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Walmart is being sued for inventing a fake craft brewery
America’s love affair with craft beers has been growing steadily over the past decade. The desire to pay slightly more in exchange for beer that doesn’t taste like it was watered down with the bitter tears of Adolph Coors’ ghost is responsible for the craft beer market growing by double digits for eight of the last 10 years, accounting for more than a tenth of total U.S. beer sales beginning in 2015. So it’s understandable that other companies might want to get into such a seemingly lucrative market.
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Amazon and Walmart are in an all-out price war that is terrifying America’s biggest brands
Grocery suppliers are feeling the squeeze — big-time.
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Wal-Mart Asks Employees to Deliver Packages on Their Way Home
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing a program that sends store employees to deliver online orders at the end of their shifts, a new push by the world’s biggest retailer to use its large physical footprint to match Amazon.com Inc.’s convenient options for web purchases.
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Top 5 Disturbing Facts About Walmart
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Wal-Mart to vendors: get off Amazon's cloud
The battle between the King Kong and Godzilla of retail has moved into the cloud.
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What happened when Walmart left
In West Virginia, the people of McDowell County can’t get jobs, and recently lost their biggest employer – the local Walmart store. They describe the devastating loss of jobs, community and access to fresh food. By Ed Pilkington.
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Walmart Now Canceling Super NES Classic Edition Preorders: Turns Out It Went Live By Mistake
If you managed to preorder a Super NES Classic Edition from Walmart, chances are Walmart just canceled your order. Apologies are due, of course, but hear this: preorders weren't even supposed to go live, reports now say. Several customers are now reporting that their Super NES Classic Edition preorders were canceled. Preorders for the plaything went live Friday, July 21 then immediately sold out, as expected. After a little over half an hour, it went out of stock and the website crashed.
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Walmart confirms it’s canceling every single SNES Classic preorder
Walmart confirmed today that it will in fact be canceling all of those SNES Classic preorders it accidentally accepted last week when the product page was mistakenly put live. The company is notifying preorder holders via email — some of whom are game journalists who’ve posted the note to Twitter — saying, “We know that this is incredibly disappointing to you, and we’re truly sorry for this mistake.” Well, there you have it, folks: the SNES Classic preorder party is over, at least for now.
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Walmart apologizes for sign above gun rack: 'Own the school year like a hero'
Budget retailer Walmart has been forced to apologise after a store sign appeared to sell guns as back-to-school items for kids. In one of the US stores, a case containing rifles was on display below a sign that seemed to point to the cabinet. "Own the school year like a hero," it read, a photo of which was posted on Twitter by a concerned customert.
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Car Engine Had No Oil, Hours After Getting An Oil Change
When Jose Betances saved up to buy his first new car his father made it clear to him it was more than just a set of wheels. "I know that there's a certain amount of maintenance and follow up with the car, something as simple as an oil change," Betances said. He had that done recently at Walmart in Frisco, on Farm-to-Market Road 42. His now 2-year-old Ford Focus got a clean bill of health when he picked up the car.
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'Bing, bang, boom, I'm done': Scan-and-go shopping coming to Canadian Walmart stores
New scan-and-go technology being rolled out at Walmart stores allows shoppers to scan and bag their items while they shop, and it may lead to customers bypassing checkout altogether.
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Walmart shopper hurt while buying melon wins $7.5M verdict
An Alabama man who said he tripped and broke his hip while buying a watermelon at a Walmart store has won a $7.5 million verdict in his lawsuit against the retailer. Henry Walker on Wednesday was awarded the damages after a jury trial in Phenix City, Alabama, just west of the Georgia state line, court records show. Walker had sued Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., saying his foot became trapped in a pallet beneath the watermelons as he reached for one of the fruits at a Phenix City Walmart on June 25, 2015.
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Walmart cashier helps struggling man, says ‘we've forgotten how to love one another'
A Walmart customer said her “heart was warmed” during a recent visit. Spring Bowlin stopped by a Clarksdale, Mississippi, Walmart on Nov. 9. As she was standing in line at the check-out, she noticed the older man in front of her struggling to pay. She said on Facebook, “He looks apologetically back at me and starts taking handfuls of change out of his pockets. He miscounts and starts to get flustered. Gives me a muttered, ‘I’m sorry.’”
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Tesla secures order from Wal-Mart for its new Semi trucks
Customers are starting to place orders for Tesla Inc.’s new all-electric Semi truck, with retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. preordering for both its U.S. and Canadian units. “We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative-fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy-duty electric vehicle,” Wal-Mart spokesman Kory Lundberg said in an email. “We believe we can learn how this technology performs within our supply chain, as well as how it could help us meet some of our long-term sustainability goals, such as lowering emissions.”
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Walmart is killing a controversial punishment for shoplifters
Walmart is ending a program that allowed first-time shoplifters to avoid criminal charges by taking an educational course and paying a fine.
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He’s 79 and working full time at Walmart: A sobering truth for those without pensions
Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hardly make it these days.”
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Walmart to raise its starting wage to $11, give some employees bonuses following tax bill passage
Walmart's workers will soon reap the benefits of the recent tax law changes, as the world's largest private employer raises its starting wage, creates new benefits and distributes bonuses to eligible workers. The big-box retailer announced Thursday it will increase its starting wage rate for hourly employees in the U.S. to $11, and expand maternity and parental leave benefits. Currently, Walmart's starting wage is $9 until workers complete a training program. Then, they receive $10.
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Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam's Club stores and laying off thousands of workers
Walmart is abruptly closing Sam's Club locations across the US.
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Woman sues Walmart for racial discrimination with beauty products
A woman filed a lawsuit against Walmart claiming race discrimination for having to be escorted to a register to buy African-American beauty products that were locked in a case. Essie Grundy, who was joined by her husband, daughter and attorney Gloria Allred, talked about the suit during a press conference Friday. She shot cellphone video of the incident, describing what she found at the Walmart.
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Report: Israel's prime minister and Walmart discussed potential investments
The door to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office "is open," top Israeli official told Walmart, according to Bloomberg News
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