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June 29, 2017

Walmart enlists inventors in battling Amazon

  • 500 businesses selected to take part in Walmart's “Open Call” Wednesday have already been offered spots on the company's online portals.
    • By KELLY P. KISSEL
    Associated Press

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Hundreds of inventors have flocked to Walmart's headquarters in Bentonville to find out if the country needs a few more secret sauces, prettier mouse pads or “instant hair gel” packets for the on-the-go clubber.

    The 500 businesses selected to take part in Walmart's fourth annual “Open Call” Wednesday have already been offered spots on the company's online portals, as it battles Amazon for billions of dollars in revenue. Visits with Walmart's marketing team, though, could land any number of entrepreneurs shelf space in nearly 4,700 brick-and-mortar stores.


     
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