The family behind Walmart cashed out $1.5 billion as the stock neared an all-time high last week

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Rob, Alice and Jim Walton at a Walmart annual meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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The next phase of the war between Walmart and Amazon will be fought on your TV

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Walmart's average customer is a suburban baby boomer who spent $3,578 there last year

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Walmart's typical shopper in the US is a white woman between 60 and 78 years old, who is married and living in the suburbs, Numerator found.

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It looks like high-income shoppers are becoming increasingly loyal to Walmart

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More wealthy Americans are turning to Walmart for non-food items.

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Big deals are back with a $53 billion bang

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Fading recession fears are helping to fuel a new deals boom.

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Walmart and Amazon face legal trouble for using a points system to track and fire employees over absences: lawyers

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Both Amazon and Walmart use a points-based attendance system.

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Walmart reduced its store fleet by 102 locations last year — a smart move for what's next

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Walmart is refocusing its physical retail strategy on bigger stores.

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Sam's Club CEO wants to use AI-powered cart scanners to ring you up automatically

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Sam's Club members must ring up their totals using the company's phone app before heading to the exits, but that's going to change.

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Hackers are targeting Walmart Spark drivers' accounts and using them to shop for the delivery service, drivers say

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Some Walmart Spark drivers say their other people appear to be using their accounts.

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