Walmart Launches Free Next-Day<br />Delivery To Compete With Amazon Walmart’s new next-day service will be available<br />for 220,000 popular items, ranging from<br />nonperishable foods to toys and electronics. The retail giant has reportedly been building<br />a network of e-commerce distribution centers<br />across the country in order to support the service. Their announcement came just two weeks<br />after Amazon announced their own intent to<br />upgrade from free two-day delivery to one-day. Walmart’s service is currently only available<br />in Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, but<br />will soon expand to Southern California. Unlike Amazon, Walmart’s next-day<br />shipping will not require membership fees. Walmart plans to roll out their service to<br />75 percent of the U.S. population by the end of 2019, as well as increase qualifying products by<br />hundreds of thousands as the program expands.
