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Amazon hopes to start delivering more Prime packages to lower-income customers by cutting the monthly fee for qualifying shoppers.
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Amazon Lowers Prime Membership Rate For Low-Income Customers

Jun 07, 2017
Amazon and Walmart are in a battle for low-income shoppers. Now Amazon is cutting the $10.99 monthly rate on its Prime membership to $5.99 for people who receive government assistance.
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A Wal-Mart in Reno, Nevada, stayed open for Black Friday shopping after a fatal shooting in the parking lot Thursday night.
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1 Dead In Nevada Wal-Mart Parking Lot Shooting

Nov 25, 2016
The Thanksgiving night incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute over a parking space.
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The Salt
Starting this week, Wal-Mart, America's largest grocer, says it will start piloting sales of weather-dented apples at a discount in 300 of its Florida stores.
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Wal-Mart, America's Largest Grocer, Is Now Selling Ugly Fruit And Vegetables

Jul 20, 2016
Lots of tasty, nutritious produce ends up in landfills because it doesn't meet retail beauty standards. Now Wal-Mart is testing sales of wonky apples and spuds in hundreds of Texas and Florida stores.
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Wal-Mart says most of the stores it plans to close will be gone by the end of the month.
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Wal-Mart To Close 269 Stores, Including 154 In U.S.

Jan 15, 2016
Most of the American outlets on the chopping block are Wal-Mart Express stores. Those are the company's smallest-format locations. Wal-Mart also said it will open 300 new stores in the coming year.
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Wal-Mart employee Adriana Cajuso takes payment from customer Yoalmi Matias at a store in Miami. By mid-2016, Wal-Mart says, customers will have the option of paying via their smartphones.
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Wal-Mart To Launch New Mobile Pay System In 2016

Dec 10, 2015
There's already Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay. Prepare for Wal-Mart Pay: a feature in Wal-Mart's app that will allow shoppers to check out with their smartphones.
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Joining Amazon, Google and other companies, Walmart will test drones for commercial uses like home deliveries.
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Ready, Set, Drone: Walmart Joins Amazon, Google In Testing Delivery Drones

Oct 26, 2015
Walmart has applied to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery and curbside pick up.
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The Salt
Wal-Mart employee Dayngel Fernandez stocks shelves in the produce department of a Miami store in February. Activists say the company's recent corporate policy changes don't address systemic labor and environmental problems.
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Why Wal-Mart's Labor Issues Run Deeper Than Too Much Justin Bieber

Jun 05, 2015
Wal-Mart has said it will turn up the heat and turn down the Justin Bieber music at stores to appease employees. But it's not addressing the most glaring problems in its supply chain, activists say.
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Hundreds of demonstrators rallied to protest Wal-Mart's labor practices in Hyattsville, Md., in Sept. 2013.
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When Wal-Mart Comes To Town, What Does It Mean For Workers?

Apr 02, 2015
Wal-Mart has long been criticized for low pay and erratic work schedules. So when the retailer arrives in a community, it stirs controversy — but it also brings jobs and low prices.
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A woman pushes a cart at a Costco store in Hackensack, N.J., in 2013. Big-box stores are effective delivery devices for fattening foods, economists argue in a new study.
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Have Big-Box Superstores Helped To Make Us Fat?

Feb 20, 2015
A study argues that the density of restaurants and large-scale food retailers in parts of the U.S. has been a major factor in the rise of obesity. But some see it as a "chicken and egg" problem.

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