chain disruptions and how these disruptions are causing serious and ongoing hardships for consumers and harming competition in the U.S. economy. …

Walmart Drone Delivery Service Will Bring Your Orders By Air

November 23, 2021 Macy Meyer, CNET

hermometers and other health-related products via drone to Arkansas customers who live within a 1.15 mile radius from a base outside a store in Farmington, starting Monday. The service will operate seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. …