Walmart News
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Google has announced a partnership with Walmart that will let you order household items using Google Assistant and your voice. It comes amid a surge in interest in voice shopping and transformative retail experiences. Google also offers free delivery.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, and Google, the internet's predominant search engine, are teaming up in an attempt to challenge Amazon's growing dominance in online shopping.
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Sand Springs -
A woman was found dead at a Walmart in Oklahoma. Her body was found in the bathroom, and police have now launched an investigation.
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Amazon is making it cheaper to qualify for free shipping.
The retailer just lowered its free-shipping minimum to $25 from $35 for customers who aren't members of its Prime membership program.
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Environmental groups have reacted positively to the news that Walmart and True Value have decided to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides, linked to global bee declines, from company garden retail supply chains.
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On April 19, during its Sustainability Milestone Summit, Walmart officially kicked off a new project to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its global supply chain, inviting suppliers to join them in pledging to cut GHG emissions.
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Chandler -
The surveillance video shows two Chandler, Arizona police officers in a local Walmart after receiving a call. The alleged trespasser pulled out a gun and shot the two officers multiple times before one of the injured officers returned fire, killing him.
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Walmart intends to shed 7,000 jobs in its American stores in the next few months. Employees will be offered employment elsewhere in the stores although many of these jobs will pay less.
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Walmart Canada has joined with No Frills and Costco on a list of Canadian retailers that have stopped accepting Visa cards from their customers, citing what they call "unacceptably high" transaction fees.
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Walmart announced plans to build and operate its own dairy processing plan. The goal is to supply its own line of milk to hundreds of stores in 2017.
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Luther -
One year ago, members of an Oklahoma youth football team watched their football field transform from grass to concrete when a Walmart Express moved in. In less than a year the store has closed, and the team wants their field restored.
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Walmart has announced today that it will be closing 269 of its aproximately 11,600 stories worldwide. Roughly half of the store closures will be in the United States and many others in Brazil.
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On Friday Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced plans to close 269 stores in the U.S. and globally. The closures come after an active review of the nearly 11,600 stores worldwide, taking into account a number of factors.
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Myrtle Beach -
A 23-year-old South Carolina woman was arrested after it is alleged she assaulted two Walmart loss prevention officers and a customer while she was leaving the store after stealing several items.
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Bay City -
A couple in Michigan became engaged at a Walmart store, and afterwards they decided the best way to celebrate was to shoplift from the store.
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New York -
Smaller crowds and fewer unruly bargain-hunters made the start of the holiday shopping season seem almost civilized, reports from around the country appear to indicate.
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Walmart has hired an intelligence-gathering team from Lockheed Martin, one of the biggest defense contracting companies in the world, to survey its employees and keep track of union activity, Bloomberg's Susan Berfield reports.
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Foreclosures and short sales dropped to 6 percent in October, down from 9 percent a year ago, and the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors stared tracking distressed sales in October 2008.
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It's still difficult to find a decent smartphone when on a restricted budget, especially if you only have $10. However, Walmart is now selling an Android phone for exactly that price and, as a basic handset, it doesn't even look too bad.
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And the IMF has a point. The Fed may be anxious to raise rates but for all their talk they haven’t rolled out the data to back that position.
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Tupelo -
A Mississippi man, upset that Walmart no longer sells Confederate flags, allegedly tossed a bomb inside one of the big box stores in Tupelo, early Sunday.
Marshall W. Leonard, 61, was charged on Tuesday afternoon with planting an explosive device.
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Ever hear something like "She thinks that as the head cheerleader that her shit doesn't stink and smells like roses?" Well it just might be true. A viral video and is about to change all that and will make your crap smell like roses.
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The government announced there will be no cost-of-living (COLA) increase in their benefits next year. The difference would mean an average of a little more than $500 a year in Social Security benefits.
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Doug McMillon, Walmart’s chief executive, said the company needed to invest to return to growth. McMillon said: “Retail history is very clear. Those that are unwilling or unable to change go away.
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The U.S. will face a shortage of nearly 50,000 truck drivers by the end of this year, according to a report by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). That's a sharp uptick from only two years ago when the shortage was pegged at 30,000 drivers.
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Over the last few months, Walmart has been increasing pay for entry-level workers, so all workers were making at least $9 per hour.
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Amazon’s decision to announce a Black Friday-like sale called Prime Day on July 15 has triggered an avalanche of competing retailers with their own online deals.
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Macon -
A group of 40 to 50 teenagers attending a party in Macon, Georgia's Southside decided to trash a Walmart in an attempt to “see how much damage they could cause,” local police allege.
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Slidell -
A man went to a Walmart store and was able to get an ISIS cake made, but at another Walmart store, they refused to make a Confederate flag cake.
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Walmart accused of systematically routing profits through tax havens such as Luxembourg, in order to reduce their tax liabilities.
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Wal-Mart's Great Value bottled water is sourced from the Sacramento, California municipal water supply. YouTube
VEGAS: The casino-lined Las Vegas strip. Lasvegaslover/Wikimedia Commons
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Aftermath of May 22 tornado in Joplin, MO. Courtesy of Grant Deardorff
Former Walmart CEO Mike Duke Walmart Corporate Flickr account
2011 Walmart Shareholders' Meeting held at Bud Walton Arena. Fayetteville, Ark.
Protest at Walmart store Shannon Watson
Asda, part of Walmart, selling bottled tap water sharing shelves with premium mineral and spring water brands.
Walmart on Campus. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark.
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OPEN, OPEN: "Gray Thursday" crowds jam the video games and movies section of a Walmart store in Klamath Falls, Ore., on Thanksgiving Day in 2013. bobjgalindo / Wikimedia Commons
Numerous Walmart suppliers were present at the events surrounding the 2011 Walmart Shareholders' Meeting. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Walmart Visitor Center. Bentonville, Ark.
Newly renovated Walmart Visitor Center features more interactive media. Bentonville, Ark.
Walmart on Campus. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Asda, part of Walmart, prides itself on providing customers with value for money.
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