Industry – Blue Sky Retail Support http://www.blueskyretail.com Uniting Product, Sales and Support For Suppliers. Help for your Walmart Retail Link, Sams sales and business planning needs. Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Walmart Acquires Adchemy – Via Business Insider http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/05/walmart-acquires-adchemy-via-business-insider/ Thu, 08 May 2014 16:43:21 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=806 @WalmartLabs has acquired Adchemy, the slightly mysterious Foster City, Calif., adtech company that specializes in “semantic search.”  In a related Wall Street Journal article, for the first time in a decade, Wal-MartWMT +1.04%’s Web sales grew faster than Amazon’s.  Global Internet sales at Wal-Mart, which remained ranked as the fourth largest online seller by Internet Retailer, rose by 30% to $10 billion last year, topping Amazon’s 20% sales growth during the same period.

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Walmart Q4 Earnings Slip But Small Stores Leap Forward | HomeWorldBusiness.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/02/walmart-q4-earnings-slip-but-small-stores-leap-forward-homeworldbusiness-com/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=801 As it posted a fourth quarter earnings shortfall, Wal-Mart, Inc. also announced that it would accelerate its small store growth plan.

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Keurig, Coke To Team On Cold Beverage System | HomeWorldBusiness.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/02/keurig-coke-to-team-on-cold-beverage-system-homeworldbusiness-com/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:37:11 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=791 Under the global strategic agreement, GMCR and The Coca-Cola Company will cooperate to bring the Keurig Cold beverage system to consumers around the world.

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Wal-Mart Q4 Earnings May Fall Short Of Estimates | HomeWorldBusiness.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/02/wal-mart-q4-earnings-may-fall-short-of-estimates-homeworldbusiness-com/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:24:22 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=772 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that its earnings for the fourth quarter and full year may come in below guidance.

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Kid You Not: The Very Serious Business of Building The Fastest-Growing Company in America | Inc. 5000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/02/kid-you-not-the-very-serious-business-of-building-the-fastest-growing-company-in-america-inc-5000/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:06:01 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=765 Fuhu makes a cute soft-sided tablet for children. But cuteness isn’t what produced three-year growth of 42,148 percent.

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Walmart Announces $10 Million Fund to Spur Innovation and Support U.S. Manufacturing – MPB http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/walmart-announces-10-million-fund-to-spur-innovation-and-support-u-s-manufacturing-mpb/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:55:47 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=740

This past Thursday, Januaru 23, 2014, Walmart U.S. President and CEO Bill Simon joined 280 of the nation’s mayors in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Meeting to announce a new fund for innovation in American manufacturing and a new supplier commitment to bring production of bikes and jobs to South Carolina.

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Sam’s Club lays off 2% or 2,300 workers http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/sams-club-lays-off-2-or-2300-workers/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:39:22 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=731 A little less than half of the employees affected are assistant managers, according to Sam’s Club spokesman Bill Durling.   Report from CNN Money.

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Connecticut Painter Finds Everyday Art in Walmart http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/connecticut-painter-finds-everyday-art-in-walmart-arkansas-business-news-arkansasbusiness-com/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=720

“I went from being the guy who got thrown out of Wal-Mart for taking photos of cashiers to now I can actually set up in any Wal-Mart in anyplace in the world,” says Connecticut artist Brendan O’Connell.

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Sam’s Club gets serious about e-commerce | RetailingToday.com http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/sams-club-gets-serious-about-e-commerce-retailingtoday-com/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=714 Former Barnes & Noble executive Jamie Iannone was named president and CEO of Samsclub.com in a restructuring that elevates and integrates Sam’s Club’s online business into the Walmart’s Global eCommerce business unit based in California.

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Walmarts new campaign could be reason for rezoning petitions | Northwest Arkansas News – KHBS Home http://www.blueskyretail.com/2014/01/walmarts-new-campaign-could-be-reason-for-rezoning-petitions-northwest-arkansas-news-khbs-home/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:25:49 +0000 http://www.blueskyretail.com/?p=705

Development experts said they are seeing a new trend in rezoning since the launch of Walmarts “Buy American” campaign.

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