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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Anti-theft vending machines could solve one of our biggest shopping frustrations

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Vending machines could replace store shelves.

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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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Instacart says most of its retailers charge more through its app than in stores, confirming what gig workers and shoppers have suspected for years

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Bed Bath & Beyond just removed the CEO who led its transition from Overstock.com

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Former Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson speaks to reporters and a set of microphones outside of the US Supreme Court while wearing a suit in 2018.
Jonathan Johnson stepped down as Bed Bath & Beyond's CEO on Monday, just as the company transitioned from its old identity as Overstock.com.

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More than 100 Walmart stores nationwide have a new look. See 5 key changes in the $500 million redesign.

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An aerial view of one of Walmart's recently redesigned stores.

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Dollar General hasn't investigated worker conditions despite shareholders' demands, an investor says in a new letter to company

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Shoppers wait outside a Dollar General store in Maryland. Two of the customers are talking to each other while a third pushes a yellow cart full of toilet paper, a cooler, and other purchases from the store.
Dollar General shareholders approved a proposal to investigate working conditions at the retailer's stores in May.

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Dollar Tree paid $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit from a customer who slipped on a egg

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Dollar stores like Dollar Tree and Dollar General have become more prevalent in recent years.

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I tried Walmart's self-checkout to see if it was as frustrating as some shoppers say. Here's what I found.

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I tried unsuccessfully to make Walmart's self-checkout kiosk mad at me.

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The warped financial logic fueling America’s ‘doom loop’

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Landlords could help reverse the Retail Apocalypse by lowering rents and extending leases — but their lenders won’t let them.

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