Money Walmart changes name, dropping ‘stores’ and hyphen, as it underscores online image December 6, 2017December 9, 2017 USA TODAY Comments Off on Walmart changes name, dropping ‘stores’ and hyphen, as it underscores online image The company, which is also dropping the hyphen from its legal name, is underscoring its role as an e-retailer as well as well as a physical chain.