Walmart adds news online outdoor merchandise store

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Moosejaw is an outdoor merchandise seller, including apparel, hammocks, hiking equipment and harnesses. It has recently taken major steps to mix technology with the outdoors, working with Walmart’s technology incubator Store Nº 8 to test how virtual reality could enhance the outdoor shopping experience.

Walmart, along with other traditionally brick-and-mortar retailers, have been racing to keep up with the Amazon Effect. As Amazon grows, more consumers change shopping habits, mainly a shift to shopping online. The specialty retailer is expected to draw more millennials to Walmart.com.

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