Vans' parent company is laying off 500 employees. Here's the full list of major retailers making cuts, from Gap to Walmart.

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A person wears checkerboard Vans sneakers at New York Fashion Week on February 12, 2022.
A person wears checkerboard Vans.

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I visited an indoor farm in Compton that's growing leafy greens for Walmart and Whole Foods using robots — and it gave me a peek at the future of farming

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A collage image. On the left, Business Insider correspondent Nancy Luna, wearing coveralls and a hard hat, stands next to a wall of crops at the Plenty vertical farm in Compton, California. On right, a Plenty robot.
Business Insider food correspondent Nancy Luna tours the Plenty vertical farm in Compton, California.

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

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Whole Foods tour
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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I tried paying with my palm at Whole Foods using Amazon's futuristic scanners. It was scarily convenient.

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Amazon One
Amazon One is coming to all Whole Foods locations by the end of the year.

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Amazon's Whole Foods Market grocery store chain acquisition, history, timeline

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The history and timeline of Amazon's Whole Foods Market grocery store chain acquisition

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A row of bananas underneath a red sign with the Whole Foods and Amazon logos on it

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