Wal-Mart’s USA retail website is the second most visited retail site, after Amazon, and while these items are not yet for sale, this is appears to be an indication of Wal-Mart’s intentions.
The retailer has begun listing tens of thousands of items ranging from prepared salads and cooked shrimp to dog food and lipstick on its site.
The goods are not available for delivery from an online purchase at this stage it but allows customers to check availability and the details of the product, including nutritional information on the food items.
Wal-Mart is the largest USA grocery retailer, with more than 20% of the total market, but to date does not provide online home delivery of perishable groceries.
Wal-Mart’s 2,500 stores operate a site to store feature that allows goods ordered online to be picked up at its stores and they have suggested that they could extend their existing in-store pick up service to the three new product categories.
Only Safeway and Royal Ahold’s Peapod offer online grocery delivery services in some areas in California, the Midwest and the north-east.
The potential of online sales of supermarket items continues to attract retailers and Amazon launched an online grocery store two years ago, offering bulk packaged groceries that are delivered by parcel service.
As commerce of all types more to a greater online presence, this is another indication of the likely development of retail supermarkets.
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