Walmart has never shied away from setting big, ambitious goals, whether it’s setting their sights on 100% renewable energy or their commitment to sustainable packaging, including a goal to achieve 100% recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable packaging by 2025. Innovation is essential to achieving those goals and meeting customers’ growing expectation to buy sustainable/sustainably packaged
Small business owners and entrepreneurs with a dream of selling their U.S. made, grown or assembled products to millions of customers now have their chance. This week, Walmart announced the opening of the application period for its 9th annual Open Call event. For the first time in the program’s nine-year history, Walmart offered an exclusive
Nearly one year ago, Walmart announced a first-of-its-kind apparel collaboration with American fashion designer Brandon Maxwell, who is serving as Creative Director for two of the retailer's Denise Incandela, EVP of Apparel and Private Brands, Walmart U.S. exclusive brands, Free Assembly and Scoop. Earlier this week the Bentonville-based giant unveiled both spring 2022
Walmart and Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced Walmart signed an agreement to invest in Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company, as part of their $400M Series E funding round subject to a regulatory approval. Walmart’s equity investment is part of a broader strategic partnership to utilize Plenty’s indoor vertical farming technology platform to deliver fresh
Walmart is looking to Retail Brands (Private Brands) as a key area for making progress on its ambitious sustainability goals. That was the take from two executives who spoke at the Velocity Institute (RBI) Sustainability Summit and answered follow-up questions from RBI President Christopher Durham. The executives outlined Walmart’s initiatives and the impacts on
Walmart today raised the bar on climate action by creating a supply chain finance program that not only enables greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, but for the first time, uses science-based targets to do so in a way that aims for a 1.5-degree Celsius pathway. Working alongside HSBC and CDP, the program will help
Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of
In June, Walmart launched its latest exclusive home line with Gap Home, which also marked the first time Walmart has partnered with a fashion brand on a home collection. Over the past six months, the retailer has received fantastic feedback from customers on the Gap Home décor, tabletop, bedding, and bath options, all of
This post by Jane Ewing, Senior Vice President, Sustainability of Walmart was originally published on the retailer's official blog. One year ago, Walmart set a goal to become a regenerative company—one that places nature and humanity at the center of our business. The effects of climate change have grown even more urgent since we made
Walmart, continue to focus on growing their fashion assortment of exclusive, elevated Brands that offer customers quality, on-trend and accessible style at an incredible value. They recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of their Free Assembly Retail Brand launch for women and men — a key addition to their assortment of exclusive, elevated brands, which
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