Walmart has the 'secret sauce' for a profitable online business, former CEO says

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'It's something they've coveted for a long time,' former Walmart CEO Bill Simon said of the company's soon-to-launch subscription business.

Walmart's soon-to-launch subscription service may lay the path for the company's online business to turn a profit, former CEO Bill Simon told CNBC on Tuesday.membership program Walmart+ will launch Sept. 15

Online profits continue to elude Walmart, but the company said it is making progress. Walmart reduced its losses in its e-commerce operations in the quarter ended July 31, and the company's scale is critical to boosting profitability, according to Atlantic Equities research. The firm also thinks that Walmart+ would help the discount retailer retain new customers and foster customer loyalty.

Walmart+ will cost subscribers $98 per year, or $12.95 per month. In turn, customers will get unlimited free delivery on orders above $35, fuel discounts and the ability to skip checkout lines with a checkout app. By comparison, Amazon charges Prime members $119 a year, or $12.99 a month, which includes free two-day shipping on all orders, same-day shipping on some orders and free grocery delivery from Whole Foods on orders above $35.

 

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It took them twenty + years to find a secret sauce to compete with amazon.

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