The company reportedly plans on opening several "dark stores" - warehouse-style hubs that resemble retail outlets but are closed to shoppers.

Walmart Inc. is testing dark stores, which resemble retail stores but are closed to the public, as a way to speed up deliveries.

Walmart is testing new “dark stores” that look like traditional retail stores but are used for online orders only and aren’t open to the public. The company has opened one of these warehouses in Dallas and has plans for another in Bentonville,