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How Walmart does email marketing

E-commerce & Retail

23 campaigns · www.walmart.com · RSS

Walmart is a multinational retailer. It sells a wide range of products, including general merchandise, electronics, and clothing.

Walmart sends about 3.7 campaigns a week, most often on Wed around 8am US Eastern. Its median subject line runs 35 characters, and 87% carry an emoji.

Campaigns a week
3.7
Median subject
35 chars
Median words
292
Carry a promo code
0%

When Walmart sends

Across 22 scheduled campaigns. Welcome, cart and order emails are left out: they go out when a subscriber acts, not when Walmart chooses to send. Times are US Eastern.

Day of week

Hour of day (US Eastern)

12am6am12pm6pm11pm

What Walmart sends

Mostly Promotions & Sales (65% of campaigns).

The stack behind the sends

Walmart sends with SendGrid and publishes a DMARC reject policy.

Sends with

SendGrid

Tracking & personalization

Validity Everest Analytics
19 of 23

Domain authentication

DMARC: reject

Mail failing authentication is rejected outright, the strictest setting.

SPF also authorizes SendGrid to send as this domain, which usually means other tools sit alongside the main platform.

A typical Walmart campaign carries 292 words and 19 images.

How this is measured

Every figure comes from real Walmart emails captured in Inbox Archive, not from a survey or a vendor report. Compare against every brand we track, or browse Walmart campaigns.