Insight Report 5 minutes PremiumWalmart Taps Store Employees to Test Last-Mile Delivery Initiative Coresight Research June 9, 2017 Executive Summary Walmart’s latest initiative in its ongoing competition with Amazon is to test a new delivery program that sends store employees to deliver online orders to customers’ homes at the end of their shifts. The new program is designed to solve the challenges associated with the last mile of delivery, which include cutting shipping costs and getting packages to their final destinations faster and more efficiently, according to Marc Lore, President and CEO of Walmart eCommerce US. The company began testing the package-delivery program a month ago in three stores—two in New Jersey and one in Arkansas—but it did not offer details on when or where it might expand the program across the US. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2023, Week 28: Christmas Tree Shops Drives US ClosuresSalesforce Dreamforce 2023: Generative AI, Data Cloud and Commerce CloudChinese New Year 2024 Review: Revealing Trends Amid Evolving Preferences—China Retail InsightsConsumers Maintain Consistent Summer Spending Patterns: US Consumer Tracker 2023, Week 32