On Friday, November 3, Walmart will celebrate “Second Best Day,” a planned rollout of 117 remodeled stores. The re-opening projects represent more than half a billion dollars in capital investments in local communities across 30 states.
“We’re investing more than $9 billion over a two-year period to upgrade and modernize more than 1,400 of our stores across the U.S.,” said John Furner, CEO of Walmart U.S., in a statement "With nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population living within 10 miles of a Walmart, we understand how important our local stores are to customers and communities, and these construction investments allow us to create more local jobs and make it easier for our associates to get customers what they want, when they want it.”
Each store’s reopening is part of Walmart’s Signature Experience, which seeks to inspire customers and provide them with a seamless, high-quality shopping experience.
Upgraded features include improved layouts, expanded product selections and innovative technology that allows Walmart employees to better support customers. They are as follows:
• New paint, modernized restrooms, new fixtures, and LED lighting,
• New signage allowing for easier store navigation,
• More shopping carts,
• Increased check-out options, including staffed lanes and self-checkout areas,
• Larger Online Grocery Pickup and Deliver areas to accommodate growing demand and to serve more customers,
• New grab-and-go sections are being added to grocery areas for quick meal and drink options,
• Interactive displays for certain departments,
• Digital touchpoints located throughout the store help communicate the range of products and services offered online through QR codes and digital screens.
• Dollar Shop area at store entrances with seasonally relevant products.
Walmart plans to continue modernizing its stores across the country in 2024.
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