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Walmart to raise prices due to President Trump’s Tariffs
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Walmart to raise prices due to President Trump’s Tariffs

By Brittany Bernstein | National Review Walmart said Thursday it plans to raise prices on some goods beginning later this month, in response to President Trump’s tariffs. “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is expected to say during a Thursday earnings call, according to prepared remarks obtained by several media outlets. The U.S. and China agreed earlier this week to lower their respective reciprocal tariffs for 90 days as they look to end a bruising trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The U.S. reduced the tariff on Chinese imports from 145 pe...
Walmart launches ‘Grow with US’ to support small, American-based businesses
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Walmart launches ‘Grow with US’ to support small, American-based businesses

By Thomas Stevenson | The Post Millennial Walmart announced on Monday that the company would be launching a "Grow with US" program aimed at helping small businesses in the US grow by selling American-made products. A statement released by Walmart on the program said that it is aiming to "help small businesses go big" with American-made products. The retail giant, which has been growing its ecommerce platform as a of late, said that the move is "building on the legacy Sam Walton established over 40 years ago" and looking to expand "support for American-made products through new programs like Grow with US — providing small businesses with new tools and paths for success." Walmart said that the program will be "making it easier for US-based entrepreneurs to navigate the complex...
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon meets with Trump on trade relations, investing in U.S.
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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon meets with Trump on trade relations, investing in U.S.

By Daniella Genovese  | Fox Business Walmart CEO Doug McMillon met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday to discuss a range of topics, including investing in the U.S., trade relations and innovation.  The nation's largest private employer did not offer more details beyond that "it was a great conversation."  "We stand ready to help move our country forward," a Walmart spokesperson told FOX Business.   READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
Walmart rolls back DEI policies, becoming latest U.S. firm to join growing trend
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Walmart rolls back DEI policies, becoming latest U.S. firm to join growing trend

By Breck Dumas , Daniella Genovese | Fox Business Walmart is making a slate of changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, becoming the latest in a growing list of major corporations to halt the so-called "woke" initiatives. Anti-woke activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck, who has been leading a campaign exposing major corporations' woke policies, said on X on Monday that he warned Walmart executives last week that he would be doing a story on "wokeness" at the retail giant. "Instead," Starbuck shared, "we had productive conversations to find solutions." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
Tech glitch may have overcharged Walmart shoppers at self-checkout
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Tech glitch may have overcharged Walmart shoppers at self-checkout

By Patricia Battle | The Street If you’ve recently used a self-checkout kiosk at Walmart  (WMT) , and felt like your bill was abnormally high, (even amid inflation) then you were probably right. The retail giant has just admitted that it may have overcharged shoppers who opted to use self-checkout machines in March at 1,600 stores across the nation due to a technical issue, according to documents that were seen by Bloomberg News. The documents reveal that the issue began on March 19, and that some customers were even undercharged for items across all categories such as food, apparel, etc. The source of the malfunction was due to an “internal system failure” that halted price data from being updated at self-checkout kiosks. Walmart’s tech staff were still...