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Walmart restricting number of patrons entering stores

Walmart is limiting the number of customers who can be in a store at any one time, and employees will mark a queue at a single-entry door.

Walmart to begin taking employee temperatures

Walmart will start taking the temperatures of its employees as they report to work in stores, warehouse clubs, distribution centers and other facilities.

Walmart, Sam’s Club adding plexiglass barriers to pharmacy lanes

Walmart has started installing plexiglass barriers at pharmacy lanes and also is waiving fees on telehealth doctor visits for associates.

Retailers offer bonuses, expanded benefits as several launch hiring drives

Major retailers are awarding bonuses, expanding employee benefits and launching unprecedented hiring drives as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

White House taps retailers to serve as drive-through testing sites

Executives from CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart and Target were on hand in the Rose Garden Friday, pledging space outside their stores for drive-through testing for COVID-19.

Retailers adjust store hours, focus on employees amid COVID-19 outbreak

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the industry is taking steps to keep stores safe for consumers and associates while still serving as a resource.

Walmart adjusts store hours amidst COVID-19 outbreak

Walmart’s 24-hour stores are now open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., in order to give employees more time to restock shelves and clean and sanitize stores.

Walmart switches up its buying process: report

Walmart will reportedly purchase products by category rather than by channel, according to CNBC.

Lafe’s Natural BodyCare launches at Walmart

Lafe’s Natural BodyCare deodorants will be available at 4,200 Walmart locations across the nation.

Walmart’s Q4 results miss expectations

Walmart said it expects online sales to grow about 30%, down from last year’s growth of 37%.

Walmart opens 2nd stand-alone health clinic

The retailer has opened the clinic adjacent to a newly remodeled Walmart Supercenter in Calhoun, Ga.

Walmart shuffles merchandising leadership, names US COO

Walmart is changing some of the faces at the top of its U.S. operations.

Walmart reportedly tests upping pay for some store associates

Bloomberg is reporting that Walmart is increasing the hourly pay for certain front-end workers in 500 stores using its new "Great Workplace" operating model.

Former Walmart CEO passes away

David Glass, who served as president and CEO of Walmart from 1988 to 2000, died Jan. 9 of complications associated with pneumonia, according to the family.