Tag: Walmart

Beltway Confidential

How corporate philanthropy built the best place you’ve never heard of

Madeline Fry Schultz · March 15, 2019 4:00 am

Marie Herrera Vega of La Feria, Texas, left, and Mary Noldy of Scranton, Pa., wait to join other women Trump supporters and family members of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants to promote their support for a border wall with Mexico, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

Washington Secrets

Suburban women want the wall, buoying Trump after fleeing in 2018

Paul Bedard · February 22, 2019 3:27 pm

Cashiers ring up shoppers at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. To get the jump on Black Friday selling, retailers are launching Black Friday-like promotions in the weeks prior to the event since competition and price transparency are forcing retailers to grab as much share of the consumers' wallet as they can.

Walmart shielding shoppers from most tariff-based price increases

James Langford · February 19, 2019 4:41 pm

In this Aug. 19, 2018, photo an Amazon Prime truck travels south on Interstate 35 in Waco, Texas.

Amazon sees record post-Thanksgiving sales

Joe Williams · November 27, 2018 12:36 pm

Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks about immigration as an issue in this year's mid-term federal election for the GOP.

Updated list: Companies asking for a refund from embattled Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith before Mississippi runoff

Daniel Chaitin · November 25, 2018 11:31 pm

Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks about immigration as an issue in this year's mid-term federal election for the GOP.

Walmart joins other US companies in ditching GOP’s Cindy Hyde-Smith after ‘public hanging’ remarks

Joe Williams · November 20, 2018 5:17 pm

This undated product image released by Hasbro shows a limited "house rules" edition of the popular Monopoly board game.

Monopoly for Millennials comes out, and millennials promptly blame baby boomers

Alexander James · November 15, 2018 5:52 pm

Black Friday protests against world's largest retailer fizzle.

Walmart’s online sales balloon in run-up to holiday shopping season

Joe Williams · November 15, 2018 1:18 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders listens during a news conference with President Trump in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington.

Sanders to introduce bill to force Walmart to pay $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · November 14, 2018 11:26 pm

An employee assists a customer with dog food at a Petco Animal Supplies Inc. store in Clark, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.

Everything you need to know about economics you can learn in the pet food aisle

Russ Latino · October 30, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The kids aren’t alright — this simple argument undermines the argument for taxing the rich

Tim Worstall · October 19, 2018 8:38 pm

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington, Sept. 13, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Stop complaining about Jeff Bezos’ philanthropy — he already gave at the office

Tim Worstall · September 17, 2018 6:37 pm