by - June 3, 2022 3:06 pm
Walmart held its annual shareholder and employee celebration Friday (June 3) inside Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, with roughly 14,000 people in attendance and millions watching virtually. Comedian and late…
by - June 5, 2015 5:26 pm
Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon told the media Friday (June 5) that shareholder week is his favorite week of the year though by the end of the Saturday morning meeting everyone…
by - June 5, 2015 3:30 pm
The iconic baseball cap synonymous with Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is headed to the Smithsonian Museum In Washington, D.C., according to chairman Rob Walton who took the stage wearing the…
by - June 5, 2015 9:06 am
Rob Walton, 70, son of Wal-Mart founders Helen and Sam Walton, is stepping down after 23 years as Board Chairman of the world’s largest retailer. However, the powerful chairmanship will…
by - June 4, 2015 10:03 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart and its Sam’s Club division have spent much of the past two days explaining to the media gathered in Northwest Arkansas for shareholders week the importance of…
by - June 3, 2015 6:39 pm
If there is a measure for how focused Wal-Mart is on using technology to dig deeper into the pockets of consumers, this may be it: 2,500 Wal-Mart employees at “labs”…
by - June 3, 2015 3:07 pm
The new Walmart U.S. executive team told more than 3,000 employees that it’s listening to their concerns. In response to thousands of emails Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran received late…
by - June 2, 2015 4:48 pm
Much like an iceberg, the part of Wal-Mart visible to most is a small part of what makes up the global retailer based in the small Arkansas town of Bentonville….
by - June 1, 2015 7:29 pm
The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting set for Friday (June 5) will find a high-profile gaggle of celebrities more than 14,000 people packed into Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas…
by - June 1, 2015 1:42 pm
The countdown has begun again on what is arguably one of the region’s biggest events each year: The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting. More than 5,000 Wal-Mart workers from around the globe…
by - April 11, 2015 11:16 am
The Walton Family plans to divest roughly 6% of its majority stake in Wal-Mart Stores over the next few years into a new trust entity as the family's interest has…
by - June 8, 2014 10:19 pm
Wal-Mart executives dedicated their 52nd annual shareholders festivities (June 3 -7) to their 220 million weekly customers around the globe. The messages of CEOs Doug McMillon, Bill Simon and Neil…
by - June 6, 2014 6:13 pm
For several years the central message and mission around Wal-Mart’s business strategy was growth, leverage and returns. Analysts from around the country noted a different message at this year’s annual…
by - June 6, 2014 10:58 am
The world got a glimpse into the future board leadership for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday (June 6) as longtime chairman Rob Walton announced Greg Penner, his son-in-law, was chosen…
by - June 6, 2014 10:45 am
The Wal-Mart shareholders meetings have become part late-night talk show, part church service/pep rally, part United Nations parade, with a retail Woodstock music festival sans the hippies, mushrooms and mud….
by - June 4, 2014 9:17 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has made no secret of its need to innovate. By some outside estimates the retailer has spent around $2 billion on 10 tech startups since 2011. But the…
by - June 3, 2014 8:47 pm
Wal-Mart is often in the center of a battle between the Wal-Mart insiders and any number of outside groups seeking change from and within the insiders, and shareholder week usually…
by - June 3, 2014 11:53 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is celebrating 52 years as a retailer, and while the discount juggernaut’s shares are trading around $77, performance has been lackluster for the past 12 months relative…
by - June 2, 2014 3:15 pm
Wal-Mart shareholders week is a global affair with 5,000 delegates visiting from 27 countries and every state where Wal-Mart operates under 71 banners. The Wal-Mart representatives began arriving at Northwest…
by - June 9, 2013 5:28 pm
Like much of small town America, the circus comes to town only once a year. That’s what Wal-Mart shareholders and Northwest Arkansas have come to expect each June. Just like…
