Walmart to Acquire Israeli Startup Zeekit
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville will acquire the virtual fitting company Zeekit, an Israeli startup. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville will acquire the virtual fitting company Zeekit, an Israeli startup. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, the nation’s largest private employer, provides a window into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's performance during the pandemic. read more >
In working conditions that stress a quick turnaround and have close contact between employees, workers said they were put at risk for catching COVID-19, and legal-aid attorneys and worker-advocacy groups said the state regulatory structure was overwhelmed by the pandemic. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville says its primary care clinic Walmart Health has reached a deal to buy telehealth provider MeMD of Phoenix. read more >
New restrictions on trangender minors have left the state a target of scorn and boycotts, and LGBTQ activists were calling the new legislation itself a hate crime. read more >
Walmart’s new headquarters campus in Bentonville is being fitted with $26 million worth of dynamic glass. read more >
The state’s two major airports are starting to take flight again after a long year of mostly empty planes and terminals. read more >
Walmart Inc. President and CEO C. Douglas McMillon saw his total compensation increase 2.1% to $22.6 million for the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31 compared with the previous year. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation hires Tanya M. Odom as its first equity and inclusion program director, aiming to sharpen its focus on diversity. read more >
A New York family-owned business filed a $15 million lawsuit last week against Walmart Inc. for allegedly refusing to pay for shipments of hand sanitizer it ordered. read more >
Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle subsidiary from over $2 billion to $2.75 billion. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville is moving more workers to full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs be full time with more consistent work schedules by early next year. read more >
A Little Rock federal jury awards $115 million to a Texas company and its subsidiary that accused Walmart of taking its technology. read more >
As McDonald's works on closing some of its locations within Walmart stores, the retailer is looking to put local businesses and others into place. read more >
State legislators across the country who have pushed for new voting restrictions have reaped more than $50 million in corporate donations in recent years, including from companies like AT&T and Walmart. read more >
Walmart employees in several states are suing their employer, alleging they weren’t paid for the time they spent submitting to mandatory COVID-19 screenings before their shifts. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville stands accused in a Little Rock courtroom of stealing another company’s technology, and it’s not the first such allegation the world’s largest retailer has faced in recent years. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville says its annual shareholders' meeting will once again take place only online. read more >
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the value of the biggest deals in Arkansas last year jumped 157%, from $7.9 billion in 2019 to $20.3 billion in 2020, pushed largely by Walmart’s sales of stakes in two subsidiaries, Asda Group and Seiyu. read more >
FedEx Corp. of Memphis becomes the 11th member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. read more >
