Walmart and Buzzfeed’s Tasty have partnered to launch a new in-app feature, Shoppable Recipes, which lets viewers add ingredients from a Tasty video straight to their Walmart grocery cart. To use the feature, customers need to download the Tasty app, where they can choose from 4,000 recipes. Once a recipe has been picked, a one-click process will […]
Walmart’s Indian unit Flipkart is set to roll out a free video service for all of its 160 million customers this month as the eCommerce company looks for new ways to increase its user base in smaller towns and cities, it said on August 5. “Most consumers’ first touch point with the internet is through […]
US retailer Walmart has partnered with internet services firm Rakuten to open Walmart’s first eCommerce store in Japan, the Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store. The business operates within the Rakuten Ichiba ‘internet shopping mall’, and aims to combine Walmart’s international expertise in delivering high-quality US brand products with Rakuten’s strengths in online commerce and familiarity with Japanese consumers. The digital […]
Walmart has officially launched an AI-enhanced personal shopping service, called Jetblack, though it’s US-only for now. Jetblack is a new app out in beta. The idea is that you can use it to text your shopping request. J, Jetblack’s built-in assistant, will then do the rest. J can order you goods and gift wrap any […]
Walmart has ended its delivery partnerships with both Uber and Lyft, potentially losing the grocery giant significant ground on rival Amazon. It is not clear the reasons why ties were severed but Walmart will use other delivery services to serve the four markets where it previously used Uber, and it will continue to push forward […]
Walmart has struck a deal with BuzzFeed’s Tasty app to help the retailer sell its kitchen tools, appliances, and groceries to the viral recipe hub’s tens of millions of followers. Starting December 7, Tasty’s step-by-step recipe videos will contain links to buy products featured in the videos — such as pots and pans, bakeware, and […]
Walmart is going toe-to-toe with Amazon on voice ordering after partnering with Google to enable the US retailer’s customers to buy goods through Assistant on their Google Home devices. Walmart joins the likes of Costco and Target on Google Express, which enables shoppers to shop at popular stores through its app, website, or by voice […]
Food retailers like Walmart, Unilever and Nestlé are partnering with IBM on a blockchain collaboration intended to address food safety. Additional IBM partners include Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company, McLane Company and Tyson Foods. They will work with IBM to identify new areas where the global supply chain can benefit from […]
According to Survey Monkey, Amazon saw app usage skyrocket on Prime Day. Amazon’s mobile app saw its usage increase by 35% last week, thanks to an influx of consumers wanting to cash in on Prime Day deals on July 12, according to new data from Survey Monkey. The e-commerce giant debuted Prime Day last year as […]
The indie sock seller, Stance, in partnership with Zambezi, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, for its Star Wars sock line’s innovative online shopping experience. Stance had to compete with large name brands such as Target and Walmart, who were spending loads on promoting their own Star […]