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Bits & Bytes | Amazon's AI Fashion Designer, Can Tech Combat Counterfeits?

29 August 2017 • By Victoria Berezhna

29 August 2017 • By Victoria Berezhna

This week, Amazon develops designs via AI algorithms, and how fashion brands use RFID tags to battle counterfeits.

Bits & Bytes | Amazon's AI Fashion Designer, Can Tech Combat Counterfeits?

This week, Amazon develops designs via AI algorithms, and how fashion brands use RFID tags to battle counterfeits.

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Wal-Mart to Enter Voice-Shopping Market Via Google

23 August 2017 • By Reuters

23 August 2017 • By Reuters

The American retail giant will offer hundreds of thousands of items via Google Home in a bid to keep up with Amazon's Alexa.

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Wal-Mart to Enter Voice-Shopping Market Via Google

The American retail giant will offer hundreds of thousands of items via Google Home in a bid to keep up with Amazon's Alexa.

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Wal-Mart Gives Tepid Outlook as Competition Mounts

17 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

17 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

Shares slide 2.4 percent as the Arkansas-based retailer faces tough competition against Amazon, Aldi and Lidl

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Wal-Mart Gives Tepid Outlook as Competition Mounts

Shares slide 2.4 percent as the Arkansas-based retailer faces tough competition against Amazon, Aldi and Lidl

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Report: Wal-Mart Said to Be Eliminating a Few Dozen Jobs at Headquarters

27 July 2017 • By Bloomberg

27 July 2017 • By Bloomberg

The company has been looking to slim down its operations as it boosts wages for employees and ramps up e-commerce spending to compete with Amazon.com Inc.

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Report: Wal-Mart Said to Be Eliminating a Few Dozen Jobs at Headquarters

The company has been looking to slim down its operations as it boosts wages for employees and ramps up e-commerce spending to compete with Amazon.com Inc.

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Walmart to Acquire Online Men's Retailer Bonobos for $310 Million

16 June 2017 • By Bloomberg

16 June 2017 • By Bloomberg

The acquisition is the fourth purchase that Wal-Mart has made this year, in its bid to become a dominant player in the e-commerce market.

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Walmart to Acquire Online Men's Retailer Bonobos for $310 Million

The acquisition is the fourth purchase that Wal-Mart has made this year, in its bid to become a dominant player in the e-commerce market.

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Amazon Lowers Delivery Charges as Wal-Mart Battle Heats Up

9 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

9 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

Amazon lowered its free shipping threshold, undercutting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by $10 and escalating a battle between the world’s e-commerce leader and the world’s biggest retailer.

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Amazon Lowers Delivery Charges as Wal-Mart Battle Heats Up

Amazon lowered its free shipping threshold, undercutting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by $10 and escalating a battle between the world’s e-commerce leader and the world’s biggest retailer.

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Walmart Admits it's Still Playing Catch-Up to Amazon

3 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

3 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

The world’s biggest retailer says it still has plenty of ground to cover as it expands its online business in the face of fierce competition from digital leaders like Amazon.

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Walmart Admits it's Still Playing Catch-Up to Amazon

The world’s biggest retailer says it still has plenty of ground to cover as it expands its online business in the face of fierce competition from digital leaders like Amazon.

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Wal-Mart Offers Discounts for Online Orders Picked Up In Store

12 April 2017 • By Reuters

12 April 2017 • By Reuters

The change is expected to improve the retailer's competitive advantage by making its 4,700 US stores more relevant to shoppers in a digital age, analysts said.

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Wal-Mart Offers Discounts for Online Orders Picked Up In Store

The change is expected to improve the retailer's competitive advantage by making its 4,700 US stores more relevant to shoppers in a digital age, analysts said.

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Wal-Mart Eliminates More Corporate Jobs

11 April 2017 • By Reuters

11 April 2017 • By Reuters

The company confirmed the latest round of job cuts, which will involve "hundreds" of positions in its international and technology businesses, along with its Sam's Club warehouse chain.

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Wal-Mart Eliminates More Corporate Jobs

The company confirmed the latest round of job cuts, which will involve "hundreds" of positions in its international and technology businesses, along with its Sam's Club warehouse chain.

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Walmart Announces Plan to Invest $800 Million in Chile

22 March 2017 • By Reuters

22 March 2017 • By Reuters

As part of the plan, the retail and supermarket chain will also remodel over 50 stores, add more than 5,000 jobs, and further develop a large distribution centre near the capital city of Santiago.

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Walmart Announces Plan to Invest $800 Million in Chile

As part of the plan, the retail and supermarket chain will also remodel over 50 stores, add more than 5,000 jobs, and further develop a large distribution centre near the capital city of Santiago.