Forbes August 18, 2020
Walmart chief executive officer Doug McMillon said Tuesday the retail giant remains committed to its rollout of Walmart Health brand centers to expand low cost healthcare services to tens of thousands of its U.S. customers.
Comments by McMillon and the head of Walmart’s U.S. operation came after the surprising departure earlier this month of Sean Slovenski who had been Walmart’s senior vice president of health and wellness for the last two years overseeing the launch of what he called “super centers” for healthcare services.
“We’re really committed to healthcare,” John Furner, president and chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. said on a call Tuesday morning to discuss the retailer’s second quarter earnings. “I don’t think we’d have any change in...