“We’ve been working on convenient new ways to make shopping easier for our busy customers and members. You can see this in our rapid expansion of online grocery pickup across the country,” Michael Bender, an executive vice president in Wal-Mart’s global-commerce division, wrote in a blog post.
Though Wal-Mart is investing in its digital offerings, its growth there has decelerated.
During the quarter that just ended, its global digital sales increased just 7 percent on a constant currency basis, with McMillon telling investors that “growth here is too slow.”Well, I’m not ordering any cucumbers, bananas, zucchini or pens.
“The U.S. number is better than the global number but neither is as high as we’d like. We can see progress against several of the necessary capabilities we need to win in e-commerce but we’re still working on a few others,” he said.
Wal-Mart’s digital revenues still account for less than 5 percent of its business, according to eMarketer.
wasn’t there a walmart program a few years ago with walmart store shoppers delivering items to other customers on their way home from shopping? and it was criticized and flopped big time?
If they can deliver beverages and alcohol people would be all over it, no doubt.