Walmart Agrees to Power More Than 40 Stores With Solar Energy
Walmart Inc. reached a deal to power more than 40 stores in five states with solar energy as it works toward a goal of getting half its electricity from renewables by 2025. …
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Walmart’s New Workplace: Gold Stars, ‘Attitude Cards’ and Cheers
The nation’s biggest private employer is testing out a comprehensive new framework for how its stores operate, including changing some roles and responsibilities and emphasizing teamwork, accountability and skill improvement. The new model, dubbed “Great Workplace,” is already in place in about 75 locations, primarily its smaller Neighborhood Market grocery stores, and will expand to certain departments in more than 50 of its massive supercenter locations next month. …
Walmart’s New Intelligent Retail Lab Shows a Glimpse into the Future of Retail, IRL
Over the past few months, a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, New York, has been quietly transforming. With artificial intelligence-enabled cameras, interactive displays and a massive data center, this store suggests a retail future that seems like science fiction. …
Walmart Creates an Angus Beef Supply Chain, Bypassing Tyson
The nation’s biggest grocer has partnered with a Texas cattle rancher and other industry-related businesses to provide a steady supply of no-hormone-added Angus beef to 500 of its U.S. stores beginning later this year. …
Meet the 45-Year-Old Executive Helping Kroger Take on Amazon, Walmart, and Aldi
Yael Cosset, 45, is tasked with helping Kroger fend off those threats. He’s the head of digital for the grocer and in May will be promoted to chief information officer. …