Walmart will pay independent delivery drivers new financial incentives to pick up online orders at its U.S. stores and deliver them to shoppers during the holiday season, the retailer told Reuters. The move is part of Walmart's strategy for boosting sales to upper-income households and competing with e-commerce rival Amazon.

Big retailers are dodging the cost of returns by allowing this unusual policy at peak times, deeming single use plastic items and cheap clothes unworthy of the returns process