Walmart announces October Holiday Deals event — ChainStoreAge.com
Walmart is holding a Holiday Deals shopping event in October: “Walmart will hold its first ‘Holiday Deals’ event of the season and bring back its ‘inflation-free’...
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Strikes threatened on East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, ports — Reuters.com
There is a threatened strike at ports throughout the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico: “The International Longshoremen’s Association, negotiating on behalf of workers at three dozen U.S....
READ MOREDollar stores continue expansion plans — PYMNTS.com
Despite slowing sales, Dollar Tree and Dollar General are continuing with expansion plans: “Dollar Tree and Dollar General aim to open more than 1,300 new stores during this fiscal year, The...
READ MOREWalmart a “threat” to grocers — GroceryDive.com
Online grocery sales are up, as are the number of households that use Walmart as their primary grocer: “Meanwhile, Walmart is continuing to pose a threat to supermarkets. The share of U.S....
READ MORESam’s Club announces associate compensation enhancements — Yahoo! Finance
Sam’s Club has enhanced compensation opportunities for its associates: “With these new compensation investments, the average hourly rate for Sam’s Club associates will likely exceed...
READ MOREWalmart Marketplace partners with TrueCommerce — ChainStoreAge.com
Walmart Marketplace will be integrating a TrueCommerce application into its platform: “The discount giant is integrating its Walmart Marketplace hosted sales platform with the TrueCommerce ERP...
READ MOREWalmart surveys customers about Halloween shopping — ChainStoreAge.com
Walmart is using data from Luminate to better understand consumer behavior during the Halloween shopping season: “One-in-three surveyed Walmart customers say they are likely to buy...
READ MOREWalmart Canada Mississauga warehouse workers join union — ArkansasOnline.com
Walmart Canada workers at a Mississauga warehouse joined a union: “The Mississauga warehouse workers joined Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union. The warehouse is Walmart...
READ MORERetail sales increased in August — ChainStoreAge.com
Retail sales increased in August, according to the National Retail Federation: “Total retail sales (including restaurants but excluding automobiles and gasoline) Increased 0.45%...
READ MOREWalmart debuts Game Day Baskets — FoodSided.com
Walmart has launched Game Day Baskets that provide meals (and, in one case, cleaning supplies) for game day celebrations: “For this season, Walmart launched three Game Day Baskets. Similar to...
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