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Briefing
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- Grocery Pickup Service – Walmart partnering with Alphabet-owned company Waymo to provide customers in Chandler, Arizona with transportation service that will take them to store using self-driving cars to pickup ordered items
- How It Works – Customers who placed orders through Walmart’s website will have option to be picked-up and chauffeured by self-driving car to local retail store, with package brought to them in parking area, then driven back home
- Limited Availability – Pilot service limited to 400 participants of Waymo’s early-rider program within 100-square mile of Phoenix area in Arizona
- Other Partner Companies – Waymo also working with other companies in Phoenix area for chauffeur services using self-driving car, including AutoNation, Ahwatukee Foothills Town Center, Avis, Element Hotel, and commercial real estate firm DDR
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Market Disruption
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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Ahwatukee Foothills Town Center, AutoNation, Avis, DDR, Element Hotel, Walmart Stores Inc., Waymo
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Source
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Gibson, K., "Waymo, Walmart partner to give shoppers lift in self-driving cars",
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Ward, T., "Meet Waymo, your new self-driving grocery chauffeur",
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Snider, M., "Waymo will give shoppers rides to Walmart with its self-driving cars",
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McFarland, M., "Walmart will chauffeur shoppers in self-driving Waymo cars",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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July 25, 2018
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