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Retailer partners with Samsung to provide 740,000 smartphones to associates for work, personal use Walmart this week introduced [email protected], the retail giant’s new app for U.S. store associates that provides an exclusive destination filled with new features to simplify daily tasks, serve customers and plan for life outside of work. “The capabilities within the [email protected] app are built in-house by our product, technology and design teams and apply best-in-class technology, like machine learning, augmented reality, camera vision and artificial intelligence to tackle com...

Dive Brief: Walmart announced Thursday it's launching [email protected], a new workplace app that allows associates to schedule shifts, clock in, troubleshoot daily tasks and, eventually, replenish products more efficiently. As part of the rollout, Walmart plans to offer new Samsung Galaxy smartphones, along with a case and protection plan, to more than 740,000 of its almost 1.6 million U.S. workers by the end of the year, free of charge. Associates can only use the new app's tools while working but will be able to use the device for personal use. In a blog post, Drew Holler, Walmart's seni...

Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would give nearly half its U.S. employees free Samsung phones by the end of the year so they can use an app the ...