Walmart Helps Customers Ace Back-to-School and Back-to-College with More Tools to Make Shopping Faster and Easier
July 11 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
No Doubt About It – Walmart Has Everything for
the Biggest and Best First Day Ever
According to Walmart customers, nearly one-third of parents want
to avoid the stress of last-minute back-to-school shopping and
almost half want to cash in on the seasonal savings. That’s why,
today, Walmart announced its plans to help customers gain back time
in a big way by launching new tools that make shopping for the new
school year faster and easier. And with an eye on trend, the
retailer is also launching more new items than ever before – at the
best prices.
“Walmart has always been known for our low prices, but giving
parents time back is also valuable currency when they’re deciding
where to shop for all their back-to-school needs,” said Scott
Bayles, Walmart’s Dean of Back-to-Class. “With more convenient ways
to shop than ever before, thousands of in-store events and some
really cool, new items at unbelievable prices, Walmart has
everything customers need to start the school year off with
confidence, style and ease.”
So what’s on the agenda to help Walmart customers go back
big?
- A Suite of New App and Online Tools
for Parents, Teachers and Students – Last year, Walmart
integrated the popular resource TeacherLists into a dedicated
online destination called School Supplies List that enabled parents
to find and shop for their child’s specific classroom supply list
on Walmart.com. New this year, Walmart is expanding the
experience to the Walmart app where parents can search and shop
for their child’s actual list and then use the app to locate the
store aisle the item is in. Also new this year, customers will have
the option to choose the products and brands from the school
supplies list.Walmart is also helping college students subtract the
stress of outfitting their dorm room with a new way to shop
online called Buy the Room. Available today, Buy the Room
allows customers to add a group of items to their cart to shop a
complete dorm look. Walmart will launch with nine curated
collections that each feature up to 20 of the most sought-after
items college students search for and purchase at the low prices
Walmart is known for.In stores and online, teachers will also find
more ways to ensure that they are stocked up on their classroom
supplies. Walmart is launching a new Teacher Shop on
http://Walmart.com and a dedicated section in more than
2,100 stores that includes classroom décor items and supplies,
like stickers, reward charts, dry erase boards, markers and
more.
- More Ways to Shop Without Leaving
Your Car (or Home!) – Walmart customers love Online Grocery
Pickup and Delivery. This year, more customers will be able to get
their back-to-school shopping done without ever leaving their
vehicle, since Walmart has made Online Grocery pickup available
in twice as many stores as last year and has doubled the assortment
of back-to-school and college products available during the
season. And, for the first time, Walmart is offering Online
Grocery Delivery as a convenient way to have these back-to-class
items delivered directly to homes in dozens of markets, like
Atlanta, Denver and Houston. In addition, the vast majority of
back-to-class items are available for free two-day shipping on
orders over $35 without a membership fee.
- Pickup Makes Packing a Breeze –
The nightmare of packing an entire dorm room into the back of a
mini-van is over. This year, Walmart is making hundreds more
back-to-class items available via Pickup, so parents and
students can order all of their supplies and gear online and pick
it up at the store closest to campus within seven days of ordering
the item. How’s that for saving time – and headaches? Pickup will
also be available for school supplies, offering parents a
convenient way to get these items and other back-to-school
essentials, like granola bars and new shoes, in one easy trip.
- Beyond-the-Basics Assortment –
Customers have always relied on Walmart to offer all of the basics
but, this year, the retailer is getting extra credit for its new,
on-trend assortment. Trending products like glow-in-the-dark and
colored glue, paper from certified sustainable sources, FriXion
Erasable pens, Rocketbook notebooks, emoji pencil cases and unicorn
notebooks are just some of the many new products customers will
find. All told, approximately 25 percent of the retailer’s
school supply assortment is new.
- A+ Prices All Season Long
– As always, Walmart will offer incredible prices on school
supplies, including 400+ items under $3 and hundreds more under $5.
For example, customers will find Composition Notebooks for $.50,
100-Sheet Poly Notebooks for $.87 (Rollback from $1.47), 12-count
Crayola Colored Pencils for $.97 (Rollback from $1.84), Crayon
Boxes for $1 and 5-ounce Elmer’s Glue for $2.97. Walmart will also
offer more than 30 exclusive bonus packs, like Sharpie Pocket
Highlighters 4+2 for $2.24, Paper Mate Mechanical Pencils 20+6 for
$2.97 and Bic Gel Pens 4+1 for $2.94.
But, before the bell rings, Walmart stores are offering
events throughout the season to help communities rally for a
fresh school year and go back big. Walmart is hosting its quarterly
Walmart Wellness Days event July 21 so that parents and
students can take advantage of low-cost immunizations, vision
screenings in select locations and the opportunity to speak with a
pharmacist in time to have their healthiest start to the school
year. Walmart stores will also join in Tax Free Holidays and
waive sales tax on certain items in participating states so
customers can secure even more savings. Last but certainly not
least, Walmart will host nearly 2,000 Beauty Demos with
L'Oréal and Maybelline so customers can try out best-in-class
beauty looks.
For more information, please visit http://news.walmart.com.
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save
money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores,
online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, nearly 270
million customers and members visit our more than 11,700 stores
under 65 banners in 28 countries and eCommerce websites. With
fiscal year 2018 revenue of $500.3 billion, Walmart employs
approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues
to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be
found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook
at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter
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