Walmart changes cart rules for workers filling pick-up orders after safety concerns

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A worker pulls a cart stacked with blue bins down a store aisle filled with merchandise.
The two bins on the top of this Walmart order fulfillment cart are no longer allowed, per new rules that take effect this week, and employees can opt to push or pull as safety allows.

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Eddie Bauer's nearly 200 stores in the US and Canada are expected to close after a failed sale effort

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Eddie Bauer store closing sale.
Nearly 200 Eddie Bauer stores across the US and Canada are expected to close.

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Target shifts away from being an 'everything store' in new strategy focused on 'busy families'

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Target CEO Michael Fiddelke wears a suit and headset as he speaks at Target headquarters in March. A white Target bullseye logo hangs behind him.
Target CEO Michael Fiddelke and other executives outlined the retailer's turnaround strategy at its Minneapolis headquarters on Tuesday.

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Eddie Bauer's retail operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeks buyer to save stores

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Eddie Bauer storefront.
Eddie Bauer is one of the oldest brands in American outdoor apparel.

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Amazon is laying off thousands of workers as it closes Fresh stores. Here's the severance package it's offering staff.

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The entrance to an Amazon Fresh store, with green-and-white signs above doors leading into the store and a few customers walking in from the parking lot.
Amazon is offering severance pay and transfer options to workers at its Amazon Fresh stores.

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Empty stores and massage chairs next to produce: Amazon Fresh employees explain the chain's demise

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An employee picks orders for customers at an Amazon Fresh grocery store on December 12, 2024 in Federal Way, Washington.
Amazon Fresh struggled to separate itself from other grocers, store employees told Business Insider.

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Walmart accidentally helped Whole Foods find its core customer, cofounder John Mackey says

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John Mackey sits in a chair on stage during a presentation at the Milken Institute wearing a black suit, blue dress shirt, and red patterned tie
Whole Foods cofounder John Mackey credits Walmart's shake-up of the grocery industry with helping the chain find its target shopper.

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Ross is stocking up on brands like Gucci and Hoka — and it's luring shoppers on the hunt for a deal

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Cars sit parked in front of a Ross Dress For Less store as a woman and child walk through the parking lot and a tree dropping the last of its fall leaves stands in the parking lot.
Ross has been seeking out more brand names for its stores, CEO Jim Conroy said.

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I visited Grocery Outlet. It was weird, but I saw why it's a go-to supermarket for some shoppers.

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A man taking a selfie and smiling outside a Grocery Outlet supermarket.
California-based Grocery Outlet has opened more stores in the Eastern US over the past few years.

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Fewer pennies, more problems: Why retailers are pleading for exact change

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A sign at a Target in Astoria, Queens.
A sign at a Target in Astoria, Queens.

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