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UPDATED: Walmart says "back-to-school" gun sign is “regrettable situation"...

UPDATE BELOW: Walmart says it was a "prank" but doesn't say what evidence they have or identify the prankster. Someone snapped this astounding photo at a Walmart where one of their "Own the school year...

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How Walmart profits while pricing below cost

This video by YouTuber Alex Berman lays out how retailers like Walmart profit even when they are pricing goods, like milk and eggs, well below cost. It comes down to volume and convenience. If they...

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Walmart thinks it can save itself from Amazon with a streaming video service

Walmart has been whining about Amazon drinking what it considers to be its milkshake for some time. Sucking cash out of the pockets of the same low-income earners that you pay just enough to keep alive...

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Walmart's selling eBooks now I guess

Living in what’s essentially a tiny house on wheels, I love eBooks and eBook readers. They allow me to maintain a complete and growing library without the space and weight gains that owning shelves...

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Teen working at Walmart quits his job over the intercom with huge rant over...

Last week, Jackson Racicot, a 17-year-old employee of Walmart for over a year, was fed up with his job and the way Walmart's management treated him. But instead of just walking out, he let them – and...

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Walmart bans woman after she rode around on mobility scooter drinking wine...

She was living her best life. A Texas Walmart has banned a woman from their store for doing something we've all done at one time or another - riding around the parking lot in a mobility scooter while...

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Self-insurer Walmart flies its sick employees to out-of-state specialists to...

Walmart self-insures its workforce, rather than relying on an outside insurer like Cigna or Blue Cross; this means that it gets to make judgment calls that other firms cannot, and that has led the...

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These corporations backed the politicians who will murder women by banning...

Without generous financial support of six companies (AT&T, Eli Lily, Walmart, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, and Aetna), the politicians who are enacting bans on legal, safe abortion would not have attained...

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Woman banned from Walmart for eating half a cake and then trying to pay...

Police banned a woman from a Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas after she allegedly ate half a cake while shopping and then, at check-out, insisted that she should only pay half-price for what was left....

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Walmart announces major plans to scale back gun sales

After two shootings in their El Paso, Texas and Southaven, Mississippi stores, the CEO of Walmart has announced major changes to the chain's gun sale policies, including no longer selling ammunition...

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Walmart stops selling e-cigarettes as vaping death count grows

America's largest retailer will stop selling electronic cigarettes. Walmart announced the news today in response to a growing number of unexplained deaths involving vape devices throughout the US....

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Mexican Walmart employees strike to demand wages

I've spent a lot of time in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It's a beautiful place, filled with friendly people and an insanely low cost of living... if you're from somewhere further north in North...

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Florida woman arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside Walmart using...

In Tampa, Florida, Emily Stallard, 37, was arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside a Walmart using materials she grabbed from the store shelves. From CNN: "A security guard with Walmart noticed...

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Walmart stock up as markets collapse

In business during a crisis, there are winner and losers. CNBC reports that Walmart stock is up sharply during the coronavirus pandemic; in the time it's taken the Dow Jones and other indexes to lose...

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Vudu, Walmart's streaming service, to be bought by Comcast-owned Fandango

Fandango dang sure isn't selling movie theater tickets anymore. And Walmart appears to be easing out of the video-on-demand business, and into... something else. On Monday, Walmart's video-on-demand...

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Walmart takes guns off shop floor

Walmart is removing guns from shop floors, according to Fox News and CNN. The move was prompted by nationwide protests over the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by cops in Minneapolis....

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Bernie Sanders skewers Walmart, the "largest welfare recipient" in the US

Should taxpayers subsidize poverty wages at large profitable corporations? That is the question of today's Senate Budget hearing, and Bernie Sanders, speaking as Chairman of the Senate Budget...

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New York police investigator retires with full pension after stealing panties...

William B. Keiffer, a New York State police investigator, was permitted to retire after being accused of stealing women's underwear and moisturizer from a Walmart in Madison County. The accusation came...

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WalMart moves to stop Yeezy registering trademark on dotted sun logo

WalMart adopted its current logo in 2008, switching a five-pointed star for a yellow asterisk. It has now filed in opposition to Yeezy's trademark filing of a black dotted sun symbol, claiming it is...

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Indie artist and (former) Walmart worker Sugar Pit banned for filming music...

I recently stumbled upon a pair of TikTok videos by an indie artist named Sugar Pit. He managed to create a music video, which was split into two separate videos (1, 2), for his song "Customer...

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Ohio Walmart mass shooting just 1 day after deadly Alaska Walmart shooting

A gunman shot four people last night at a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, one day after two people were shot and killed at a Walmart in Alaska. And at least 120 other people have been shot to death at...

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Walmart takes Elon up on his offer

Walmart was one of the major brands that didn't announce a "pause" on Twitter when its owner, Elon Musk, described an antisemitic conspiracy theory as "the actual truth" last month. But his tirade...

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Person busted for shoplifting during "Shop With A Cop" event

More than 75 police officers were roaming a Walmart in Livingston County, Michigan on Saturday for the annual "Shop With A Cop" event. Taking place nationwide, these events pairs police officers with...

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Man suing Walmart for $100M or "unlimited free lifetime shopping"

A man suing Walmart, who claims he was subject to a "false pretense of shoplifting" and a civil rights violation at a Walmart store, is now seeking $100M or "unlimited free lifetime shopping" at the...

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