by - January 15, 2015 1:18 pm
Target is saying “Adios” to Canada as the retailer announced plans to shutter its 133 stores that it opened in that market in the past two years. Insiders see it…
by - December 22, 2014 3:18 pm
Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran told analysts in October that he planned to address meat quality issues and improve the fresh and private label offering at Walmart Supercenters and Neighborhood…
by - November 13, 2014 5:10 pm
President George W. Bush will be signing copies of his book: 41: A Portrait of My Father at the Walmart supercenter in Bentonville on Saturday (Nov. 15) beginning at 10…
by - October 15, 2014 7:36 pm
Greg Foran has had an “unvarnished” view of store operations at Walmart U.S., and he said restoring balance between inventory and sales is needed to improve lackluster margins. He admitted…
by - September 18, 2014 3:42 pm
Fascination with 3D printing continues to brew in the retail industry and toymaker Hasbro is taking a 3D event on the road to 10 Walmart Supercenters, including the store at…
by - August 7, 2014 2:53 pm
Discount grocer ALDI – a small box, no frills, private label grocery format – was recognized as the nation’s low-price grocery leader for the fourth year by consumer research firm…
by - August 4, 2014 6:42 pm
Wal-Mart store manager Sherry Curtis-Swenson is putting the finishing touches on worker schedules, overseeing the store stocking and making sure the region’s newest Walmart Supercenter in Springdale runs without a…
by - July 28, 2014 5:04 pm
Wal-Mart’s decision to promote Greg Foran to CEO of Walmart U.S. was a surprising move to analysts given Foran does not have the U.S. retail experience that other execs within…
by - July 24, 2014 8:13 am
Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon is stepping down after more than four years in the job and eight years with Wal-Mart. Greg Foran, 53, was named the new Walmart U.S….
by - June 26, 2014 5:28 pm
Wal-Mart and many other retailers are wrestling with inventory levels growing faster than sales. In April, Wal-Mart acknowledged during its Year Beginning Meetings that the retailer lost about $3 billion…
by - June 16, 2014 7:13 pm
Wal-Mart has 500 million reasons to aggressively test company-owned heath care clinics in its retail stores, which it recently began piloting in Texas. With more than 1.1 million Americans working…
by - March 23, 2014 10:23 am
Wal-Mart execs keenly focused on improving comparable sales and driving top line revenue are testing a new “Savings Catcher” pricing tool as a way to drive in-store traffic and hammer…
by - October 29, 2013 1:11 pm
Wal-Mart continues to toot its own horn about the opportunities for promotion from within its ranks. On Tuesday (Oct. 29) the retailer announced it would promote 25,000 workers to jobs…
by - August 29, 2013 6:32 pm
Wal-Mart employs an estimated 1.3 million people in the U.S. and roughly 10,000 in the Northwest Arkansas area so it’s no surprise that the retail giant is also an all-family…
by - March 8, 2013 11:02 am
Leslie Dach, executive vice president of Corporate Affairs for Walmart, is leaving the big box giant in June. He is the second top ranking officer from within Wal-Mart’s inner core…
by - February 25, 2013 12:10 pm
Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services has been recognized by Walmart for Innovative Excellence in Transportation for 2012. In a letter of commendation to J.B. Hunt, Rob Kusiciel, vice president Walmart…
by - December 26, 2012 12:02 pm
El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. on Wednesday (Dec. 26) announced it will build more than 200 new fuel stations at existing Walmart Supercenter locations in the midwest and southeast United…
by - October 23, 2012 5:19 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was hit with another lawsuit this week over alleged wage and overtime infractions between two staffing agencies that placed several hundred temporary workers in the Chicago metro…
by - October 15, 2012 7:56 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. won dismissal of class-action bias claims in a gender-discrimination lawsuit in federal court in Dallas. The lawsuit claimed Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, discriminated against women in…
by - October 11, 2012 3:47 pm
Walmart U.S. is partnering with Mercy Hospital Springfield and five other hospitals in the country as it announces its new “Centers of Excellence,” according to a statement from Mercy. The…
