A junior Walmart Inc. employee organized a one-day strike and other actions to protest the retailer's stance on gun sales in the wake of shootings at two of its stores in recent weeks. Thomas Marshall, a 23-year-old category manager in Walmart's San Bruno, California-based e-commerce ...
Americans must not let racist views become normalized, Obama says without naming names
Former President Barack Obama said Monday, in his first public statement since a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, that Americans must "soundly reject language" from any leader who "feeds a climate of fear and hatred of normalizes racist sentiments." The statement, which ...
Two El Paso victims die at hospital, raising Walmart massacre death toll to 22
Two more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising the death toll for the attack to 22. The Del Sol Medical Center did not release the names or ages of the patients who ...
Cornering e-commerce market: Amazon squeezes sellers that offer better prices on Walmart
Amazon.com Inc.'s determination to offer shoppers the best deals is prompting merchants selling products on its marketplace to raise their prices on competing websites, a testament to the company's growing influence over the e-commerce market. Amazon constantly scans rivals' prices to see if they're lower. ...
Two dead, pair wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi
A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said. Southaven Police Chief Macon Moore said the man, whom he did not ...
Walmart Inc. is facing a strike by thousands of workers in South America amid the retail giant's push to increase automation at its physical stores. About 17,000 Walmart workers in Chile went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday after labor talks between the company and ...
Walmart eyes listing Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu to raise funds for expansion
Walmart Inc. aims to list its wholly owned Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu G.K. to raise funds for the retail chain's expansion in Japan, the head of its local subsidiary said Wednesday. After a meeting with employees to explain Seiyu's medium-term strategy, Lionel Desclee, the president ...
Walmart agrees to pay $282 million to settle Brazil unit bribe claim
Walmart Inc. has agreed to pay a total penalty of $282 million to settle charges by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities & Exchange Commission that its Brazilian unit violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The retailer will pay more than $144 million to ...
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Wednesday told Walmart Inc. shareholders and top executives that the world's largest retailer should boost the "starvation"-level wages it pays its workers and stop fueling income inequality. Speaking at Walmart's shareholder meeting, the U.S. senator said: "Despite the ...
New Seiyu CEO says Walmart not looking to sell its Japanese supermarket chain
“I’m not here to sell a business,” Lionel Desclee tells reporters in Tokyo in his first public remarks since his appointment Friday. “Absolutely not at all.”
Amazon Inc. and Walmart Inc.'s plans to dominate India's online retail landscape have been ambushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political priorities heading into a tightening election. The vote, which must be held by May, has increased the influence of local retailers that lobbied for ...
Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock. The study, which also looked at pork in three other countries, ...
