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Treehugger
April 23, 2018
Let's hope they are near the highways. By the end of next year, Porsche will have installed 500 fast charging stations at its dealerships and convenient highway locations all across America. But they aren't the only ones stepping up in terms of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Electrify America—theÃâà...
Computerworld
April 23, 2018
When Walmart rolled out its mobile Check Out with Me program last week, it made a meaningful first step toward the retail nirvana of full in-aisle mobile checkout. Some quick background: For more than a decade now, ever since mobile applications were first taken seriously in retail, the ultimate goal hasÃâà...
New York Times
April 23, 2018
Why it's important: Both Walmart and Amazon have hungrily watched India, where the e-commerce market trails only the U.S. and China in terms of size but where foreign retailers have struggled. But don't expect Amazon, Flipkart's biggest rival, to give up. Move over, Spotify: Tencent Music reportedly plansÃâà...
Fortune
April 23, 2018
Walmart is reportedly closing in on a big acquisition of Flipkart, and that single move could ignite yet another major fight between the big-box retailer and Amazon. India's retail market could face a major upheaval soon if Walmart can close a big deal with e-commerce giant Flipkart. According to BloombergÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 23, 2018
Walmart's median employee, meanwhile, earned $19,177 in the same period. The retailer, which is the nation's largest private-sector employer, has about 2.3 million global employees, including full-time and part-time workers. Roughly 1.5 million are in the United States. Many companies have recently hadÃâà...
Investopedia (blog)
April 23, 2018
Walmart Inc. (WMT) is making another blockchain push. The Arkansas-based retail behemoth, which has already reportedly filed blockchain-related patents, has filed for two more. The first patent is for a vendor payment system that automates package tracking and payment processing for shipments.
Wahpeton Daily News
April 16, 2018
Walmart, located at 1625 Commerce St. in Wahpeton, celebrated its grand re-opening Friday, April 13. Store Manager Lou Francisco's orange tuxedo was as bright and attention-gathering as the store's brand new artwork and remodeled, convenient merchandise departments. Walmart honored the eventÃâà...
AOL
April 16, 2018
From staples like food and clothes to oddities like the famed yodeling pickle, Walmart has become a one-stop shop for just about everything. The retail giant is a force to be reckoned with in its industry. The company is known for its "everyday low prices," but you can overspend on the wrong items at anyÃâà...
Motley Fool
April 16, 2018
The acquisition of numerous multichannel retailers, its forays into shipping and customer pickup, and its willingness to experiment with initiatives designed to target millennial shoppers are examples of steps Walmart has taken to compete in the ongoing shift to e-commerce. While the company was initiallyÃâà...
Quartz
April 16, 2018
The Indian e-commerce sector seems to have turned into a battleground for two American giants. Over the recent weeks, several news reports have suggested that retail major Walmart and e-commerce behemoth Amazon are in the fray to acquire a majority stake in Bengaluru-based Flipkart. CurrentlyÃâà...
Digital Trends
April 14, 2018
A few weeks ago, I added some chai tea to my cart on Amazon, clicked the buy button, and didn't think anything more of it. That is, until it arrived a couple days later in a Walmart box. I opened the box, initially not knowing what it was because I don't usually shop at Walmart. What I found inside was the teaÃâà...
Recode
April 14, 2018
Walmart is in late-stage discussions to buy a majority stake in India's online shopping site Flipkart, in what would be the company's most ambitious move yet to take on Amazon outside of the U.S., according to multiple people familiar with the talks. But Walmart will likely have to first work out a deal with eBayÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 14, 2018
Flipkart is reported to be leaning towards Walmart, which -- unlike Amazon -- is not a direct competitor, and could help it take on the US tech giant. A key area of potential collaboration is grocery deliveries, which Amazon received Indian government approval to launch last year. "Flipkart will also benefit byÃâà...
Asbury Park Press
April 13, 2018
Walmart stores in Howell and Brick are getting a makeover, part of an estimated $68 million the retailer will spend on its stores in New Jersey this year. The work will widen the store's aisles, lower store shelves, create a new electronics department, and make it easier for online customers to pick up items,Ãâà...
Markets Insider
April 13, 2018
Walmart is remodeling 500 stores and building 20 new stores. The biggest share of the remodels will happen in Florida and Texas, where the company is spending a combined $477 million to open 14 new stores and remodel 82 others. Shoppers will see many changes including wider aisles, shorterÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
April 2, 2018
Reuters, citing Walmart, had said the move underscores a market in China that is dividing into either the Alibaba camp with its Alipay digital payment service or the Tencent camp with its WeChat payment app. Both companies have been pouring billions of dollars into the retail market since the beginning of 2017, aiming toÃâà...
FOX31 Denver
April 2, 2018
He was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation in January. Ostrem is facing six counts of first-degree murder and 30 counts of attempted first-degree murder for the shooting in November. Ostrem walked off his job one morning and then went into the Walmart and opened fire near the checkout areaÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
April 2, 2018
The former CEO of Walmart has criticized the eCommerce giant and even suggested Congress look into splitting it up. “They're not making money in retail, and they're putting retailers out of business,” Bill Simon told CNBC, pointing out that Amazon has operated its retail segment at a loss for decades and subsidizes it withÃâà...
Thrillist
April 2, 2018
In the interview, he claims to have made the biggest single purchase in Walmart history. He spent $70,000 in a single visit. How does that happen? What store possibly has Shaq-sized clothes in stock? If it actually had Shaq-sized clothes, how long had they been sitting there waiting for a 7-foot-1,Ãâà...
Law.com
April 2, 2018
Phyllis Harris, SVP and General Counsel Legal Operations Walmart Stores, Inc., left, Karen Roberts, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Walmart Stores, Inc., center, and Kerry Kotouc, Sam''s Club General Counsel, Asset Protection and Compliance, right, stand in the produce section of aÃâà...
CNBC
April 2, 2018
"Under its current alliance with Walmart (which began in 2005), Humana stations representatives in Wal-Mart stores, Sam's Club locations and Neighborhood Markets across the country who seek to enroll Medicare-eligible individuals," explained Credit Suisse analyst A.J. Rice. "By way of background,Ãâà...
TIME
April 2, 2018
On occasion, there is a moment so pure and random that it catapults a young star onto the viral stage. This is that occasion. Meet “WalMart boy” or “Walmart boy” a.k.a. 10-year-old Mason Ramsey. He's the adorable young music man who surprised Walmart shoppers by busting out a stellar yodel at a storeÃâà...
Fast Company
April 2, 2018
The company announced it has opened its mini store in Shenzhen on Monday, reports Reuters. The brick-and-mortar store is designed to help the company compete against online retailers in the country. The store is part of a “smart retail” trend in China, which sees retailers and tech giants teaming up toÃâà...
Investopedia (blog)
March 31, 2018
Former Walmart Inc. (WMT) CEO Bill Simon is calling on Congress to consider breaking up online retail behemoth Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN). Simon says Amazon is “destroying jobs, and it's destroying value in the [retail] sector,” according to a CNBC report. “They're not making any money and they'reÃâà...
WSAZ-TV
March 31, 2018
NITRO, W. Va. (WSAZ) -- A man has been charged after he made a threat about having a bomb inside a Walmart store. Nitro Police say they arrested Leonard Simpson after he made threats about having a bomb in his backpack while inside the Walmart in Nitro. They say a Subway employee questionedÃâà...
Fast Company
March 31, 2018
One day you may be able to pick up health insurance on a trip to Walmart. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Walmart and health insurer Humana may be partnering up, while Reuters reports that the companies are discussing a partnership, and a full acquisition is also on the table.
Allentown Morning Call
March 31, 2018
More than three years later, on Wednesday night, Ibrahem was again running from police, this time as he fled a shoplifting attempt at a Walmart in Lower Macungie Township. But this time, instead of surrendering to the state trooper who had been ordering him to stop during the foot chase through theÃâà...
Belleville News-Democrat
March 31, 2018
Borders worked at the O'Fallon store, and alleges that when her doctor said she should avoid climbing ladders and lifting heavy objects, Walmart placed her on unpaid leave instead of reassigning her to less-physical work. When she returned after pregnancy, she was not reinstated to her job in the storeÃâà...
wnep.com
March 31, 2018
LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A man is dead after a shootout with police in a Walmart parking lot. State police say they chased a shoplifting suspect out of a Walmart in the Lehigh Valley and that's when he pulled a gun and shot at them. A trooper shot back and killed that suspect. It happenedÃâà...
CNN
March 31, 2018
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New York Times
March 31, 2018
“The strategy is aimed squarely at the senior market, to leverage Wal-Mart's retail presence to redefine primary care in Medicare Advantage,” John Gorman, the executive chairman of Gorman Health Group, a consulting firm for government health businesses, said in an email. “Walmart has hundreds ofÃâà...
Business Insider
March 29, 2018
Shaquille O'Neal claims to own the biggest purchase in Walmart history, and it's hard to doubt him. In an interview on HBO's "Real Sports," O'Neal said after the Miami Heat traded him to the Phoenix Suns in 2008, he didn't have anything for his apartment, so he turned to Walmart to get some essentials. Once there, O'NealÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 29, 2018
Walmart Inc., the biggest retail outlet for magazines in the country, is banning Cosmopolitan from its front checkout counters and moving it to more obscure store locations where its racy cover lines are obscured. The magazine has long been the most profitable title for publisher Hearst. But it can ill afford toÃâà...
Durham Herald Sun
March 29, 2018
Three people are in custody after a double shooting at Walmart in the New Hope Commons shopping center. Tammy Sofield of Durham said she was near the exit of the store and there was an argument between a man and a woman. They left the store and she heard "three pops." Sofield said she saw theÃâà...
The Denver Post
March 29, 2018
Longmont officials contacted Walmart in late August following reports of transient campers occupying the old buildings, Planning and Development Services Director Joni Marsh said in an email. City staff has since deemed the building unsafe due to asbestos and lead contamination, but people haveÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 29, 2018
Walmart (WMT), the world's largest retailer known for its “everyday low price,” has become more popular with Democrats in the U.S. in the last five years, according to new data released by YouGov BrandIndex, a global market research company. Five years ago, Democratic shoppers held a negative view ofÃâà...
New York Times
March 29, 2018
Walmart customers looking to toss the latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine into their shopping carts will have to search the superstore a little harder. The retailer has decided to remove the magazine from its checkout aisle displays in its 5,000-plus stores in the United States, in a move announced by aÃâà...
CNBC
March 29, 2018
After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Walmart raised the minimum age to purchase firearms and ammunition to 21. The gunman used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle in the shooting, which killed 17 people. Walmart ended sales of the AR-15 rifle in 2015.
CNBC
March 27, 2018
"In my view, there is no business better positioned to take advantage of the opportunity ahead than the combination of Walmart and Jet." Belsham joins Jet.com at a time when Walmart is ramping up its online grocery business in the face of competition from Amazon-owned Whole Foods, Kroger and Target.
Fortune
March 27, 2018
Inside 50 of Walmart's U.S. stores, robots resembling vacuum cleaners affixed with small, sleek towers, patrol the aisles, checking whether the shelves are stocked with enough toilet paper and that laundry detergent has the correct price tag. Walmart is testing the robots, built by Bossa Nova Robotics, to seeÃâà...
The Advocate
March 24, 2018
A woman was arrested in the Walmart Thursday afternoon after threatening to shoot up the store when employees refused to exchange her items, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Latonja Tucker, 38, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count ofÃâà...
WTXL ABC 27
March 24, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A man arrested for trying to steal $5,000 worth of jeans from Dillard's last year has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a rash of thefts from Walmart stores in Tallahassee. Cameron Eustace, 46, plead guilty to robbery and six counts of petit theft on Wednesday. He wasÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 24, 2018
A Metairie man walked with a machete into a Kenner Walmart and used the weapon to try to kidnap a 2-year-old boy and then an infant, swinging the blade at store employees before he was tackled and arrested Friday (March 23), police said. At one point, police said, Billy Yoe Budier-Herrera, 33, forced aÃâà...
Auburn Citizen
March 24, 2018
According to Cayuga County 911, at around 1:25 p.m., a Walmart employee called police after a customer said there were two men wearing masks and holding rifles in a vehicle outside the store. The employee allegedly told dispatchers that the customer had called the store to notify management of aÃâà...
Engadget
March 24, 2018
Walmart is envisioning a high-tech future for its stores, based on the patents it recently filed. In fact, the devices it's considering sound like they'd be perfect for use in cashier-less stores similar to Amazon's, including a smart cart that can help shoppers navigate Walmart's aisles and find specific products.
Los Angeles Times
March 24, 2018
A new Bossa Nova robot rolls down an aisle at Walmart in Burbank on Wednesday. The robot, with technology similar to self-driving cars to prevent it from bumping into anything, moves up and down store aisles scanning shelves for inventory that needs restocking. (Tim Berger / Burbank Leader).
U.S. News & World Report
March 23, 2018
The Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) stock rally ran out of steam when the company reported that online sales growth dropped from 50 percent in the third quarter to 23 percent in the fourth quarter. This week, Walmart reassured investors that online sales growth will bounce back in 2018, and the company mayÃâà...
The Verge
March 23, 2018
Walmart filed a host of patents today related to how it keeps track of inventory — and the technologies could change the way its customers shop, as reported by Gizmodo. One of the patents is clearly for the in-store experience, and proposes a sensing device to make shopping carts smart and communicateÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
March 23, 2018
The Walmart project on Victory Drive is a game changer for south Columbus but the project was off the table before the city revived the proposal. Economic development, fighting poverty, crime and transportation projects were among the topics highlighted Thursday during the 29th “Let's Talk With theÃâà...
Recode
March 23, 2018
Matt Kaness, the former CEO of ModCloth who sold the women's fashion retailer to Walmart one year ago, has recently left the mammoth brick-and-mortar retailer, multiple sources have told Recode. Walmart acquired ModCloth in March of last year to help boost the fashion assortment of its subsidiaryÃâà...
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