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Walmart Announces Drive-In Movie Tour

El Paso is marking the anniversary of a shooting at a crowded Walmart by remembering the 23 people killed.

A Florida man is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at another Walmart shopper who had told him to wear a mask

Discount grocer Aldi said Tuesday it will open more than 70 stores by the end of the year, with hopes of attracting new customers and wooing some away from grocery rivals including Walmart and Kroger.

Walmart said Tuesday that it will give another round of bonuses to hourly employees and close its stores on Thanksgiving Day. The big-box retailer said in a news release that it will spend about $428 million on the bonuses to thank employees for working during the coronavirus pandemic. Full-time hourly employees will receive $300 and part-time and temporary workers will get...

Walmart and Sam’s Club became the latest chains to mandate mask use in stores, joining Starbucks, Costco and Apple. Those stores require masks even in states where face coverings in public spaces are not mandatory.

Walmart and Sam’s Club customers will soon be required to put on a mask or face covering before shopping in stores.  The big-box retailer announced the new policy Wednesday and said it will take effect July 20. It said the majority of its approximately 5,000 stores and clubs  — about 65% — are in areas where there’s already some kind of...

As social distancing requirements have cancelled typical summer activities, Walmart announced many of its parking lots will turn into drive-in movie theaters this summer. Beginning in August, Walmart with convert 160 of its store parking lots into drive-in movie theaters for families to safely gather contact-free. Walmart partnered with Tribeca Enterprises to show the films and provide curbside pickup at…

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Prosecutors say the man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more at a Walmart in Texas is expected to be reindicted Thursday as he faces another murder charge in the mass shooting that targeted Mexicans.

Walmart will no longer place “multicultural hair care and beauty products” in locked cases in any of its stores, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Two employees at the Walmart in south suburban Evergreen Park have died from the coronavirus, attorneys and family members tell NBC 5. Family members identified one of the employees as Phillip Thomas. A second employee was identified as Wando Evans, according to an attorney representing Evans’ family. Walmart confirmed the passing of two employee in a statement, adding the company…

In a statement, Walmart officials said the company was heartbroken after two employees at the Evergreen Park location died from the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Customers cheered at a Walmart in Missouri after a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the store’s toilet paper aisle

Two coronavirus drive-thru testing sites opened at the parking lots of Walmart’s Northlake and Joliet stores this Sunday. The sites will test only first responders and health care workers who have potentially been exposed to the virus, the statement read. These sites are not open to the general public and testing is not available in Walmart’s stores. “…We believe...

A look inside Chicago-area shopping centers this week as people bought essentials in large quantities and waited in long lines.

A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself removing an ice cream container from a Texas market freezer, licking the contents and returning the container to the freezer. D’Adrien Anderson, 24, also was sentenced to an additional six-month jail term probated for two years and ordered…

Kibbles for Fido? Nope. These days he’s getting diced chicken with sweet potatoes and spinach. U.S. pet owners are increasingly feeding fresh food to their dogs and cats. Some order pre-proportioned meals of meat and vegetables or frozen raw meat online. Others find them in refrigerators at big retailers like Walmart. Later this spring, Petco and its partner, California-based JustFoodForDogs,...

Petco is trying to Amazon-proof its business. Time will tell if the strategy really works. The privately held pet-goods retailer has just opened a new service-focused store that aims to give shoppers something they can’t buy online. A pilot location opened this past Friday in San Marcos, California. Called PetCoach, it offers grooming, training, veterinary care, dog walking and more...

A man accused of spraying Lysol on produce and other products inside a suburban Illinois Walmart while wearing a medical mask and a sign on his back that read “Caution I have the Coronavirus” has been charged, authorities said. Tyler Wallace, 19, of Joliet, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass to property, disorderly conduct and retail theft, authorities said…