News Summary

• Last quarter, Walmart's e-commerce business notched 27% sales growth, marking the eighth consecutive quarter with growth over 20%.
• The bulk of those sales is fulfilled by employees at the company's 4,600 US stores.
• "We're getting things to people faster," former CEO Doug McMillon said at last year's annual shareholder meeting.
• "Days are becoming hours, and hours are becoming minutes.
• Convenience drives our business," he said in a speech last year.
• The balancing act Walmart now finds itself in is perhaps best illustrated by the big stir that followed seemingly small rule changes about how workers should handle online order carts.