The retail juggernaut has recently taken steps that will make it the nationwide leader in drone deliveries–at least for a whileImage courtesy of Walmart, Inc.According to a Walmart executive, who does not have the authority to make statements on behalf of Walmart, so he requested to remain anonymous, Walmart Inc. has entered into an agreement with a company called DroneUp to expand drone deliveries into six US States. According to Axios, This means that Walmart’s effective geographical drone delivery territory will include approximately 4 million American households. Based on that same Axios report, this will make Walmart the standing leader for drone deliveries in the US, far surpassing both Amazon and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) for providing that service–at least for now.However, both Amazon and Alphabet have already begun escalating drone deliveries throughout the U.K. and Australia, which is something Walmart has yet to do and which will prevent their new U.S status as ‘Master of the Retail Skies’ from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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