Walmart operates with a dose of 'healthy paranoia'

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart is still razor focused on price, is watching trade policy and ready to react, is doubling down on toys this holiday season and seems to be having a blast with new products.

Merchandising is a key thread running through Walmart's messages these days. It's been the go-to store for basics and it's trying to add excitement to the mix.

A couple dozen category merchants pitched products to reporters gathered in Bentonville on Wednesday following the company's annual shareholder meeting.

Nickelodeon co-branded slime green ketchup, Tasty social media brand cookware, a grizzly bear-tested cooler, and an inflatable chicken-fight ride-on float pool game, among them. And a hard lesson was learned that its take-home-and-bake pizza recipe was just fine and it should quit messing with it. A new stroller is made out of recycled materials, weighs only 18 pounds and has machine washable, zip-off fabric parts.

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