...None of this was particularly surprising. The moves were years in the making. What’s notable is how quickly Walmart finally flipped the switch. The company is now fulfilling online orders from 2,400 stores and delivering goods in less than two hours from 1,000 of those stores.
It’s another example of a business seizing the pandemic opportunity namely because it had been prepping for years. A couple weeks ago, we detailed similar savvy execution at Tractor Supply, which has figured out same-day delivery in the middle of nowhere.
Walmart’s e-commerce sales were up 74% in the quarter ended April 30 and the number of customers ordering online has quadrupled since mid-March. None of this would have happened, mind you, if Walmart hadn’t spent last year
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