# Walmart tests store back rooms to speed marketplace deliveries: FT.

*business · news · 2026-04-19 · Seeking Alpha*

## Key points

- Walmart is using store back rooms for third-party marketplace seller inventory.
- This strategy aims to accelerate deliveries for items sold by Walmart's marketplace partners.
- The test is directly intended to bolster Walmart's competition with Amazon's fulfillment speed.
- The Financial Times reported this initiative as a newly emerging logistics strategy.

**Companies:** Walmart, Amazon
**Countries:** United States

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