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Amazon Cuts Deal to Unfreeze Suspended Product Listings in India

Amazon.com resurrected thousands of suspended product listings in India by selling much of its stake in top local venture partner Cloudtail, a hastily arranged deal intended to comply with stringent new e-commerce regulations that upended the market.

February 7, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon, Walmart Reel as India Curbs Plunge Market Into Chaos

Amazon.com’s and Walmart Inc.’s grand plans for India were thrown into chaos Feb. 1 after the country implemented new e-commerce regulations, which could cut their growth in the market by as much as half this year.

February 1, 2019
BusinessSafety

Walmart Revamps Employee Sick-Leave Policy

Walmart Inc. is making sweeping changes to its employment policies this month, granting paid sick leave to hourly workers in the United States, and, at the same time, possibly making it easier to fire those who miss too many shifts.

February 1, 2019
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Google’s Bid to Battle Amazon Suffers Blow As Walmart Withdraws

Walmart Inc. has quietly withdrawn from one of Google’s marquee efforts to challenge Amazon.com in e-commerce.

January 25, 2019
BusinessSafetyTCA

Walmart Says It Needs 900 More Truckers This Year, Hikes Pay

Walmart is raising trucker salaries in its push to hire 900 more drivers this year across the United States, including Texas, where it has a big concentration of large distribution centers where empty trucks get filled.

January 23, 2019
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

India Crackdown on Amazon, Walmart Seen Hurting Online Shoppers

India’s new rules for foreign e-commerce platforms may be designed to protect local companies from Amazon.com and Walmart Inc., but consumers are likely to suffer the collateral damage.

December 28, 2018
BusinessLogistics

Walmart Expands Offerings in Bid to Stay in Retail Race With Amazon

NEW YORK — Walmart may be bruised by Amazon, but it’s learning how to fight back.

November 16, 2018
Business

Warren Buffett Bids Farewell to Walmart After 20 Years as Amazon Reigns

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has sold its last Walmart Inc. shares, according to a filing Nov. 14, ending a relationship that dates more than two decades.

November 15, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Ford, Walmart to Test Self-Driving Grocery Delivery Service

Ford Motor Co. is teaming with Walmart Inc., the world’s largest retailer, to lay the groundwork for a driverless grocery delivery service.

November 14, 2018
Business

Walmart Narrows Gap, but Amazon Prices Still Cheaper, Study Finds

Walmart Inc. is narrowing the online price gap with low-cost leader Amazon.com and is beating the world’s biggest e-commerce company on prices for baby products, according to a new study.

November 8, 2018