Walmart Joins Nasdaq as Amazon Competition Goes High-Tech

The emerging battleground is agentic AI, where smart assistants may replace retailer loyalty — driving both companies to embed advanced AI into shopping interfaces.Amazon and Walmart are racing on speed and infrastructure: Amazon with same-day expansion and massive AI/logistics investment; Walmart leveraging stores as rapid-fulfillment hubs and rebranding itself as a tech-forward retailer.Retail competition is shifting to a race to compress time — using AI and logistics to make product discovery, purchase a ...