Walmart is upping its drone capabilities, expanding the delivery service to 1.8 million additional households throughout North Texas in a bid to compete with rivals such as Amazon.  The company's drone delivery will now reach 75% of households throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth area. This expansion will impact stores across more than 30 towns and municipalities in the metroplex, Walmart said.The Arkansas-based company touted that it's the first retailer to offer drone delivery to this many households in a ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain Walmart says drone deliveries are no longer a futuristic idea: Let the baby wipes and forgotten birthday candles fall from the sky. Walmart will have the ability to make drone deliveries with its partners Wing and Zipline to 75% of Dallas-Fort Worth by the end of this year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon sai ...

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) is planning to implement new artificial intelligence-based tools to help shoppers, according to a keynote speech at CES in Las Vegas by CEO Doug McMillon. Under the new plans, the big box shop has created two AI tools, one to help workers with store replenishment and one to help customers with searches, as well as an augmented reality tool. The AI search tool is said to allow customers to find a range of products on the app by searching by activities like ‘football watch party’ or ‘di ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: People walk by the Walmart booth during the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. Credit: AP Photo/John Locher Walmart has unveiled plans to dive further into the world of artificial intelligence—and drones—to improve its customers' shopping experiences. In a Tuesday keynote at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, the ...

智通财经APP获悉，当地时间周二，沃尔玛(WMT.US)在拉斯维加斯举行的国际消费电子展(CES)上推出了两款新的人工智能(AI)工具，以帮助购物者快速搜索产品，并自动重新订购频繁购买的商品。 这家全球最大的零售商推出了一款新的生成式人工智能搜索工具，该工具将微软(MSFT.US)的人工智能模型与沃尔玛的购物者数据相结合，使购物者能够按特定用例而不是品牌或商品名称来搜索产品。 沃尔玛表示，购物者可以使用“足球观看派对”或“帮我为女儿策划一个独角兽主题派对”等关键词进行搜索，并收到一份精心策划的产品清单，而不需要单独搜索薯片、翅膀和气球。 沃尔玛表示，该功能目前只对iOS用户开放，今年晚些时候将向其网站和安卓应用用户推出。 沃尔玛还展示了人工智能的另一个用例。该公司表示正在开发一种名为“沃尔玛InHome补货”的工具，该工具将帮助订阅InHome送货服务的购物者快速将常用商品填充到在线购物车中。 自2022年底ChatGPT推出以来，生成式人工智能技术风靡全球。与汽车和电子产品制造商一样，零售商也在竞相为生成式人工智能技术寻找消费者用途。 沃尔玛的竞争对手亚马逊(AMZN.US)已经部署了生成式人工智能工具，以 ...

Walmart+ is teaming up with Andy Cohen to “Save Your Resolutions” and help customers resolve (or even re-resolve) to *not* drop the ball on their 2024 goal. (Photo: Business Wire)Walmart+ is teaming up with Andy Cohen to “Save Your Resolutions” and help customers resolve (or even re-resolve) to *not* drop the ball on their 2024 goal. (Photo: Business Wire)BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whether it’s resolving to eat more fruits & veggies, save money, devote more time to family, or travel the world – mos ...

LAS VEGAS — Walmart has unveiled plans to dive further into the world of artificial intelligence — and drones — to improve its customers’ shopping experiences. In a Tuesday keynote at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, the nation’s largest retailer announced it will be expanding its drone delivery to 1.8 million additional households in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area later this year. Drones aren’t new to Walmart — which has already completed 20,000 drone deliveries across seven states to date — bu ...

The future of commerce will be “customer-centric, interconnected, frictionless and consistently exceeds expectations.”So said Walmart in a Tuesday (Jan. 9) press release describing some of its latest retail technologies that were unveiled at the CES trade show.“The way people buy and discover goods has evolved into a seamless integration of online and offline experiences,” the retailer said in the release. “Customers expect retailers to provide a convenient and enjoyable shopping experience.”With technologi ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The way people buy and discover goods has evolved into a seamless integration of online and offline experiences. Customers expect retailers to provide a convenient and enjoyable shopping experience. During today’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Walmart unveiled how some of the latest technologies will enable the world’s largest retailer to deliver a new type of commerce – one that is customer-centric, interconnected, frictionless and consistently exceeds expec ...

Walmart (WMT) closed the most recent trading day at $157.76, moving -0.97% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.34%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.03%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.56%.Shares of the world's largest retailer witnessed a gain of 3.41% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Retail-Wholesale sector with its gain of 3.02% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.56%.The upcoming earnings release of Walmart ...