Walmart is bringing drone deliveries to another 100 stores

The service will roll out across five new cities, powered by Alphabet’s Wing.

6/9/25 8:58AM

Toward the end of last week, alongside an introduction to its generative-AI shopping assistant Sparky and the launch of a new campaign featuring “White Lotus” star Walton Goggins, Walmart announced that it will expand its drone delivery service in five new cities across five states.

The retailer said that it’s made a whopping 150,000 drone deliveries since launching the service in 2021, though the new expansion — in partnership with Alphabet’s drone company Wing — will massively boost the offering. According to the statement, millions of customers in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa will now be able to look to the skies for their latest grocery deliveries.

Established to deliver smaller orders in shorter time frames, the current service reportedly has an average delivery window of just 19 minutes, and Walmart’s growing drone fleet clearly shows where the big-box giant’s ambitions lie, as it works hard to continue growing its online shopping business. However, 100 stores represents only ~2% of Walmart’s stores in the US, suggesting it might not move the needle immediately.

Walmart ecommerce growth chart — Sherwood News

In its last fiscal year, online sales at Walmart hit $79.3 billion in the US alone, or 17% of overall US sales, while the international figure hovered just short of the $30 billion mark, or roughly 24% of the total figure. Though the company’s e-commerce arm has grown a lot in the postpandemic era and became profitable for the first time in Q1 2026, Walmart’s efforts to look a little more like Amazon haven’t stopped it from finally slipping behind Bezos’ behemoth on quarterly revenues earlier this year.

Further reading: Drone swarms are coming

Nia Warfield

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Fox and News Corp slide as investors digest $3.3 billion Murdoch succession settlement

Fox and News Corp shares dropped on Tuesday after Rupert Murdoch’s heirs agreed to a $3.3 billion settlement to resolve a long-running succession drama.

Under the deal, Prudence, Elisabeth, and James Murdoch will each receive about $1.1 billion, paid for in part by Fox selling 16.9 million Class B voting shares and News Corp selling 14.2 million shares. The stock sales will raise roughly $1.37 billion on behalf of the three heirs.

The new trust for Lachlan Murdoch will now control about 36.2% of Fox’s Class B shares and roughly 33.1% of News Corp’s stock, granting him uncontested voting authority over both companies for the next 25 years. Originally, the Murdoch trust was designed to hand over voting control of Fox and News Corp to Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James after his death.

Investors are weighing the trade-off. Clear leadership under Lachlan may resolve conflict internally, but the share dilution, executed at a roughly 4.5% discount, means long-term investors now hold slightly less clout than before.

Both companies’ stocks were trading close to all-time highs prior to the announcement.

385 ✈️ 434

Max Knoblauch

11m

Boeing on Tuesday announced that it delivered 57 commercial jets in August, its best total for the month in seven years. That brings its year-to-date delivery total to 385 planes, eclipsing its full-year 2024 figure by about 11%.

The August figure marked Boeing’s second-highest delivery total of 2025 and represented a 43% jump from the same month last year. Through August, Boeing has boosted its deliveries by 50% from last year.

The plane maker is still trailing its European rival Airbus, which delivered 61 planes in August and 434 year to date.

Nia Warfield

20h

Tariffs finally crept into retail's latest earnings results. Who were the winners and losers?

The long-awaited levies took a toll on nearly every retailer, but execution separated who could steer through the costs.