The backlash against self-checkout is growing, and stores are starting to dial back on the technology after it exploded over the past few years. Booths, a British supermarket chain, said it’s removing self-checkout stations in all but two of its 28 stores. In the United States, Walmart, Costco, Wegmans and other chains have also revised […]
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Crime shutters all Walmart Portland locations
Walmart announced it is permanently closing all of its locations in Portland, Oregon, over financial reasons. “We have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations,” Walmart said in its announcement, according to KPTV. “While our underlying business is strong, these specific stores haven’t performed as well as […]
Walmart shooting: Weapon purchased morning of attack
A man who opened fire on co-workers at a Walmart in Virginia had just hours before legally purchased the handgun he used in the attack, officials say. An update on Friday from city of Chesapeake officials also said the gunman did not have a criminal history. Six people were killed in the Tuesday evening attack, […]
Walmart manager kills 6 employees in shooting
A Walmart employee said it was a manager who started shooting people in a break room at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night. The employee described how he narrowly avoided being killed, having left the room moments before the gunfire began. “It was the manager,” the employee said in a Facebook livestream that […]
Gunfight Between Two Women in Walmart Injures Bystander
An innocent bystander was shot inside a Walmart when a brawl between two women at the store ended with one trying to shoot the other but missing her intended target. Police rushed to the scene and officers delivered the wounded female shopper to paramedics as officers searched for the shooter and her intended victim who […]
Police Officer Buys Shoplifting Mom’s Groceries Instead Of Making Arrest
A Somerset, Mass., police officer bought groceries for two women accused of shoplifting five days before Christmas. Officer Matt Lima was dispatched to a local Stop & Shop grocery store, where two women with two small children were accused of not scanning all of their groceries in the self-checkout lane, according to the Somerset Police […]
US Sues Walmart For Fueling Opioid Crisis
The Justice Department on Tuesday sued the retail giant Walmart, accusing it of fueling the country’s opioid crisis by inadequately screening thousands of dubious prescriptions and ignoring repeated warnings from its own pharmacists. Walmart “knowingly violated well established rules requiring it to scrutinize controlled-substance prescriptions to ensure that they were valid” and required “pharmacists to […]
Walmart Removes Guns, Ammo From Store Shelves
Walmart has removed all guns and ammunition products from its sales floors in response to concerns about break-ins and civil unrest. The firearms products will still be available upon customer request. “We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our […]
Black Lives Matter Shirts Labeled With “Bulletproof” Slogan Hit Shelves
The retail giant recently faced media controversy when three of its employees in Georgia refused to bake a peace officer a cake for his retirement. Breitbart News reported in late September that the police officer’s daughter showed the bakers a design that said “Blue Lives Matter” with a blue line through the middle of the […]