Walmart Inc. is hiring 150,000 temporary workers and readying its parking lots for coronavirus tests as the world’s largest retailer girds itself to deal with the unprecedented challenges of the fast-spreading outbreak.
March 21, 2020walmart
Business, Safety, Top 100
Walmart says it is ready to begin virus tests in the Chicago area, primarily for health care workers and first responders. (Wochit News via YouTube)
Walmart Plans 150,000 New Hires, Virus Testing Sites
Walmart says it is ready to begin virus tests in the Chicago area, primarily for health care workers and first responders. (Wochit News via YouTube)
Business, Logistics
Packages move along a conveyor belt inside a Walmart fulfillment center. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Walmart Developing a Membership Program to Rival Amazon Prime
Packages move along a conveyor belt inside a Walmart fulfillment center. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is developing a paid membership program to challenge internet giant Amazon Prime's offering. It will be called Walmart+.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Walmart Denied Rehearing in $54 Million Back Pay Case
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Walmart Inc. a rehearing in a lawsuit that now leaves the carrier with a lower court judgment to pay a large certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay for mostly layovers and rest breaks.
February 25, 2020
Business, Logistics
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Walmart Loses Another Home-Delivery Provider Amid Amazon Clash
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Walmart Inc. is parting ways with grocery-delivery partner Skipcart, the latest defection from its network of logistics companies that often struggle to make ends meet schlepping cola and cantaloupes for the nation’s biggest food retailer.
February 21, 2020
Government, Business
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
ATA Among Trucking Stakeholders Asking Appeals Court to Rehear Walmart Case
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Walmart should not be required to pay a large court-certified class of its California truck drivers $54 million for layovers, rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections, according to an amicus curiae brief filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by two large trucking trade organizations and a pair of large motor carriers.
February 11, 2020
Government, Business
Walmart says there is still a question about whether it controlled the drivers during their layovers and breaks. (Walmart)
Walmart Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Decision to Award Drivers Back Pay
Walmart says there is still a question about whether it controlled the drivers during their layovers and breaks. (Walmart)
Attorneys for Walmart Inc. have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that affirmed a district court’s judgment that the company must pay a court-certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay mostly for layovers, but also some rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
January 24, 2020
Business
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Walmart Shuffles Leadership as Nervous Investors Await Results
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Walmart Inc.’s new U.S. chief wasted no time putting his stamp on the unit, appointing his former top lieutenant as second in command and parting ways with the retailer’s head of merchandising.
January 17, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous, Top 100
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Walmart Recruits Robots in Online Grocery Battle With Amazon
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Walmart has unveiled the Alphabot, an automated, 20,000-square-foot warehouse that could make its grocery pickup service faster and more efficient.
January 8, 2020
Government, Business, Top 100
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Ruling That Awarded Walmart Drivers $54 Million Stands, Appeals Court Says
Timothy Fadek/Bloomberg News
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s judgment that Walmart pay a court-certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay for layovers, rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
January 7, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Perspective
Perspective: Blockchain Useful in the Food Supply Chain
Blockchain technology is capable of providing end-to-end transparency about where food originated and traveled, which can help reduce the risk of foodborne illness and the cost of produce contamination.
November 19, 2019