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Wal-Mart Plans to Hire 100,000 Veterans

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:03:45 +0000

The national unemployment rate spiked following the 2008 financial crash, and it has remained stubbornly high ever since. Unfortunately, it has been even worse for returning American servicemembers. Today, though, Wal-Mart announced a plan to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years.

Walmart Tests iPhone App to Speed Up Checkout Process

Mike Adams — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:14:30 +0000

Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, is currently testing a “scan and go” iPhone application that would allow customers to scan items as they shop and pay more quickly and conveniently at a self-checkout counter. The app was tested earlier this week at a supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas, using store employees as well as their friends [...]

Walmart No Longer Tops Fortune 500 — What Company Does?

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:18:44 +0000

Fortune’s annual list of the 500 wealthiest companies didn’t contain many surprises. The biggest surprise, however, wasn’t who made the list but where they made it. Walmart regularly ranks on top as the world’s largest retail chain and the largest company on the annual Fortune 500 list. This year, though, it dropped a notch to [...]

Pranksters Annoy Wal-Mart Employees With Fake Holiday Shopping Lists [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:48:10 +0000

Greg Benson and Ryan Smith had such a fine time pranking Target employees that they decided to do it again. This time, the jokesters pestered retail workers at Wal-Mart with ridiculous shopping lists. With the help of a new addition to their team — Miles Grose — the pranksters assailed patient Wal-Mart employees with funny, [...]

Walmart to Beat 'Black Midnight' With 10 p.m. Opening on Thanksgiving Day

Kathy Landin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:05:03 +0000

In the midst of retailers looking to start traditional Black Friday festivities at the first possible moment the Friday after Thanksgiving, Walmart is expected to announce that it will do them one better. The company has decided to open at 10 p.m. the night of Thanksgiving, so its customers can get an “early” start on shopping.

Woman Claims She Was Kicked Out of Walmart for Wearing a Bikini [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:45:14 +0000

Sandi McMillin says she was kicked out of Walmart for wearing a bikini — the very same bikini she bought at a Walmart.

“I was horrified,” the Eugene, Oregon woman told KVAL. “I am embarrassed. I hadn’t done anything obnoxious or outlandish.”