Wal-Mart steps up its online game with help from stores

By Jessica Wohl and Alistair Barr SAN BRUNO, California (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, facing growing competition for quick delivery of physical goods from online retailers like Amazon.com Inc, said on Tuesday it would start using its stores to get Internet orders to customers faster. While Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer by overall sales, on the Internet its revenue is a small fraction of Amazon's, adding some urgency to its e-commerce efforts. Wal-Mart said it would soon test having lockers to hold goods ordered on the Internet in stores until shoppers pick them up. ...

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