Walmart grows its online marketplace
July 6, 2017
Walmart has increased the number of items it sells online in the past year from 10 million to 50 million. This is largely attributed to the retailer’s success in attracting third-party sellers to its marketplace. Sales for third parties on Walmart.com grew an average of 58.6 percent annually between 2011 and 2016, according to Euromonitor.
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