Walmart Black Friday crowds and chaos are a thing of the past

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Customers shop at Walmart's Black Friday event on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 in Rogers, Arkansas
Customers shop at Walmart's Black Friday event on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 in Rogers, Arkansas

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Get ready for a blowout Black Friday

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Retailers are warning that demand is slowing heading into the holiday season. That means they'll need to lure shoppers with big discounts.

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Walmart is also ready for grocery prices to come down

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Grocery shoppers could start to see some relief.

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It's time for retailers to stop blaming theft for so many of their problems

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Losses from customers stealing products at retailers were only slightly higher than those from theft by employees in 2022, according to data from the National Retail Federation.

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Walmart and Target signal more cracks in consumer spending

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Whether things get better or worse for households in the coming months, as long as people are still shopping, a lot of them will likely be shopping at Walmart.

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Retailers and delivery apps must act on e-bike safety, NY officials say, after 3 people died in a house fire linked with a scooter battery

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A GrubHub rider in New York City.

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It's increasingly unlikely Amazon will ever catch up to Walmart in online groceries

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Walmart is poised to increase its share of online grocery sales over the next year, while Amazon is on track to lose ground, according to Insider Intelligence.

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A UK supermarket chain is firing its self-checkout stations and bringing back real people as cashiers

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Retailers are revising their self-checkout strategies.

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Starting today, your local Walmart will look slightly different inside during the mornings

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Walmart TV's displaying a message about the store's sensory-friendly shopping hours
During the sensory-friendly shopping hours, Walmart's TVs are set to silent and display a message about the store creating a "calmer shopping environment.”

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Walmart, Amazon, and others lost millions of dollars to an organized online refund fraud scheme

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Delivery drivers are often the ones to bear the brunt of customer complaints about missing or damaged shipments.

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