Four months ago, John Furner took the helm as CEO of Walmart Inc. after a lifetime at the company. Today, he's steering a "people-led, tech-powered" transformation of the world's largest retailer, which employs more than 2 million people worldwide.
The weekly grocery trip is no longer just a trip. Many shoppers are ordering groceries from their phones, using delivery for last-minute dinner ingredients, medicine, pet food, baby supplies, and household essentials that once required a quick run to ...