Bentonville, Ark. — On Nov. 3, Walmart will reopen 117 stores nationwide, the largest single-day rollout of re-grand openings in company history. The re-grand opening projects represent more than half a billion dollars in capital investments across 30 states. Walmart plans to continue modernizing its stores across the country in 2024.
“We’re investing more than $9 billion over a 2-year period to upgrade and modernize more than 1,400 of our stores across the U.S.,” says John Furner, chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. “With nearly 90% of the U.S. population living within 10 miles of a Walmart, we understand how important our local stores are to customers and communities, and these construction investments allow us to create more local jobs and make it easier for our associates to get customers what they want, when they want it.”
Each store’s reopening is part of Walmart’s Signature Experience, which seeks to inspire customers and provide them with a seamless, high-quality shopping experience. Upgraded features include improved layouts, expanded product selections and innovative technology that allows Walmart associates to better support customers and make shopping more convenient and enjoyable.
Customers shopping enhanced stores can expect to see:
• Refreshed interior and exterior: New paint, updated flooring throughout the store, modernized restrooms, and new fixtures and LED lighting for better and brighter line of sight throughout the store.
• New signage allowing for easier navigation while shopping in store and using the Walmart app.
• More shopping carts in each store for customer convenience.
• Front end transformation: Increased checkout options, including staffed lanes and self-checkout areas.
• Larger online grocery pickup and deliver areas to accommodate growing demand and to serve more online customers.
• Grab & Go: New grab-and-go sections are being added to grocery areas for quick meal and drink options.
• Activated corners: New displays are featured at the corners of certain departments to pull customers in and help them touch, feel and become a part of the space.
• Elevated departments: Transformed stores feature displays showcasing products out of their boxes, so customers can visualize fitting them into their daily lives.
• More space to discover: Walmart has purposefully created more space for customers to explore and discover what their local store has to offer.
• Digital touchpoints: New touchpoints located throughout the store help communicate the range of products and services offered online through QR codes and digital screens.
• Expanded Pharmacies: For easier customer access, many pharmacies have been moved to the front of the store and have been expanded to allow for new private screening rooms for pharmacist consultations and services.
• Updated Customer Service Area for additional room, ease and comfort.
• Mother’s Room with comfortable, clean and private area for nursing mothers.
• Vision Center: Walmart’s Vision Center experience is designed around the customer that offers an assort of quality eyeglasses and sunglasses with prescription lenses.
• New Dollar Shop at store entrances with seasonally relevant products.
There are also ongoing innovations in Pickup and Delivery.
Walmart Inc. has approximately 10,500 stores in 19 countries. For more information, visit https://corporate.walmart.com.
SOURCE: Walmart Inc.