Walmart Joins Microsoft’s Bid for TikTok

Walmart is joining Microsoft’s bid to acquire TikTok. The big-box retailer confirmed on Thursday morning that it would add its muscle to the potential deal, one of several options that TikTok owner ByteDance is exploring following President Donald Trump’s move to ban the app in the U.S.
In a statement, Walmart highlighted that TikTok “has integrated e-commerce and advertising capabilities in other markets.”
Microsoft has been in conversations with ByteDance about acq