While details of Walmart’s new subscription program are still hazy, the service is rooted in three experiments the world’s biggest retailer has conducted in recent years.
Getting products from one place to another with as little human contact as possible is becoming an imperative for businesses as retailers, warehouses and transport providers adapt to the pandemic.
For Black entrepreneurs, calls to Buy Black have been a lifeline during the pandemic, but they worry that customers motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement won’t come back if interest in retail activism dies down.
The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking change throughout the retail landscape, especially as it affects the balance between online purchases and traditional brick-and-mortar sales.