NEW YORK — The gravitational pull of Amazon Prime Day is so strong on shoppers it's benefiting other retailers as well, according to an early analysis from a key data group. On Monday, the first day of its 48-hour sales event, large retailers, those that generated annual revenue of at...
Walmart Admits to ‘Botch,’ Aims to Keep Disabled Greeters
Walmart endured more than a week's worth of bad publicity before announcing it would make "every effort" to find a role for disabled workers who had been threatened with job loss as the retailer gets rid of greeters at 1,000 stores. Amid a fierce backlash, Greg Foran, president and CEO...
Walmart Is Getting Rid of Greeters, Worrying the Disabled
As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar "greeters" at some 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they're being unfairly targeted. Walmart told greeters around the country last week that their positions would be eliminated on April 26 in favor of an expanded, more...
Bacon Fixation? This ‘Babe’ Will Show You How to Satisfy It.
With over 100 bacon recipes at her disposal, it's no wonder how Jodi Taffel earned the nickname "Bacon Babe." "I make extraordinary bacon dishes by putting bacon in places you don't expect," said Taffel, a World Food Championships competitor. Her favorite is her "sweet, savory and addictive" praline bacon. For that...
Gobble Up the Turkey. Thanksgiving Dinner Price Drops Again.
Good news is here for the upcoming holiday. The price of a typical Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people has dropped to 2010 levels. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 33rd annual survey of classic items on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table found that this year's cost is $48.90 — a slice of...
Fire Death Toll Hits 63. Sheriff Says Hundreds Still Missing.
CHICO — At least 63 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victims of the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century. The high number of missing people probably...
Child of the Storm: Homeless Baby, Family Shelter at Walmart
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Their home full of soggy furniture and mosquitoes, Wilmer Capps was desperate to find shelter for his wife and their son Luke, born just three days after Hurricane Michael ravaged the Florida Panhandle. So Capps, his wife Lorrainda Smith and little Luke settled in for the...
More US Corporate Giants Warn Tariffs Will Mean Price Hikes
DETROIT — From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump's tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices. Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker, said Wednesday that Trump's taxes on imported steel...