Wal-Mart
June 23, 2015 at 2:28 pm
Wal-Mart and Sears, two of the country's largest retailers, will remove all Confederate flag merchandise from their stores. The announcements are the latest indication that the flag, a symbol of the slave-holding South, has become toxic in the aftermath of a shooting last week at a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley…
June 22, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Just when you think you know a little something about the millennial generation, another piece of research drops like a bomb. Of all the stores for them to prefer, Wal-Mart isn’t the one that naturally comes to mind. But that’s precisely the case as Wal-Mart ranks as the preferred place to shop for millennials 24…
June 8, 2015 at 2:42 pm
With its traditional fanfare, Wal-Mart on Friday put singers Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin and Rod Stewart on stage at its annual shareholder meeting. Actress Reese Witherspoon even played host for the proceedings. If this weren’t an annual rite, one could be excused for expressing puzzlement over the forces that bring these big names together with…
June 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm
Wal-Mart is keeping it in the family. Greg Penner, vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s board of directors, has been elected board chairman, the company said Friday. Penner succeeds Rob Walton, who served as chairman of the board since 1992 and will stay on as director. Walton, 70, is also Penner’s father-in-law and son of…
June 4, 2015 at 2:53 pm
When the weather gets sultry here at company headquarters, Wal-Mart workers everywhere brace for an icy blast. Because temperatures at Wal-Mart stores across the United States are controlled remotely by the retailer’s centralized systems here, employees stock shelves and tend to customers under conditions that, by many accounts, tend to be on the chilly side…
May 29, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Wal-Mart has long been a vilified brand, possibly one of the most hated in America. In the last year, however, the retail chain has made several significant moves that may change its brand perception, and some analysts say it's doing so in order to appeal to consumers who value corporate social responsibility. In its latest…
May 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm
A leaked internal link on Walmart.com accidentally unveiled more details regarding the retailer’s forthcoming three-day shipping service which aims to challenge Amazon Prime. For starters, we now have a name: ShippingPass. During the brief time the link was live, shoppers were able to sign up and even place orders using ShippingPass. They were able to…
May 21, 2015 at 3:52 pm
Nate Waits wakes up before 3 a.m. four days a week to get to his job at a Bentonville, Ark. distribution center for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., where the former Marine is among more than 92,000 veterans the company has hired in the past two years. As the two-year anniversary approaches of the Veterans Welcome Home…
May 14, 2015 at 3:56 pm
Wal-Mart is planning to test a new unlimited online shipping service this summer for $50 per year, a move that may hurt Amazon.com's annual $99 Prime shipping service. Wal-Mart's service, which will be by invitation only for now, will offer selected products on the company's website to customers within three days or less, company spokesman…
May 13, 2015 at 3:12 pm
Wal-Mart and a host of other retailers are trying to make inroads in the mobile payments marketplace … and they're failing. One of the most interesting, least talked about wars in technology is turning into a rout. Ever since Apple launched Apple Pay last year, the iPhone maker has been waging battle against an unexpected…
