Walmart e-commerce strategy notches up small-format stores

摘要

Though Walmart has slowed new store openings,rnits focus on e-commerce is behind a recent increase inrnsmall-format stores, an OPIS analysis of the retailer’srnU.S. network shows.rnThe retail giant’s “eCommerce AcquisitionrnStores” were not classified as a store format beforernlast year. Its recent figures show that of 83 smallformatrnstores, eCommerce Acquisition sites totaledrn59 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 afterrnopening one of these stores during the quarter.rnWalmart’s figures show that the eCommerce storesrnaverage just less than 2,000 square feet.