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Buy now, pay later is the new layaway: What are the pros and cons?

When Walmart announced it was ending its layaway program for the majority of its store categories in favor of a buy now, pay later format, social media users expressed their confusion and sadness with nostalgic tweets. Retail experts and financial lending providers aren’t surprised by the shift.

Biden, top CEOs talk efforts to address supply chain crunch

President Biden spoke with the CEOs of four major U.S. retailers and delivery companies regarding ongoing efforts to address a supply chain crunch that has resulted in shipping delays and higher prices for consumers, a White House official said Tuesday.

Walmart rolls out driverless trucks for deliveries of online orders

Since August, Walmart and autonomous vehicle startup Gatik have deployed fully autonomous trucks without a safety driver for a daily, seven-mile delivery route between a "dark store", or fulfillment center, and a Neighborhood Market retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas, where the retailer's headquarters is located.

Black Friday shopping: Here are the retailers dropping early deals

The holiday season, which accounts for about 20% of the retail industry's annual sales, has always been pivotal. This year, though, companies are battling pandemic-related supply-chain disruptions and inflationary pressure on top of a labor shortage.

What to do if you bought Walmart’s recalled room spray

Instead, the Better Homes & Gardens Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones which was sold at 55 Walmart stores and on the retailer's website – should be properly secured and shipped back to a Walmart store, according to the federal agency.

Recalled Walmart product tests positive for deadly bacteria

Walmart issued a recall for The Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones after a sample tested positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei, "which causes melioidosis, a condition that is difficult to diagnose and can be fatal," according to the recall notice posted by CPSC.

Walmart stands by CRT training as 'thought provoking' and 'instructive'

Walmart has stood by a diversity training claiming that White people have “internal racist conditioning,” that Americans today are inheriting a racist legacy, and that ideas such as perfectionism, worship of the written word, individualism, and objectivity are aspects of “White supremacy culture” that “promote White supremacy thinking.”