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BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today's customer expects more. They're shopping across categories, across price points, and increasingly across channels. They want value and greater assortment – much more than we can fit inside a Walmart U.S. Supercenter. And they also want a consistent, enjoyable shopping experience and to shop with a company they trust. This is why we've made significant investments in assortment expansion across Walmart.com, including more than half a billion items from.
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) gained 0.57% over the past five trading sessions, bringing the e-commerce and cloud storage solutions stock’s year-to-date gain to 3.24%. Over the past year, it is up 24.54%. On July 8, it was reported that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold nearly three million shares worth $665.8 million over two days in July as part of a plan announced earlier in 2025 that will see Bezos unload up to 25 million shares through May 2026. In June and July the stock saw a series of adjusted price targets from analysts. Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target on AMZN to $260 from $240 while maintaining an “Overweight” rating. Truist raised its price target on AMZN to $250 from $226 while maintaining a “Buy” rating. Bank of America raised the its price target on AMZN to $248 from $230 while maintaining its “Buy” rating. Piper Sandler raised its price target on AMZN to $250 from $212 while maintaining an “Overweight”
WMT leans into fast delivery, value pricing and membership perks to power comp sales growth amid shifting shopper habits.
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JOLIET, IL— This week, Joliet police cars responded to the Walmart store at 2424 W. Jefferson St. Agency spokesman Dwayne English said 58-year-old Kankakee resident Brian Jackson was arrested and released on a notice to appear at the Will County Courthouse for the crime of retail theft. English said that at 10:12 a.m. July 15, officers responded to the Walmart for a retail theft. Police allege that Jackson entered the store and placed over $600 worth of laundry detergent and meat in a shopping cart and exited the store without paying for the merchandise, English said. He said that the loss prevention intervened and detained Jackson for the officers and recovered the merchandise. Officers placed Jackson into custody for the incident.
FAIRFAX CITY, VA — On a unanimous vote, the five members of the Fairfax City Board of Architectural Review approved a plan Wednesday night that will see two warehouse buildings replace 10 fuel tanks at the Pickett Road tank farm within the next two years. In May, BV1 Logistics Acquisitions LLC submitted a proposal on behalf of Brookfield to the city to demolish 10 fuel tanks located at 3790 Pickett Road and replace them with two warehouse buildings. "There's really not been sites like this in the City of Fairfax," said Bob Grant of law firm Walsh Carlucci, who spoke for BV1 Logistics Acquisitions during Wednesday's public hearing. "It's zoned in the IH Industrial Heavy District. This is one of the few pockets of industrial uses in the city." Since the warehouses are an approved use in an IH District, Brookfield plans to construct the two buildings by-right and doesn't need approval from the City Council to move forward. However, the applicant still needs to obtain zoning approvals an
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Walmart (WMT -0.06%) has been having an exceptionally strong run over the past few years as it demonstrates strength in a volatile economy. The world's largest company by sales continues to grow, fending off competition from new upstarts and increasing its presence in e-commerce.
Walmart is reengineering its global supply chain with a focus on automation and real-time artificial intelligence (AI). “Proven U.S. technologies are now rolling out globally, enabling faster, smarter operations at scale,” the retail giant said in a news release Thursday (July 17).
Prices on items like baby gear and home goods climbed at Walmart in recent weeks, while the cost of dozens of other products CNBC tracked remained the same. The trends are an indicator of where prices are changing, and aren't, as President Donald Trump's tariffs take hold.