Breast cancer patient mistaken for fugitive, handcuffed

Erin Peters said she was stopped at an Idaho Walmart and questioned for 45 minutes after being mistaken for a woman charged with killing six-week-old baby

• Oct 10, 2016

For Walmart, investments shift to online efforts

The retail behemoth is trimming the pace of opening new stores as it works to add more e-commerce firepower

• Oct 6, 2016

How grocers wring extra cash out of shelf space

Do these billions in fees from food companies looking to place products in prime supermarket "real estate" harm consumers?

• Oct 5, 2016

Viral photos show dad dragging girl by hair in Walmart

The photos of a man pushing a shopping cart with his child's hair wrapped around the handle has sparked outrage on social media

• Sep 21, 2016

Coming to a Walmart near you? Robo-shopping carts

The retailer has patented technology for carts that can steer themselves, retrieve abandoned items and help stock shelves

• Sep 15, 2016

1 killed during confrontation in parking lot of Kansas Walmart

Two people were critically injured and a good Samaritan killed a suspect during a confrontation in the parking lot of a suburban Kansas City Walmart

• Sep 11, 2016

As 9/11 nears, Walmart yanks Coke display that looked like twin towers

Discount retailer says it meant no disrespect in allowing display of cans arranged to look like Twin Towers

• Sep 8, 2016

Walmart to cut thousands of back-office jobs

Retail giant wants to shift more workers into sales positions amid mounting competition from ecommerce

• Sep 1, 2016

Wal-Mart raises annual profit, tops forecasts

Retailer is fighting off competition on multiple fronts, from Amazon.com and to grocers, which are ramping up promotions and lowering prices

• Aug 18, 2016

Baby found dead in hot car outside Texas Walmart

The baby's father, who is an employee at the store, apparently left the boy in the car when he arrived at work at 6:15 a.m. on Friday

• Aug 15, 2016

Warren Buffett ups stake in Apple, cuts Walmart

Billionaire's company increases its holdings of iPhone maker while trimming its piece of the discount retailer

• Aug 15, 2016

Want to indulge? Wait is over for Deep Fried Twinkies

New take on classic treat from Hostess debuting in Wal-Mart; they come frozen, ready to be warmed and eaten

• Aug 12, 2016

Walmart buying online retailer newcomer Jet.com

Discount giant to pay $3 billion in cash and $300 million in stock to buy year-old challenger to Amazon

• Aug 8, 2016

U.S. stock indexes drift lower in early trading; oil up

Investors size up latest company earnings and deal news as Wall Street comes off new highs set last week after strong jobs data

• Aug 8, 2016

Wal-Mart employees charged in suspected shoplifter's death

An autopsy showed the victim, 64, died from mechanical asphyxiation during a struggle outside Wal-Mart

• Jul 29, 2016

Beautiful on the inside? Walmart selling "ugly fruit" at a discount

World's largest grocer follows Whole Foods and Giant Eagle in testing sales of less-than-perfect produce at hundreds of stores

• Jul 22, 2016

Man charged with putting chemical weapon in a Walmart

Suspect charged with creating device capable of producing poison gas, then leaving it in the store in Oxnard, Calif. a month ago

• Jul 21, 2016

JPMorgan hiking pay for 18,000 tellers, other hourly workers

Nation's largest bank follows major U.S. companies including Target and McDonald's in raising its minimum wage

• Jul 13, 2016

Amazon rivals are primed but unlikely to ruin Prime Day

Why Walmart, Target and others aiming to steal some of the e-commerce giant's thunder face a big challenge

• Jul 12, 2016

Back-to-school deals already? You bet

Some of the nation's biggest retailers aren't waiting to start tempting parents with offers they can't refuse

• Jul 8, 2016

Richest woman in U.S. cuts sales price on Texas ranches

Walmart heiress Alice Walton lops off $10 million from prices for two luxury ranches she's struggled to sell during oil slump

• Jul 4, 2016

Walmart's "Made in the USA" claims take another hit

Truth in Advertising.org says it found more than 100 mislabeled products on the retailer's website, after finding 200 earlier

• Jun 29, 2016

​Wal-Mart partners with Chinese e-commerce giant

In February, company said global e-commerce rose 8 percent in Q4, well below the 20 percent pace of growth just a few years ago

• Jun 20, 2016

​The surprising clientele of dollar stores

Target and Walmart, eat your heart out: Well-heeled millennials are embracing smaller -- and cheaper -- stores

• Jun 17, 2016

Cops: Walmart worker took manager hostage

An Amarillo, Texas Walmart employee took two people hostage after a workplace dispute, police say; suspect was shot dead

• Jun 15, 2016

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