Walmart waited a decade to introduce a membership shipping service to compete against Amazon’s hugely successful Prime program. Less than two years later, it’s killing off the new service and changing tactics. The big-box retailer said Tuesday it got rid of ShippingPass, which offered unlimited two-day shipments on Walmart.com for $49 annually. In its place, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday and other turkey traditions are evolving 2:09 Black Friday inches closer with everyday. In anticipation, retailers have published previews of this year’s Black Friday deals. But some retailers want to give you a good deal right now — before any turkey is served. Here are some of our favorite pre-Black Friday deals. Amazon really …
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Walmart can’t wait for Cyber Monday, so it’s moving its online sales kickoff up a few days to Black Friday. The retail giant said Monday it will launch a “Cyber Week” of online holiday deals beginning on Friday, the day that post-Thanksgiving Day shoppers typically flock to the retail store to slug it out over merchandise. Cyber Monday is traditionally …
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The Apple TV box has only gotten better since its debut in 2015, with thousands of new apps and plenty of usability improvements via software updates. Even more improvements — single sign-on for some cable and satellite providers and the new TV app — are due by the end of the year. But if the product has one frustration point, …
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Walmart appears to be diving deeper into digital payments. Last week, the retailer unveiled a partnership with JPMorgan Chase to bring the bank’s Chase Pay payment service next year to Walmart.com, the Walmart app and stores using Walmart Pay. This week, a Walmart executive told Reuters the company is in talks with several other mobile wallet providers to offer its …
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Vudu is picking up where Hulu left off, sort of. Vudu, Walmart’s online store for buying and renting digital movies, launched on Tuesday a limited selection that viewers can stream free with advertising, no payment necessary. Called “Vudu Movies on Us,” it has about a thousand titles from Vudu’s total library of 100,000. Vudu will play several 30-second commercials before …
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When you hear the term “convenience store,” you might think of names like 7-11, Walgreens, CVS…and, perhaps someday, Amazon? Hoping to grow its grocery sales, the Seattle retailer is looking into opening its own small bodegas to sell produce, milk, meat and other perishables, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plans. Amazon declined to comment …
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If you’ve been waiting for a new Walmart supercenter to open in your town, don’t hold your breath. Walmart has become the biggest retailer in the world thanks to its 11,500 stores. But guess what? These days, the big-box operator is a little more interested in talking up its online persona, Walmart.com, which it hopes will help re-energize sales and …
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Walmart is ponying up $3.3 billion to buy Jet.com so it can strengthen its online shopping muscle. This means we’ll all be racing to Walmart.com, right? Eh, maybe. The world’s largest retailer has been getting a lot more aggressive in e-commerce over the past year, introducing an Amazon Prime-like unlimited shipping service called ShippingPass, expanding its online inventory and setting …
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Tokyo is a wonderfully frenetic city of lights, high rises and concentrated insanity. It’s equal parts “Blade Runner,” “The Fifth Element,” “Ghost in the Shell” and, well, just about every other sci-fi movie you can think of. For years, Tokyo’s Akihabara district was the place to score cheap electronics. As the Internet became a thing and manufacturing largely moved out …
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