Walmart is the latest corporate giant to mandate work-from-the-office days, and that’s increasingly becoming the norm. Workers have been reluctant about giving up their newfound work-life balance and savings on gasoline for commutes.... Read More
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Hoping to scrounge up extra cash for the holidays? It might be harder to get a seasonal job this year as major companies brace for slower growth in sales. Several retailers have recently announced they’re pulling back on seasonal hiring, the... Read More
Walmart Inc will stop sales of tobacco products in some of its more than 5,000 stores across the United States, the world’s largest retailer said on Monday. The company did not disclose how many stores would be affected by the move, but... Read More
Walmart and Kroeger are hiking the prices of at-home COVID test kits after a deal with the White House to sell them for $14 expired. In September, the two retailers and Amazon agreed to sell two-pack rapid testing kits at a discounted price... Read More
America’s largest retailer is now doing deliveries by air. Walmart will transport goods like cough medicine, thermometers and other health-related products via drone to Arkansas customers who live within a 1.15 mile radius from a base... Read More
U.S. retail sales rose by 1.7% in October, more than double the 0.8% growth in sales from September. The country’s biggest growth areas were gasoline sales (+47% YoY), restaurants and bars (+29% YoY), clothing... Read More
Walmart Inc. and Walmart.org announced initiatives in efforts to increase equality in education. Walmart will donate $2.4 million to Jackson State University and investing $3 million more in grants to strengthen the educational... Read More
E-commerce giant Amazon just announced a new employee benefit: free college tuition for over 750,000 U.S. employees. It’s no secret that companies are struggling to attract minimum-wage workers atm. Amazon is the latest mega corporation to... Read More
Amazon and “union” are two words you don’t often see together in a sentence (aside from the company’s recent union-related problems). However, the e-commerce behemoth has prompted the formation of an unexpected union… and it involves the way... Read More
Just two weeks after announcing that senior shopping hours were ending, Costco has reversed course as the number of coronavirus cases surges across the country. The wholesaler will be cutting the special hour from five days a week to just two.... Read More
Amazon has been the center of attention lately. Today, JPMorgan published its report predicting Amazon will become the US’ largest retailer in 2022. JPMorgan’s report called Amazon’s business the “fastest growing at scale.” Analysts... Read More
The PS5 has been restocked at numerous major retailers over the past few weeks, including Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, and PS Direct. The systems are still incredibly hard to find, though, since when they do briefly appear in stock they’re... Read More
The first Amazon Go store opened over a year ago and there are now 10 locations across Seattle, Chicago, and San Francisco. These stores offer prepared foods, items regularly found at a convenience store, and, in some cases, groceries. And... Read More
The golden age of cord-cutting keeps getting more golden: In addition to streaming services from giants like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, another entertainment mainstay announced plans on Monday to introduce a new streaming service of their own. That... Read More
I’ve been a big guy all my life. But back then, options were limited. Shoes were an even bigger challenge. There was one shoe outlet that was an hour away in another state that carried some extended sizes. We would go there periodically and... Read More