Will Amazon become the first $1 trillion company?

Some analysts predict its shares will zoom past $1,000, while CEO Jeff Bezos is now the world's second-richest person

• Apr 3, 2017

Cops: Walmart rampage suspect agitated after failed battery return

Woman hit people with car after leaving store agitated over failed attempt to return batteries, police say

• Mar 24, 2017

Can Sears survive? Some experts are skeptical

Combining two struggling stores -- Kmart and Sears -- in 2004 "created an even bigger, more struggling company"

• Mar 23, 2017

Target store revamps cater to dashers and wanderers

Among other things, the multibillion-dollar redesign will feature separate entrances for both types of shoppers

• Mar 21, 2017

Wild Walmart parking lot rampage caught on video

Police near San Francisco seeking enraged woman who almost ran over family of 5

• Mar 21, 2017

Retail sales in February rose, just barely

American consumers lifted their spending by a scant 0.1 percent last month, perhaps because of delayed tax refunds

• Mar 15, 2017

Costco hikes membership fees for first time in 6 years

A basic membership at the No. 2 retailer will cost $60 a year starting in June, with higher-end membership fees also climbing

• Mar 6, 2017

Walmart's mixed bag: Customers don't hate it -- as much

The giant retailer made strides with shoppers in 2016, but it remains dead last in a consumer survey's latest results

• Feb 28, 2017

Little Tykes recalls 540,000 toddler swings

The company says it has received 140 reports of the swing breaking, resulting in 39 injuries, including two broken arms

• Feb 24, 2017

As Walmart tries to catch Amazon, profits prove elusive

World's biggest retailer has invested heavily to close the gap with the e-commerce king, and is seeing some results

• Feb 21, 2017

Walmart posts strong holiday and online sales

Though overall fourth-quarter profit fell, the retail giant’s improvements in key areas have the stock jumping

• Feb 21, 2017

Wal-Mart buys outdoor clothes and gear seller Moosejaw

Retail giant's latest online purchase is an e-commerce player that sells more than 400 brands tied to the great outdoors

• Feb 15, 2017

Walmart enhances free shipping deals, ends the fee

Aimed directly at Amazon Prime, the new program cuts delivery time to 2 days on 2 million items on orders of $35 or more

• Jan 31, 2017

Amazon and Walmart are hiring, but how good are these jobs?

The retail giants have won kudos for their plans, but labor activists say the hiring spree won't bolster the middle class

• Jan 19, 2017

Walmart’s 2017 expansion calls for 10,000 new jobs

The giant retailer will spend nearly $7 billion to build 59 new stores, also creating 24,000 construction jobs

• Jan 17, 2017

Amazon to accept food stamps, taking on Walmart

A pilot program will pit Web retailers against grocery stores for their share of $66.6 billion in government benefits

• Jan 16, 2017

Police: Woman got drunk at Walmart, grabbed EMT's groin

Shellby Conder, 18, allegedly told the Walmart’s manager that she drank five cans of beer from the beer aisle and was drunk. She also asked for a ride home

• Jan 10, 2017

Police: Man at Ohio Walmart used syringe to squirt semen on women

Timothy Blake allegedly told police he aimed for the women's buttocks and "maybe it was his way of having sex with these women"

• Jan 4, 2017

Run-DMC sues Walmart, Amazon for $50 million

The rap group Run-DMC filed a $50 million lawsuit accusing several retailers of trading on the group’s name without permission

• Dec 30, 2016

Retailers go into 2017 with too many stores

One estimate is that 1 billion square feet of retail space will be "rationalized" in coming years as shoppers flock online

• Dec 22, 2016

Walmart pulls 'Black Lives Matter' shirts after cop complaints

Fraternal Order of Police accused retailer of "profiting from racial division" with apparel proclaiming word "Bulletproof"

• Dec 21, 2016

Amazon, Walmart urged to stop selling "spying" doll

Privacy advocates are asking large U.S. retailers to halt sales of a toy that can eavesdrop on children

• Dec 20, 2016

Michael Williamson, escaped S.C. inmate, recaptured

Michael Allen Williamson, 47, was caught about 13 hours after authorities say stabbed a police officer

• Dec 8, 2016

Amazon's newest shopping disruption is a doozy

Its planned Amazon Go grocery stores will let customers buy goods and pay automatically -- no checkout lines needed

• Dec 5, 2016

Retailers are cranking up the holiday markdowns

The ever-fiercer competition for bargain-hunting holiday shoppers is showing up everywhere -- in stores and online

• Dec 5, 2016

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