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Walmart is currently selling the MSI Crosshair 16 gaming laptop for $1,249, a $750 reduction from its $1,999 list price. The machine features a 16-inch QHD IPS display at 240Hz, an Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU with 8GB VRAM, an Intel Core i7-14650HX processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 512GB NVMe SSD.
Georgia Young, 28, developed the caffeinated gummy brand Rallee in 2025 while working full-time in sustainability consulting, launching it in January of that year. Following a February relaunch, Rallee is now sold in nearly 2,000 Walmart locations and is projected to generate about $1.8 million in revenue by 2027.
Walmart announced an Agent Gateway, a new MCP server letting approved AI agents search its inventory and complete purchases for customers across Walmart and Sam's Club. CEO John Furner unveiled the system at the Masters of Scale Summit, building on existing integrations with Meta's Muse, ChatGPT and Gemini. The company says the gateway lets agents shop without sharing personal data or purchase history, and includes tools to flag agent-made purchases and let shoppers control agent permissions.
The Federal Trade Commission is distributing nearly $9.8 million in refund payments to thousands of Walmart customers in the US. The payments follow an FTC complaint alleging Walmart failed to adequately protect customers from scammers who used its money transfer services.
Walmart announced it will allow external AI agents to make purchases on its platform beginning next month, giving each agent its own 'Agent Profile' tied to a customer's account. Shoppers can set spending limits, require approval for purchases, or let agents buy autonomously within a budget, and can review or disable agent activity at any time. The company built an 'Agent Gateway' using the Model Context Protocol so agents can transact without accessing full shopping history or personal data, and says agents violating its rules—such as changing payment methods—will be blocked.
Walmart is offering a bundled annual membership combining Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus for $120, roughly $100 less than buying both separately, according to CNBC. The package includes Sam's Club warehouse access, free delivery from both retailers, a streaming subscription to Peacock or Paramount+, gas discounts and 2% cash back on eligible Sam's Club purchases, with existing members able to link accounts to get the lower price.
Whole Foods has significantly expanded and refreshed its beauty department, adding dozens of new brands and products near store entrances. The grocer, owned by Amazon, has shifted toward offering more affordable beauty options rather than only premium or natural items.
Walmart promotes roughly 500 employees each day, according to a Business Insider report cited alongside comments from the company's chief people officer, Donna Morris. Morris said the employees who advance quickly first excel in their current roles, then demonstrate readiness for more responsibility by pitching ideas and volunteering for new initiatives. Walmart employs about 2.1 million people globally, including roughly 1.6 million in the U.S., as of its fiscal 2026 annual report.
Walmart has introduced a new membership tier that bundles Walmart+ benefits with Sam's Club access into a single subscription. The offer includes member-only deals and prorated refunds for shoppers switching plans, mirroring bundling tactics seen in cable and streaming services.
Flipkart, owned by Walmart, is running an internal trial of a food-delivery service that has grown from a few hundred to over 8,000 employees, according to people familiar with the matter. The service, branded 'Eat-in by Minutes,' appears as a tab in Flipkart's main app and uses a dedicated rider fleet from its logistics arm Ekart, drawing on restaurants from the ONDC network and ones signed up directly.
Walmart is selling the LG UltraGear G5, a 25-inch FHD IPS gaming monitor with a 200Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, for $79, down from its $149 list price. The monitor supports Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync, is HDR10 certified, covers up to 99% of the sRGB color gamut, and includes two HDMI ports, one DisplayPort, and a headphone jack.
Walmart is selling SanDisk's 512GB GamePlay microSD Express card, officially licensed for the Nintendo Switch 2, for $98, down from its regular price above $120. The card uses a PCIe/NVMe interface with read speeds up to 880 MB/s and write speeds up to 650 MB/s, and includes thermal and durability protections.