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Inside the Walmart-Google Partnership: Getting to Know Consumers on a Whole New Level
An insider's look into the most exciting new partnerships of the year
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Walmart Is Opening its Own Tech Incubator in Silicon Valley
The retail giant wants to get a foothold in emerging technologies.
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Walmart Wants Drones in Stores Shopping for You
Rather than walk around a store, a drone will collect what you want and fly it across the store ready for collection.
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Wal-Mart Ditches Amazon Prime-Like Service, Reduces Free 2-Day Shipping Requirements
Just spend $35 or more -- no membership needed.
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Run-DMC Founder Sues Amazon and Wal-Mart Over Trademark
Darryl McDaniels, the owner of Run-DMC, is seeking at least $50 million of damages from the retailers and other defendants over their alleged sale of glasses, hats, patches, T-shirts, wallets and other products.
By Reuters
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4 Ways Omni-Channel Retailers Can Step Up Their Shipping Game
Effective shipping and logistics can be turned into a competitive advantage that will delight customers and boost profit margins.
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Wal-Mart Will Offer Cyber Monday Deals Starting Black Friday
Wal-Mart's special web promotions will be available on Black Friday, the retailer said in a statement late on Sunday.
By Reuters
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4 Culture-Building Lessons From Sam Walton’s Legal Pad
Company culture isn't built in a boardroom.
By Zach Ferres
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Get Your Seasonal Toy Into Walmart in Under Two Years Without Breaking the Bank
An Entrepreneur contributor interviews someone who pulled off this feat and reports on seven takeaways this man had to offer.
By Stephen Key
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Wal-Mart in Talks to Buy Online Retailer Jet.com
It was not clear how much Wal-Mart would pay, but Jet.com could be worth as much as $3 billion.
By Reuters
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Visa, MasterCard $7.25 Billion Settlement With Retailers Is Thrown Out
The case will return to the Brooklyn federal court, where it will be overseen by U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie.
By Reuters
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With Amazon in Sight, Wal-Mart to Offer Free Shipping for 30 Days
The company had announced a slew of programs, including online grocery pick up and a partnership with ride-hailing app Uber to deliver groceries as it looks to boost online sales.
By Reuters
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Wal-Mart Rips Up China Online Strategy, Starts Again With Stake in Alibaba Rival
The deal will see the U.S. grocery giant swap its Yihaodian platform for a 5 percent stake in JD.com Inc., worth about $1.5 billion by the firm's latest market value.
By Reuters
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Wal-Mart Attributes Higher Quarterly Profits to Increased Wages
'We are very pleased with the traffic increases, and I think that goes along with what we are seeing with customer experience scores that continue to improve,' CFO says.
By Reuters
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Wal-Mart Sues Visa for Resisting Use of PIN-Based Transactions
Banks and payment network operators are favoring the use of chip cards verified by signatures
By Reuters
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Court Strikes Down Puerto Rico Tax on Wal-Mart
Implemented last year, the measure had increased the tax for on-island companies with more than $2.75 billion in revenues that buy goods from off-island 'related parties' to 6.5 percent from 2 percent.
By Reuters
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Lawsuit Brought Against Wal-Mart Over Claims of Wood Pulp in Parmesan Cheese
A New York man is accusing the retail giant of deceptive business practices after the company's '100% Grated Parmesan Cheese' is found to contain almost 10 percent of a filler derived from wood chips.
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Jury Orders Wal-Mart to Pay Pharmacist $31.22 Million in Bias Case
The plaintiff claimed that Wal-Mart used her loss of a pharmacy key as a pretext for firing her in November 2012, when she was 47, after more than 13 years at the retailer.
By Reuters
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Target May Create Its Own Mobile Payment System
Company looking into taking on Walmart, Apple, Samsung and Android in the mobile payments space, according to reports.
By Billy Steele
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‘Walmart Pay’ Is the Newest Mobile Payment Option
Wal-Mart is the first U.S. retailer to offer its own payment feature. It is expected to be available throughout the country in 2016.
By Reuters
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As Amazon Prime Becomes More Popular, the Threat to Walmart, Target Grows
The service currently has almost 41 million members, according to a new survey.
By Phil Wahba
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At Wal-Mart, Cyber Monday Now Starts on Sunday
The world's largest retailer has decided to launch 2,000 online-only specials at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday.
By Reuters
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Wal-Mart Wants to Test Delivery Drones
Looking to go head-to-head with Amazon, the world's largest retailer applied for permission to test drones for delivery, pickup and checking warehouse inventories.
By Reuters
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Walmart Will No Longer Sell Semi-Automatic Weapons
The nation's biggest retailer said the move was a result of sluggish demand.
By Reuters
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Can You Guess the Largest Companies by Revenue in Each State? (Infographic)
Think Microsoft and Apple made the list? Think again.
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Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ Is Looking Like a Win for WalMart
Amazon's promise of a discount bonanza disappointed Prime members and served to showcase WalMart's discounting dominance.
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Christmas in July: Walmart, Amazon Throw Down in Epic Discount Battle
Given competing sales from two of the world's biggest retailers, other businesses may be bound for slow traffic this week.
By Geoff Weiss