The biggest change you can expect to see at Walmart

The economic model of retail sales has changed dramatically as a result of the pandemic, which can affect your purchases.


The pandemic has encouraged many people to rethink how they receive races, whose most popular seems to be to opt forCollection of delivery and borbure Instead of visits to the store. At least, this is the case forWalmart.

The popular department and grocery store can no longer be animated on the weekends, at least in store. As restrictions begin to raise in the cities of the United States, buyers will always be encouraged to practicesocial distancing. Since Walmart has remained open during the entire pandemic, the company's stores have witnessed the way business habits have changed in response to the public health crisis.

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Now, buyers switch to electronic commerce purchases, either throughPick-up of grocery store and delivery or on Walmart.com and Marketplace. In fact, e-commerce sales increased by 74% in the quarter, according to the retail chain income report. Lei Duran, who follows Walmart for the research companyMarlet, says that ALF from all online grocery stores use Walmart specifically for grocery orders.

With such a great success in this area, associated with the uncertainty of the moment the pandemic will really finish, Walmartwill probably be Continue to rely on this model, even though shelter-on-site orders are gradually starting to raise in the country. In the end, the pandemic has moved the way the company gains money.

"You will just see absolute rash sales in food, consumables. You will see an obvious softness in the discretionary categories," said Moody's Charlie O'Shea retail analyst.Marlet.

In other words, articles like clothes, televisions and toys, for example, will not see a picture on sales. But things like disinfecting hands, meat, disinfecting wipes and of course,toilet paper, have always been erased in some stores and even online.

CEO of Walmart Doug McMillonCNBC says"For many of these items, we sell in two or three hours what we would normally sell in two or three days," he said.

So, the next time you need something Walmart, first check the site delivery and pickup section to find out if you can avoid getting physically in the store. However, if you decide to shop normally, consider reading15 worst mistakes I've seen the Walmart buyers do Avoid putting yourself and other people at risk of exposure.


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