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Wal-Mart to offer voice-activated shopping
23 Aug 2017
Walmart-Amazon race takes to skies with blimp warehouse patents
19 Aug 2017
Walmart has applied for a US patent for a warehouse in the sky, which could make deliveries to shoppers' homes by way of drones
Walmart to buy Bonobos for $310 mn
17 Jun 2017
Salad mix recalled after dead bat found
10 Apr 2017
Wal-Mart to scrap ShippingPass shipping service
31 Jan 2017
Walmart may take stake in Flipkart, invest around $1 bn
28 Sep 2016
While both companies have refused to comment, reports are rife that the world’s largest retailer Walmart will take a stake in home-grown ecommerce leader Flipkart to take on global e-retail giant Amazon in the fast-growing Indian market
Walmart India to focus on ‘food only’ retail model
22 Sep 2016
Walmart India operates stores in nine states across the country and plans to add 50 more stores in the next five years
Walmart to buy online discount retail start-up Jet.com for $3.3 bn
08 Aug 2016
The deal is Wal-Mart's biggest acquisition since it acquired a majority stake in South African retailer Massmart Holdings in 2010 for $2.3 billion
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