Google and Walmart unveil e-commerce partnership

SAN FRANCISCO: Google and Walmart on Tuesday announced a partnership that will make the retailer's products available on the internet giant's online shopping mall.

"Starting in late September, we'll be working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items for voice shopping via Google Assistant -- the largest number of items currently offered by a retailer through the platform," Marc Lore, Wal-Mart's head of e-commerce, said in a blog post.