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Walmart CEO: Soaring theft could lead to higher prices, store closures

 By Heather Lalley on Dec. 06, 2022

Doug McMillon, CEO of the nation’s largest retailer, told CNBC Tuesday that the company is seeing a significant rise in shoplifting, echoing similar comments made by Target last month.

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Employee injured in Virginia Walmart shooting sues retailer for $50M

 By Heather Lalley on Nov. 30, 2022

In her lawsuit, Donya Prioleau alleges that the gunman who killed six of his coworkers in Chesapeake was known by the retailer to have a “long-standing pattern of disturbing and threatening behavior.”

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Walmart to pay funeral expenses for 6 workers killed by store employee

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 29, 2022

The retailer on Tuesday said it would also continue paying all workers at the Chesapeake, Virginia, store while the location remains closed “for the foreseeable future.”

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Walmart waits to reopen Chesapeake store after mass shooting; Tops’ shooting suspect pleads guilty

By Heather Lalley and Jeniece Drake on Nov. 28, 2022

Less than a week after an overnight manager killed six people at a Virginia Walmart, authorities have completed their in-store investigation. Meanwhile, the suspect charged with killing 10 people at a Tops market pled guilty on Monday.

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Walmart employee kills 6 at Chesapeake, Virginia, store

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 23, 2022

The mass shooting suspect, a Walmart overnight team lead who'd been with the retailer since 2010, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Six others were hospitalized.

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Walmart’s grocery dominance grows

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 15, 2022

The retail giant’s food and beverage sales outpaced all other categories during the third quarter, and the company continues to see growing interest from higher-income shoppers.

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Walmart agrees to $3.1B opioid settlement

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 15, 2022

If approved, the settlement would put an end to the bulk of the state, local and tribal lawsuits filed against the nation’s largest retailer over the sale and distribution of the addictive drugs.

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Walmart shoppers are getting wealthier. But will they stick around?

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 15, 2022

With inflation soaring, the retail giant said it’s seeing a big jump in consumers making more than $100,000 a year. It’s too soon to tell whether they’ll become loyal Walmart shoppers.

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Walmart tries to win the holiday shopping wars with a big membership deal

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 01, 2022

The retail giant on Tuesday offered a year-long Walmart+ membership for $49, half off the usual price, for a very limited time. The program comes with free grocery delivery, among a suite of perks.

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Walmart reveals updated Texas distribution center after its extreme makeover

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 26, 2022

The regional distribution center in Palestine, Texas, has been retrofitted with AI-powered technology from Symbotic, part of Walmart’s plan to update all 42 of its distribution facilities over the next eight years.

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