Walmart is plotting a floating warehouse that would dispatch products by drone.
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Walmart has a futuristic new weapon in the war on Amazon
Walmart has applied for a patent for a floating warehouse that would dispatch products by drone.
Walmart has applied for a patent that would cut out a step of the delivery process.
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The retailer has applied for a patent for a warehouse that would dispatch products by drone, taking them straight to customers' homes, reports Matthew Boyle
Walmart's online sales were$13.7 billion in 2015, compared with Amazon's $107 billion. Walmart is still far ahead in terms of overall sales, however.
Walmart generated $486 billion in fiscal year 2016, which is more than three times as much as Amazon's revenue of $136 billion.
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