Walmart’s ongoing investigation of blockchain technologies seems to have intersected with its growing interest in joining the healthcare space, according to a patent application released earlier this ...

Tracking issues in the supply chain is about to get easier. At least that’s the goal of a pilot program by the nation’s largest retailer. Blockchain, which originated in the financial services ...

When dozens of people across the country got sick from eating contaminated romaine lettuce this spring, Walmart did what many grocers would do: It cleared every shred off its shelves, just to be safe.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has selected Merck, IBM, KPMG and Walmart to participate in a pilot evaluating blockchain technology to enhance supply chain security, according to a joint ...

Walmart is attempting to use blockchain to track food supply chain and improve safety. This comes after some food safety related incidents in the U.S. The new application of the technology follows ...

Customers shop for produce during the grand opening of a Wal-Mart location in Panorama City, Calif., on Sept. 28, 2012. (Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon) If you shop at Wal-Mart, you may be ...

The word blockchain is still tied in the public imagination to cryptocurrency booms, crashes, and speculation. But away from retail crypto markets, a quieter enterprise shift is taking place. Some of ...