You can now get a coronavirus vaccination at 137 Walmart and Neighborhood Market stores and six Sam’s Clubs in California. Among them: 10 Walmarts and Neighborhood Markets from Merced to Visalia — including three in Fresno. Eligible adults can make a vaccine appointment online at these special Walmart and Sam’s Club web pages, the...
Another Booming Quarter for Walmart, but Sales Are Slowing
NEW YORK — Walmart turned out another stellar quarter as the world’s largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains. But sales at stores opened at least a year slowed in the three months that ended with October compared with earlier this year as the pandemic...
Oregon Official Vows Defiant Thanksgiving Dinner for ‘As Many Family’ as She Can Find
[aggregation-styles] Daily Mail An incoming Oregon county commissioner has vowed to hold a Thanksgiving dinner for 'as many family and friends' as she can find as she refuses to obey the governor's strict stay-at-home orders and the six-person limit on gatherings. Tootie Smith, who is set to begin her position...
Walmart Will Start Counting Customers Again as Coronavirus Cases Reach Record Levels
[aggregation-styles] CNN Business Walmart has resumed counting and monitoring the number of customers that enter and leave it stores. This comes as coronavirus cases in the United States hit daily highs. In April, the company began restricting the number of people to 20% of its store capacity, or lower if...
Walmart Returns Guns and Ammunition to US Store Displays
NEW YORK — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores. On Thursday the nation’s largest retailer said it had removed the items from displays due to “civil unrest” in some areas of the country. Guns and ammunition, however, had...
‘Drop the Gun, Brother’: Clovis Police Release Body-Cam Footage of Fatal Walmart Shooting
Dramatic body-cam footage released by the Clovis Police Department on Tuesday revealed how officers pleaded with the suspect to drop his weapon right before they shot and killed him Sunday morning in a Walmart parking lot. The suspect, 26-year-old Nikolas Frazier, was also revealed to have made the 911 call that...
Few Details in Clovis PD Shooting Death at Walmart
Clovis police are expected to release more information about the department's fatal shooting of a man early Sunday morning at a Walmart parking lot. Police say that the man, identified as 26-year old Nikolas Frazier of Clovis, allegedly had a rifle. Police responded to the Walmart at 1185 Herndon Avenue...
Virus-Induced Spending Spurs Sales at Home Depot, Walmart
NEW YORK — Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for their fiscal second quarter. Walmart's online sales nearly doubled in the fiscal second quarter, helped...
Target Joins Walmart in Closing Stores on Thanksgiving Day
On Monday, Target became the second major retailer to say it will close its stores on Thanksgiving Day amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Let’s face it: Historically, deal hunting and holiday shopping can mean crowded events, and this isn’t a year for crowds, "Target CEO Brian Cornell said in a statement....
Walmart to Require Customers to Wear Masks at All Its Stores
NEW YORK — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements. The company said the policy will go into...