Walmart Goes Viral, Amazon Bets on Robots and Wonder Hits $9B
US retail sales rose more than 11% year over year in June—but what sits behind the headline?
Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak examine five major US retail developments:
• The latest US retail-sales figures and whether the World Cup may have influenced consumer activity
• International football fans turning Walmart into an unexpected destination
• Walmart converting organic social attention into guided store tours
• Amazon’s planned $48 million robotics-enabled facility in Georgetown, Texas
• Sephora’s global rollout of Quiet Hours
• Wonder’s $650 million Series D at a $9 billion pre-money…
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