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Wal-Mart pushes to catch up with Amazon in e-commerce
Published Mon, May 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New York
WAL-MART Stores, the retail heavyweight, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce.
The company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, has been gobbling up smaller and niche players in e-commerce in an effort to reach online shopping market leader Amazon.
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