Economics

Wal-Mart Plans to Crack Chinese Market by Delivering Within Hours

  • Retailer to offer imported goods from its global stores: CEO
  • Wal-Mart can now deliver to 90 percent of Chinese consumers

Wal-Mart Increases China Investment

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has hit the reset button on its China strategy in dramatic fashion.

The world’s largest retailer is making an ambitious push into e-commerce in China and aims to deliver goods from its stores around the world to Chinese consumers within hours. Shoppers in select remote villages could even see their Wal-Mart products being delivered by drones as part of a pilot project by its Chinese partner, JD.com Inc.