Walmart’s Q2 E-Commerce Sales Grow, with Fast Delivery as a Key Driver
Walmart’s e-commerce sales grew in the second quarter, with its store network and fast delivery supporting the expansion of its online business.
What are the key facts?
- 1E-commerce sales up approximately 24% year over year
- 237% of store-fulfilled orders delivered within three hours
- 370% of online orders delivered the same day
What happened?
According to supply chain media outlet FreightWaves, Walmart’s e-commerce sales maintained strong growth in the second quarter, with fast delivery serving as an important performance driver. Citing data, the report said approximately 37% of Walmart’s store-fulfilled orders can be delivered within three hours, while about 70% of online orders are delivered on the same day.
Walmart uses its physical store network, which spans multiple regions of the United States, for product fulfillment and last-mile delivery, alongside the Spark crowdsourced logistics network. The report noted that the number and geographic distribution of its stores allow Walmart to shorten the delivery distance between warehouses or stores and consumers. Its fulfillment capabilities are developing alongside online sales growth.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Competition on Walmart’s platform is shifting beyond price alone to delivery speed, making sellers’ fulfillment performance more directly relevant to conversion and repeat purchases. A common mistake is to optimize only product pages while overlooking inventory locations, deliverable areas, and order processing speed. Highest priority this week: verify inventory distribution and delivery promises for key SKUs, prioritizing fulfillment stability for high-volume products.