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  • Walmart cited a potential boost from TikTok to its online presence, including the giant retailer's efforts to grow online advertising and a marketplace for third-party sellers.
  • The two retail giants continue to battle on price, but Target's inroads in grocery sales have helped drive higher profits, a retail analyst said.
  • Some things have gotten cheaper, even in an era of high prices. What are those things? We've been tracking them at a Walmart in Georgia.
  • Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo that it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence.
  • Andrew Young, the former mayor of Atlanta, Ga., and United Nations ambassador takes up a new diplomatic post: defending Wal-Mart from a recent wave of negative publicity. Young talks about his new role with the world's largest retailer.
  • Cynthia Murray's was worried about her health in the pandemic. Then a man shouted at her. "I just really felt uncomfortable," she says. So she went on unpaid leave.
  • A year and a half ago, Wal-Mart bought the video streaming service VUDU. Now it has moved the service onto the main Walmart.com website to attract more eyeballs. Online shoppers can order DVDs by mail or for store pickup, or they can stream them directly from the website.
  • South African regulators have given Wal-Mart approval to buy a controlling stake in retailer Massmart. Liabo Setho, a business reporter for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, tells Renee Montagne there had been huge opposition to the deal from trade unions, suppliers and industry groups.
  • The Walmart in El Paso where 22 people were killed is reopening Thursday. The community is split whether the building should have been reopened or torn down.
  • Authorities have released the names of five of the six victims of a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. The sixth victim was 16 years old.
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