Walmart Making Significant Bet on Warehouse Robotics
Supply Chain Matters highlights communication made by retailer Walmart regarding a significant bet on warehouse robotics having attractive operating profitability promise.
by Bob Ferrari 
Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff
Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that global retailer Walmart is initiating salaried staff reductions
by Bob Ferrari 
Walmart Makes A Shrewd Deal with an EV Start-Up
Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of this week’s announced deal that Walmart is acquiring electric vehicle vans from start-up Canoo. This is a side panel to our commentary on the implications of a more conservative funding environment for up and coming start-ups and how lifeline investors can extract very friendly terms
by Bob Ferrari 
Troubling Signs for Retail Supply Chains- Walmart Badly Misses on Profitability
Supply Chain Matters highlights Walmart’s latest financial performance which provided added troubling signs for retail industry supply chains.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Countdown to Holiday Fulfillment Execution Has Begun
The Supply Chain Matters blog reflects on industry supply chain preparedness just one week before 2021’s largest online shopping holiday promotions, along with the takeaways from preparations thus far.
by Bob Ferrari
Walmart’s Executive Shuffle in U.S. Operations- Not Exactly Timely
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report of a senior executive shuffle that occurred in Walmart’s U.S. business unit just prior to the most important quarter in retail.
by Bob Ferrari 
New Crown for the Largest Retailer
In this Supply Chain Matters retail industry specific commentary we highlight a report that is sure to garner the attention of retail supply chain and customer fulfillment teams, that being a report crowning Amazon as the largest retailer outside of China.
by Bob Ferrari 
Industry Supply Network Response: Sampling of Bellwether Companies- Part Four
The Supply Chain Matters blog surveys recent financial and operational performance of some bellwether companies’ indicative of ongoing industry supply chain disruption. We focus on indicators of how certain industries, companies, key services providers and customers are faring during this unprecedented 2021 global supply chain surge of activity. In this blog we focus on select U.S. retailers.
by Bob Ferrari 
Walmart is Recruiting a New Supply Chain Leader
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report indicating that Walmart is seeking a senior executive to lead the retailer’s vast supply chain operations.
by Bob Ferrari
Walmart’s Latest Impressive Financial and Operational Performance
The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers the ongoing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most profound of which has the explosion in online buying among global consumers. Highlighted are the quarterly financial and operational performance aspects for retailers Walmart in the latest quarter.
by Bob Ferrari
Walmart's Q2 Performance Adds to Retail Industry Confidence Levels
Global retailer Walmart reported fiscal Q2-2019 financial performance that reinforced positive consumer sentiments in Q2, while reaping the benefits of stepped-up investments in store associates and in Omni-channel customer fulfillment capabilities.
by Barry Belotti
Walmart Spooks Investors With Financial Performance Results
Global retailer Walmart reported financial performance for the all-important 2017 holiday fulfillment period and fiscal 2018 and investors were not pleased. Today’s news is yet another indicator of the high growth expectations being placed on online retailers, and the continued challenges in transitioning to a combined online and physical retail fulfillment presence.
by Barry Belotti 
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