Walmart

Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets. Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, Walmart has become one of the largest companies in the world, with over 11,000 stores in 27 countries. The company is led by CEO Doug McMillon. Walmart faces competition from other retail giants such as Amazon, Target, and Costco.

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How Companies Are Approaching AI’s Cost-Benefit Analysis

By Erin Woo and Jon Victor · Apr 10, 2025 10:00am PDT

Google Cloud pulled out all the stops at its annual developer conference in Las Vegas this week to demonstrate that customers are getting good results from artificial intelligence services, speeding up production and offering new services to customers. But as tariffs roil markets and dampen the economic outlook, how much businesses spend on AI... Google Cloud pulled out all the stops at its annual developer conference in Las Vegas this week...

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Google Cloud’s Thomas Kurian Keeps Focus on AI

By Martin Peers · Apr 9, 2025 5:00pm PDT

Shoutout to Thomas Kurian, chief of Google Cloud, who delivered a roughly 90-minute-long keynote address at the cloud unit’s developer conference in Las Vegas today. Even as chaos reigned in the markets and talk of a looming recession circulated, Kurian stood onstage wearing a suit, calmly talking up Google Cloud’s new artificial intelligence... Shoutout to Thomas Kurian, chief of Google Cloud, who delivered a roughly 90-minute-long keynote...

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Creator Economy

Guild Unveils Creator ‘Rider’

By Kaya Yurieff and Erin Woo · Apr 9, 2025 2:15pm PDT

A nonprofit is trying to bring more legal rigor to the creator economy. Creators Guild of America is releasing a legal document for creators that outlines basic protections for their deals with brands, social platforms and agencies. It aims to provide a standard for the industry, covering topics including timely payments and how a creator's... A nonprofit is trying to bring more legal rigor to the creator economy. Creators Guild of...

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The Year-Old Security Startup Keeping OpenAI’s Name Off Phishing Lures

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Apr 9, 2025 7:00am PDT

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The Year-Old Security Startup Keeping OpenAI’s Name Off Phishing Lures

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Apr 9, 2025 7:00am PDT

Large language models have a lot of great applications but a few bad ones as well: for instance, they help criminals launch targeted cyberattacks faster than they previously did. In the year after ChatGPT was released, the number of sites found to be “phishing,” or trying to convince victims to disclose their ID and payment credentials,... Large language models have a lot of great applications but a few bad ones as well: for instance,...

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Market Sell-Off Makes Amazon a Bargain Worthy of Walmart

By Anita Ramaswamy · Apr 9, 2025 6:00am PDT

Big stock market sell-offs present surprising opportunities. Here’s one: Amazon, the killer of bricks-and-mortar retail, is now much cheaper than Walmart, the king of bricks-and-mortar retail. This swap has been happening in slow motion for the past few months. President Donald Trump’s liberation day put the shift into high gear. Trump’s tariffs... Big stock market sell-offs present surprising opportunities. Here’s one: Amazon, the killer of...

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Merchants Hike Prices on Amazon and DTC Sites, Pause China Inventory Orders

By Ann Gehan and Theo Wayt · Apr 8, 2025 10:37am PDT

Online sellers are responding to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements by tacking on checkout fees—some with cheeky names—or planning to do so. At the same time, sellers are gaming out exactly how much to increase their list prices and when, based on fast-evolving trade policies and competitive pressures. Jolie Skin Co, a New... Online sellers are responding to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements by tacking on...

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What the Wall Street Bloodbath Reveals About Amazon

By Theo Wayt · Apr 3, 2025 5:00pm PDT · 1 comment

Wall Street wisdom says when a recession is on the horizon, investors should flock to defensive companies that sell things people always need, like groceries and healthcare. At the same time, they should flee cyclical firms that sell optional stuff cash-strapped shoppers will avoid or put off buying, like luxury goods and furniture. Which... Wall Street wisdom says when a recession is on the horizon, investors should flock to defensive...

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Stripe Likes Its Privacy; Autodesk’s Activist Travails

By Martin Peers · Mar 26, 2025 5:00pm PDT

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Stripe Likes Its Privacy; Autodesk’s Activist Travails

By Martin Peers · Mar 26, 2025 5:00pm PDT

Why do profitable companies bother to go public nowadays? That’s a question my colleague Cory Weinberg raised today in this piece, which revealed that payments processing firm Stripe doubled its free cash flow to $2.2 billion in 2024 on just $5.1 billion in revenue. That’s a free cash flow margin of 43%, which is unusually high for a company... Why do profitable companies bother to go public nowadays? That’s a question my colleague Cory...

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This IPO Slate Won’t Have Many Major VC Winners

By Cory Weinberg · Mar 25, 2025 3:36pm PDT

Three technology companies are preparing to go public with valuations north of $15 billion over the next few weeks. So, cue the balloons on Sand Hill Road, the party at the Rosewood, the juicy bonuses for venture capitalists? Not so fast. The largest shareholder of AI cloud upstart CoreWeave is a debt-focused hedge fund. The biggest backer... Three technology companies are preparing to go public with valuations north of $15 billion over...

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Creator Economy

TikTok Bidders Seek Potential Cloud Support from Microsoft, Google

By Kaya Yurieff and Sri Muppidi · Mar 25, 2025 1:00pm PDT

TikTok bidders are trying to get their ducks in a row as President Trump’s April 5 deadline to find a buyer for TikTok’s U.S. operations approaches. That means making sure they have a cloud firm lined up to keep TikTok running after a sale.Those interested include smaller investor groups who want to run the app and leverage the TikTok brand, but... TikTok bidders are trying to get their ducks in a row as President Trump’s April 5 deadline to...

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Creator Economy

How Walmart Could Team Up With TikTok and Instagram

By Theo Wayt · Mar 20, 2025 2:33pm PDT

When people want to buy a product promoted by an influencer on Instagram or YouTube, the process can be clunky, often involving a maze of affiliate links or switching between multiple apps. Now, Walmart is working to make social shopping smoother by having more checkouts happen inside social apps themselves, the company’s chief technology... When people want to buy a product promoted by an influencer on Instagram or YouTube, the process...

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Why Walmart Isn’t Sleeping on Agents

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 20, 2025 10:00am PDT

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Why Walmart Isn’t Sleeping on Agents

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 20, 2025 10:00am PDT

Retailers have mixed feelings about web-browsing agents that can control a person’s browser to complete tasks for them.Some firms like DoorDash are concerned that an explosion of agents could overrun their sites with bots, lowering the value of their ads and creating distance between themselves and customers in the process. (That was the subject... Retailers have mixed feelings about web-browsing agents that can control a person’s browser to...

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OpenAI’s ‘Agents’ Pose Risks to DoorDash, Other Consumer Apps

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Amir Efrati · Mar 19, 2025 10:51am PDT · 6 comments

Before OpenAI in January launched Operator, its artificial intelligence that uses the web to plan trips, compile reports and shop online for people, it asked DoorDash to be an official “launch partner” for the new product. DoorDash agreed—but it had a question. In a meeting last fall between the companies, a DoorDash executive asked OpenAI... Before OpenAI in January launched Operator, its artificial intelligence that uses the web to plan...

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Amazon’s Quest to Displace Google as Internet Ad Powerbroker

By Catherine Perloff, Sahil Patel and Theo Wayt · Mar 18, 2025 7:15am PDT · 1 comment

Amazon has become one of the biggest advertising businesses thanks to merchants promoting their wares in search ads on Amazon’s e-commerce site. Now Amazon has set its sights on becoming the conduit for advertisers to buy ads everywhere on the internet, not just on websites it controls. To get there, Amazon has lately offered incentives for... Amazon has become one of the biggest advertising businesses thanks to merchants promoting their...

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Klarna Affirms Marketing Savvy With Walmart Deal

By Martin Peers · Mar 17, 2025 5:00pm PDT

If the folks at Klarna ever decide to diversify from installment lending, they should give marketing a go. The Swedish company seems to be an expert in getting attention—and we’re not just talking about its frequent pronouncements about how it is using AI to cut costs. More to the point: Klarna’s announcement on Monday that it will become the... If the folks at Klarna ever decide to diversify from installment lending, they should give...

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Amazon Retail Chief Shifts Culture Toward Lower Costs And—Gasp!—Some Slower Shipping

By Theo Wayt · Mar 14, 2025 6:00am PDT · 3 comments

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Amazon Retail Chief Shifts Culture Toward Lower Costs And—Gasp!—Some Slower Shipping

By Theo Wayt · Mar 14, 2025 6:00am PDT · 3 comments

In the summer of 2022, Amazon was reeling. The company’s revenue growth had fallen to its lowest levels in decades, and it was grappling with a hangover from a costly, pandemic-era expansion of its warehouses and workforce. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy began breathing down the necks of lieutenants like Doug Herrington to focus on profits, a change from... In the summer of 2022, Amazon was reeling. The company’s revenue growth had fallen to its lowest...

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Oracle Is Leading Contender to Help Run TikTok in New Deal

By Jing Yang, Juro Osawa, Anissa Gardizy and Sri Muppidi · Mar 13, 2025 6:51am PDT · 4 comments

Oracle has emerged as a leading contender to help run TikTok as part of a deal President Donald Trump is orchestrating to satisfy last year’s divest-or-ban law, say investors, bankers and former executives familiar with the Chinese tech giant. ByteDance management prefers Oracle, while President Trump has also indicated his support for Oracle... Oracle has emerged as a leading contender to help run TikTok as part of a deal President Donald...

Influencer Marketing Growth to Slow on TikTok Ban, Tariffs

Creator Economy

Influencer Marketing Growth to Slow on TikTok Ban, Tariffs

By Kaya Yurieff · Mar 12, 2025 3:45pm PDT · 2 comments

Influencer marketing budgets are still expected to grow in the U.S., but the fate of TikTok’s future in the country, as well as economic uncertainty spurred by the Trump administration’s tariffs, could contribute to a slowdown in growth this year. Spending on U.S. influencer marketing is expected to rise 15% to $10.5 billion in 2025,... Influencer marketing budgets are still expected to grow in the U.S., but the fate of TikTok’s...