Walmart opens marketplace to non-US vendors in strategy shift

Bloomberg2021-03-19

Retailer has relaxed rules that required sellers to be in U.S. Decision could benefit services like fulfillment, advertising Walmart has removed rules requiring sellers on its marketplace website to ...

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pandaroar
2021-03-19
pandaroar
Just trying to chase Amazon!
tazzcore
2021-03-19
tazzcore
Oh
AppleMango
2021-03-19
AppleMango
Open non US vendors will give a good movefor Walmart. Pls like n comments
- JoeK:
  good move and long overdue
股神徒孙
2021-03-19
股神徒孙
Ah
KinKat
2021-03-19
KinKat
Time to move Walmart up my watchlist! [得意]
- Lynny:
  Yah will be good gor Walmart
Meiw
2021-03-19
Meiw
Isn’t walmart and other sites slowly falling off?

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