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CJRW Hires 4 (Movers & Shakers)

Madison Dawson, Jordan Gray, Ashley Moore and Jacob Turbyfill have been hired by CJRW of Little Rock. read more >
Public Companies / Retail

Walmart International CEO Judith McKenna to Retire

Sam's Club President and CEO Kath McLay has been named as McKenna's successor. read more >
Education / Retail

Walmart Partners With Khan Academy to Offer Free Financial Courses

The virtual course offers articles, videos and exercises to master personal finance skills. read more >
(From left) Vijay Manthripragada, CEO of Montrose Environmental Group; Tony Aquila, CEO of Canoo Inc.; and Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart.

Transplanted Executives Dominate Pay ListLock Icon

Two companies that recently moved their headquarters to Arkansas passed Walmart in executive compensation, but not profitability. read more >
Walmart of Bentonville has been steadily expanding its financial services offerings to customers, but it says it has no designs on becoming a bank.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Government & Politics

Walmart Offering Financial Tools, Fintech PlansLock Icon

Walmart insists it doesn’t want to be a bank, but it’s surely acting like one. read more >
Walmart says it is testing package delivery via drones in Fayetteville, North Carolina, through a deal with drone company Flytrex.
Investments / Public Companies / Retail

Walmart Invests in Drone Company

Walmart Inc. announced Thursday that it has invested in DroneUp, a nationwide drone services provider it partnered with last year, but did not disclose the investment amount. read more >
John Furner
Public Companies / Retail

Walmart to Spend $350B on U.S. Products

Walmart says it will spend an additional $350 billion over the next 10 years on items made, grown or assembled in the U.S. read more >
Public Companies

Walmart Announces $700M Bonus Round

Walmart Inc. of Bentonville will pay out another round of employee bonuses, bringing its 2020 bonus tally to more than $2.8 billion. read more >
A Cirrus SR 22T airplane, the same make and model as the one Bill Simon parachuted in a 2015 emergency landing in Fayetteville.
Insurance / Legal / Manufacturing

Fayetteville Plane Crash Subject of Court CaseLock Icon

Starstone National Insurance Co. alleges that negligence and defects caused a 2015 accident in which former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon parachuted his single-engine plane onto a pickup truck on MLK Jr. Boulevard. read more >
Public Companies / Retail

Walmart Testing Automated Carts To Speed Up Grocery Orders

Walmart is testing automated carts that retrieve bins of groceries from storage as it tries to speed up the process of packaging online orders to send out or bringing to customers at their cars. read more >
Former UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart and his brother, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President Jeffrey J. Gearhart.
Education / Public Companies / Retail

Wal-Mart Reveals $1.9M Paid to UA in FY 2015

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. revealed in its proxy statement last week that it paid about $1.9 million to the University of Arkansas in the retailer’s fiscal year that ended Jan. 31. read more >
Doug McMillon, CEO of Wal-Mart, said the retailer will close stores that should be closed. 
Business Services / Construction / Public Companies

Retail Analysts Say Wal-Mart’s Become Too Big to Manage

For Wal-Mart’s annual revenue to grow by just 1 percent, the retailer would need to add the revenue of a Fortune 500 company. But some retail watchers wonder whether Wal-Mart’s massive size has made it too big to manage. read more >