Overview
- Walmart confirmed a pilot in select Dallas stores that places third‑party marketplace goods in store backrooms to speed pickup and same‑day delivery.
- Under the test, sellers keep ownership of the stock until purchase and pay Walmart commissions and delivery fees.
- Walmart says its stores already deliver more than a third of online orders in under three hours from local hubs.
- The company has redesigned stores, automated warehouses, and uses AI to choose local assortments to free backroom space for marketplace inventory.
- The marketplace now lists about 500 million items and its revenue is growing near 20% a year alongside strong e‑commerce gains in the U.S.