Retailer Expanding Shopping Options and Empowering Customers in Texas
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San Antonio, TX — Walmart announced it expects to spend an estimated $277 million over the next year in Texas through the opening and remodeling of 49 stores, as well as the rollout of several in-store and online innovations designed to help busy customers save time and money. The spend is part of Walmart’s total capital expenditure of approximately $11 billion for FY 2019, which was outlined last October at the company’s annual meeting for the investment community and reiterated in February 2018.
Walmart recently reported strong comp sales growth of 2.1% for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2018, indicating customers are responding well to the company’s business strategy. The plan is to continue improving stores and accelerating innovation during the coming year to make shopping faster and easier for customers in Texas.
“We know our customers want to save time and money and there’s no better place for shopping convenience and great prices than Walmart,” said Uli Correa, Walmart Regional General Manager. We’re very excited about our 2018 plans to rollout improvements and innovations that fit into our customers’ busy lifestyles and make shopping even easier for them.”
2018 Walmart New Store Construction and Remodels in Texas
Walmart plans to build and remodel stores in the following locations this year.
New Construction
· El Paso
· Fort Worth
· Fulshear
· Vidor (Beaumont)
Remodels – Walmart plans to remodel 45 stores throughout Texas in 2018, including these 9 in Central and South Texas:
· 2501 W Wheeler Ave., Aransas Pass
· 710 E Ben White Blvd., Austin
· 1381 S Main St., Boerne
· 8315 FM 78, Converse
· 1216 Junction Hwy., Kerrville
· 2700 Us Highway 281., Marble Falls
· 8030 Bandera Rd., San Antonio
· 1515 N Loop 1604 E., San Antonio (N)
· 8923 W Military Dr., San Antonio (W)
2018 Walmart In-store and Online Innovations in Texas
Walmart continues to innovate how it serves customers, helping them save time and money by creating a seamless shopping experience that empowers customers to shop when, where and how they want.
In addition to continuing to test new technologies that transform how customers shop, Walmart plans to expand several innovative services that deliver greater convenience and faster services, including:
Online Grocery Pickup
· Texas can order Walmart groceries online and pick them up without ever having to unbuckle their seatbelts. The service is free and prices through Walmart Online Grocery are the same as in-store.
· Walmart currently offers Grocery Pickup at 42 locations in Central and South Texas and plans to rollout approximately 125 new Grocery Pickup locations at Texas stores in the coming year.
· Walmart Online Grocery Pickup—How it works
Mobile Express Scan & Go
· Walmart offers Mobile Express Scan & Go in select markets, which allows customers to scan items with their mobile devices while shopping in store, pay instantly and skip the checkout line. Customers can download the Walmart Scan & Go app from iTunes or the Google Play store.
· Mobile Express Scan & Go is currently offered at all Sam’s Clubs and more than 20 Texas Walmart stores including Kyle, Copperas Cove and Corpus Christi. Walmart will continue evaluating opportunities to expand the service to more local customers in the coming year.
· Walmart Mobile Express Scan & Go video.
Walmart Pickup Towers
· Much like a high-tech vending machine, the Walmart Pickup Tower allows customers to pick up their online orders in less than a minute by scanning a bar code sent to their smartphone. To use the tower, customers simply choose from millions of items available on Walmart.com and select the Pickup option at checkout.
· Pickup Tower service is currently available at 17 Texas Walmart stores including San Marcos and New Braunfels. Walmart will continue evaluating opportunities expand the Pickup Tower service to Texas customers in the coming year.
· Walmart Pickup Tower video.
