Executive Summary

• This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses Walmart’s rapidly evolving e-commerce offerings, which include deliveries by store associates, pick-and-mix pricing and a larger marketplace selection.
• Amazon is making a play for low-income shoppers by offering a discount on its pay-by-month Prime membership for people who receive government assistance.
• British grocery retailer Tesco has successfully used a six-wheeled robot to deliver a basket of goods as part of a one-off test in its Tesco Now one-hour delivery trial.
• Chinese giant Alibaba has taken another step into India with the acquisition of a majority stake in online movie-ticketing site TicketNew, which enables the booking of movie theater tickets in more than 300 cities across India.