Walmart will celebrate the “Second Best Day” for 117 stores nationwide on November 3, the largest single-day rollout of re-grand openings in the company’s history.
The project represents over half a billion dollars in capital investments in local communities across 30 states. Employees and customers will be welcomed into the improved Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets with ceremonies, ribbon cuttings and family activities to celebrate the occasion.
“We’re investing more than $9 billion over a two-year period to upgrade and modernize more than 1,400 of our stores across the U.S.,” said John Furner, chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. “With nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population living within 10 miles of a Walmart, we understand how important our local stores are to customers and communities, and these construction investments allow us to create more local jobs and make it easier for our associates to get customers what they want when they want it.”
Each store’s “reopening” is part of Walmart’s “Signature Experience” to inspire customers and provide them with a seamless, high-quality shopping experience. Upgraded features include improved layouts, expanded product selections and advanced technologies for Walmart employees to support customers and make shopping more convenient and enjoyable.
