- Walmart will expand its drone delivery coverage with Wing to 150 U.S. stores over the next year, reaching more than 40 million potential customers near those locations, the companies announced Sunday.
- The partnership will continue to scale further, with plans for the drone delivery service to cover over 270 Walmart locations in 2027. Walmart has roughly 4,600 U.S. store locations overall.
- The expansion plans include stores in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Miami, with other locations to be announced at a later date. “The question is no longer if Wing and Walmart will deliver to your city, it’s when,” the announcement said.
Walmart, Wing to scale drone delivery operations to 270 stores | Retail Dive
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