U.S. retailers Walmart and Sam’s Club have announced plans to merge their corporate supply chain teams.
Walmart U.S. Executive Vice President of Supply Chain Operations David Guggina said in a memo that the change will enable the two companies to benefit from a more streamlined product sourcing strategy and better leverage available infrastructure, according to Business Insider.
As a result, the joint supply chain will be “future-ready to serve both Sam’s Club and Walmart for the long term,” Guggina said.
“We’ve been making strategic investments in data, increasingly intelligent software, and robotics to increase capacity, accuracy, and speed of fulfillment,” he said.
A Sam’s Club spokesperson said the merger will give employees seamless access to Walmart’s enterprise resources and will provide a clearer career path within the company, according to Supermarket News.
As of now, no jobs are expected to be lost as a result of the transition.
In addition to efforts to become more efficient in recent years, including through this most recent move, Walmart has continued to gain a larger market share of the U.S. retail market and grow its sales.
The retailer recently reported its global revenue was up 4.8 percent in the second quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, totaling USD 169.3 billion (EUR 152 billion).
Walmart U.S. net sales rose 4.1 percent to USD 115.3 billion (EUR 103.5 billion) in the period, while Sam’s Club’s sales inclined 4.7 percent to USD 22.9 billion (EUR 20.6 billion).
Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce sales surged 22 percent in the quarter, led by store pickup and delivery. During Q2 2024, the retailer announced it had captured a record 37 percent of the U.S. online grocery market.
