Walmart Pay mobile payments app has finally arrived

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After hinting, testing and piloting for a long time, the retail giant has finally rolled out the application. The fact that Walmart had a mobile payments app up its sleeve is coming as a surprise to absolutely nobody as it has been talking about it, testing it and running pilot programs for some time now, but what is making headlines is the final rollout of the application and the way competitors in this sphere are being treated. This is the largest effort the retailer has made to try to bump…

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Walmart takes another whack at m-commerce

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The retail giant is now adding a number of smartphone friendly services and features. Walmart has had its ups and downs when it comes to the efforts that it has made to be successful in m-commerce, and now it is taking a few more steps in this direction in the hopes of getting it right. The biggest change is that it is hoping to entirely transition itself away from paper receipts and toward digital. Although e-receipts are nothing new and they are offered by many retailers, already, typically they are…

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Gadgets to Gift Cards program launched at Walmart

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The retail giant has introduced a trade in program to encourage mobile commerce and device shopping. As the majority of industry experts are now expecting that the next iPhone is less than a month away from being released by Apple, Walmart is taking a preemptive step by introducing a Gadgets for Gift Cards program, in which customers can turn in their old devices in exchange for a gift card to be used in its stores. The trade in is not exclusive to smartphones, but also includes MP3 players, video games,…

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Mobile payments being tested by Wal-Mart

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In store purchases using smartphone checkouts are now available in certain locations. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced that they have started a new pilot program that includes mobile payments in their new checkout system that allows customers to scan the items that they’d like to purchase while they are in the aisles of the stores. The largest retailer in the world is testing the Scan and Go program with their employees. This trial is occurring at one of their store locations in Arkansas. If it is found to be effective…

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