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Top 10 Eco-Friendly Features of Walmart Stores

Our sustainability commitments help us cut costs so we can pass those savings on to our customers




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Walmart: Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting

Watch this replay webcast of Walmart's Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting.




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Walmart Announces New Commitment to a Sustainable Food System

Company will focus on four pillars to advance the sustainability of its biggest product category, food




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How Walmart is reaching for the sun

Walmart is making big strides when it comes to renewable energy.




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How Valesky Barosy Went From Walmart To Revolutionizing The Multi-Million Dollar Credit Repair Industry




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SimpleSENCE® WiFi Water and Leak Detector Becomes Part of Walmart Family

World's Simplest Water Detector Joins World's Largest Retailer; Perfect Device for Consumers Looking for Inexpensive, Easy-to-Use Solution to Common Problem




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RescueHer - Manufacturer of Luxury Rescue Kits, High-End Cosmetic and Personal Items Expand their Retail Business to Walmart.com and Jet.com

The ultimate rescue kits and products for women. Always prepared for any occasion!




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Killing the kirana store? Should the competition regulator approve Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart

The CAIT claims that the acquisition will give Walmart incentives to block a section of the market to certain seller’s thereby reducing competition in the market.




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Justice Department Files Suit Against Walmart Inc. to Enforce Employment Rights of Naval Reservist

The Department of Justice filed a complaint today in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Naval Petty Officer Third Class Lindsey Hunger against Walmart Inc. The complaint alleges that Walmart violated the law when it declined to hire Hunger due to her upcoming naval reserve duties.




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Department of Justice Sues Walmart to Enforce Employment Rights of Naval Reservist




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Justice Department Announces Settlement with Walmart Over Discrimination Claim by Naval Reservist

The Department of Justice announced today the resolution of a lawsuit in which Naval Petty Officer Third Class Lindsey Hunger alleged that Walmart violated her rights when it failed to offer her employment at the Walmart store located at 2545 Rimrock Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado because of her upcoming Naval Reserve commitments. Ms. Hunger had alleged that Walmart’s actions violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and United States Attorney’s Office represented Petty Officer Hunger in the lawsuit.




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S.L. Police shoot Man at Walmart

Lockdown may be all that's keeping city from getting a taste of public anger. The Saturday afternoon shooting by San Leandro Police of Steven Taylor, a 33-year-old African-American man with a history of mental-health issues, is quickly attracting strong criticism from the community, and police accountability activists from across the country.  The blowback from the shooting, which was captured on a cell phone video at the Walmart on Hesperian Boulevard, threatens to hit a city government and police department ill-equipped to handle the barrage of criticism and protest about to come its way. San Leandro Police arrived at the Walmart store in response to reports of a man swinging a baseball bat, the department said.…




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Thursday's Briefing: BART anticipates huge budget deficit next year; San Leandro Police release body-camera video of fatal shooting at Walmart



News you don't want to miss for April 23:

1. BART learned on Thursday that $250 million in recent federal relief funds will allow it to balance its budget for this fiscal year, with $78 million remaining, BART Board Director Rebecca Saltzman said.…




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Walmart gains from corp tax slash in India

FM Nirmala Sitharaman had announced about a 10% cut in corporate income tax in September 2019 to boost the economy.




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CureFit hires senior executives from Flipkart, Walmart, InMobi

The startup, backed by Ratan Tata's investment platform RNT Capital, confirmed his appointment.




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UPDATE: Lawsuit reopens Walmart’s past practices in Mexico

Walmart's payments to foreign officials in years past are raised anew in a lawsuit by a former executive who says he was fired for refusing to water down a memo he'd written about his findings in Mexico.

The post UPDATE: Lawsuit reopens Walmart’s past practices in Mexico appeared first on Arkansas Times.




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Trinity Wall Street v. WalMart Stores Inc.

(United States Third Circuit) - In a suit brought by a shareholder of retailer-defendant, seeking to include its proposal in defendant's proxy materials for shareholder consideration, the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff ordering the inclusion of the proposal into the proxy materials is reversed where the proposal, which goes to the heart of defendant's business, is excludable under the "ordinary business" exclusion of SEC Rule 14a-8(i)(7), 17 C.F.R. section 240.14a-8(i)(7).




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Closure of Walmart Supercenter in Aurora followed days of complaints about conditions — and 3 coronavirus deaths

The complaints began on Monday. There were too many people in the store, they said. Employees were not wearing masks or covering their face. Everyone was standing too close to one another.




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Walmart, JD.com, IBM and Tsinghua University Launch a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance in China

Walmart, JD.com, IBM, and Tsinghua University National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies announced today they will work together in a Blockchain Food Safety Alliance that will kick off with a collaboration designed to enhance food tracking, traceability and safety in China, to achieve greater transparency across the food supply chain.




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Nelly, Cole Swindell and 'Walmart yodeling kid' added to Brickyard 400 concert bill

Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Cole Swindell and more will play the inaugural FGL Fest at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

      




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Walmart has added virtual reality to its assessment of an employee’s potential

For the past few months, the nation’s largest employer has begun evaluating workers using an experimental tool: virtual reality.




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Walmart teams with Nuro’s robot cars to deliver groceries in Houston

Walmart, the nation's largest employer, announced a partnership with Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup called this week. The two companies will begin delivering groceries to customers in Houston this year using autonomous vehicles.




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The 2018 Apple iPad Is More Than $200 Off at Walmart

The sixth-generation 9.7-inch iPad with 128GB of storage and cellular connectivity would normally set you back $559, but is currently marked down to just $349.




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Walmart puts Amazon on notice with sales beat, rosy outlook

Walmart sailed into the holiday season with stronger-than-expected sales and a boosted full-year outlook, signaling that the world’s largest retailer can more than hold its own against rival Amazon.com in the critical holiday weeks ahead.




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Walmart, Google-backed Deliv end online grocery partnership

People familiar with the Walmart partnership with Deliv said the Deliv drivers had to frequently wait 40 minutes or more to collect grocery orders when they showed up at the store. One reason for that, they said, is because Walmart gives a priority to customers over delivery drivers during regular hours, which complicated the partnership.




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Still hiring! Walmart, other superstores buck U.S. employment trend

Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc, added more than 90,000 jobs.




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Walmart sues Tesla over fires linked to rooftop solar systems

Walmart Inc. sued Tesla Inc., claiming it failed to live up to industry standards in the installation of solar panels on top of hundreds of stores, resulting in multiple fires across the U.S.




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More Tesla solar-panel fire incidents emerge in wake of Walmart suit

One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof of his North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, home. Firefighters rushed over and discovered that flames had burned through the shingles, the roof and a support beam. Luckily, a recent rain had doused it.




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Walmart store closed after 23 workers test positive for Covid-19

A Walmart store has been temporarily shut down after 23 staff members tested positive for coronavirus after an inspection by local public health officials.




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Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the




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Walmart Introduces Supercube Tractor Trailers to increase fuel economy, get trucks off the road

There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?




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Off-duty officer body slams Walmart shopper irate over face mask rule

The officer used a “takedown measure” to gain control of the woman because of “other threat factors in the store,” a police official said.





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Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour Express grocery delivery service

Record usage of grocery delivery services amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delayed orders, fewer open delivery windows and, on occasion, an inability to even book a delivery time slot. Walmart now hopes to capitalize on the increased demand for speedier delivery with the introduction of a new service that allows consumers to pay […]




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An ice-cream version of Nickelodeon's iconic luminous green slime is coming to Walmart

The ice-cream will be available exclusively at Walmart. Nickelodeon's infamous luminous green slime made its debut on hit show You Can't Do That On Television back in 1979.




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El Paso Walmart employee and customer helped 140 escape when gunman Patrick Crusius opened fire 

Veteran employee Gilbert Serna, 36, and loyal customer Adria Gonzalez, 37, have been credited with saving dozens of lives by directing people to safety during the massacre on Saturday.




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El Paso Walmart mass shooter's brother is 'hurting' and was engaged to 'Mexicana woman'

Austin Crusius, 30, is the older half brother of white supremacist El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius, 21. Austin, who lives in northern California, was once engaged to a Hispanic woman.




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Emotional Beto O'Rourke gives El Paso Walmart employee his cell number

Beto O'Rourke offered his personal cellphone to El Paso shooting witness, Sean Nixon, 20. The Democratic presidential candidate who is from El Paso has spent several days in the town.




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Florida man, 56, is arrested after driving a GOLF CART into Walmart and hitting several customers

Michael Dale Hudson, 56, was captured on surveillance camera bursting through the entrance of the supermarket on Gibsonton Drive, narrowly avoiding an elderly shopper.




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Man, 55, walks into a Florida Walmart and asks gun clerk for 'anything that will kill 200 people'

The culprit, later identified to be Philip Attey, 55, admitted walking into the sporting goods section of a Port St. Lucie Walmart on Wednesday and posing the question - but says he wasn't being serious.




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Walmart is to remove 'violent and aggressive' video game displays

Employees were sent were sent a memo on Thursday, which circulated online, instructing them to 'immediately' remove 'aggressive' displays, including hunting videos and combat games.




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Democrats ratchet up pressure on Walmart to pull guns from their shelves after El Paso shooting

Democratic presidential candidates put pressure Friday on Walmart to stop selling firearms after a gun-toting killer massacred 22 people in the parking lot of an El Paso retail store.




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Man is arrested at the Pentagon after driving there with a loaded shotgun and ammo bought at Walmart

Charles Lawson of Pineville, Kentucky, was diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia after driving to the Pentagon with multiple weapons in his truck on Tuesday.




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Man cooking on a stove in a Walmart parking lot sets his van on fire killing a six-year-old girl

A 70-year-old man camping in a Walmart parking lot put a hot cook stove in his van, causing it to catch fire and spread to another van, burning two young sisters and killing one of them.




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Great-grandma's name raised a few eyebrows at Walmart supermarket so she decided to change it

Fran Young, pictured left, was left mortified after a technical mishap showed her name as a profanity on a Walmart screen, right. The oblivious great grandmother, 71,sat underneath for 20 minutes.




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Walmart backs 'debating' assault weapons ban, reveals it sells 20 percent of ammo

Walmart said Thursday in a quarterly earnings report that it would support a conversation around an assault weapons ban, even though the company no longer sells that category of firearm.




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Florida man, 55, is arrested at Walmart after drinking $7 wine in bathroom

Cops claim Ty Kelley, 55, stuffed the bottle of $6.98 Barefoot brand Riesling down the front of his pants while he was inside a franchise in Pinelas Park on Wednesday.




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Tipsy Walmart shopper stole a store mobility scooter and drove it a mile until battery ran out

John Davis (left), 59, was arrested for allegedly stealing a scooter (right, file image) from Walmart and driving it about a mile away until the batter ran out. He was jailed on a grand theft charge.




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Sofia Vergara looks casual cute as she goes shopping in an evil eye shirt from her own Walmart line

Vergara was her own best advertisement as she modeled a chic evil eye shirt from her own Walmart line Sofia Jeans during a visit to the upscale Saks Fifth Avenue.




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Walmart sues Tesla after solar panels burst into flames on top of SEVEN stores

Walmart accused Tesla of 'widespread negligence' that led to repeated fires of its solar systems and asking a court to force Tesla to remove solar panels from more than 240 of its U.S. stores.




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Iowa man, 65, arrested for 'following a woman around Walmart while masturbating'

Gary Sheriff, 65, was charged with indecent exposure over the shocking act, which took place in a Walmart supercenter in Marion on Saturday.