September 16, 2019 by MMR
Doug McMillon, Walmart
2019, Issue 9-16-2019, Issues
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart this month said it would stop selling ammunition that can be used in military-style assault rifles and would call on Congress to increase background checks and consider a new assault rifle ban. It also said it would discourage its customers from openly carrying guns in its stores. Other retailers, including Walgreens
September 16, 2019 by David Pinto
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2019, Issue 9-16-2019, Issues, Opinion
Doug McMillon, chief executive officer of Walmart, was in the news recently for all the right reasons. Bucking traditional business wisdom, he announced new restrictions on Walmart’s program around gun sales. No longer, he announced, would the nation’s largest retailer sell certain types of ammunition. More than that, customers would be discouraged from entering Walmart
September 4, 2019 by MMR
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart said Tuesday that it will stop selling certain kinds of guns and ammunition, and will discourage customers in “open carry” states from openly bringing their firearms into Walmart stores. The move comes a month after a gunman entered a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, shooting 48 people and killing 22
June 21, 2019 by MMR
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart agreed to pay $282 million to settle federal allegations of overseas corruption, capping one of the biggest investigations ever under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal for American corporations to bribe overseas officials. The company said Thursday it had entered into a global settlement with the U.S. Department
June 7, 2019 by MMR
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Walmart wrapped up its annual shareholders’ week activities on Friday with a celebration of the company’s associates as “extraordinary people doing extraordinary things.” Brett Biggs, executive vice president and chief financial officer, credited Walmart’s 2.2 million associates worldwide with helping fulfill founder Sam Walton’s vision for Walmart as a merchant serving the
October 29, 2018 by MMR
Doug McMillon, Walmart
2018, Issue 10-29-2018, Issues
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart’s deep and diverse leadership team is moving to transform the company into a swift-moving innovator with a unique collection of assets that place it in position to win in the future while also delivering good financial results in the short term, president and chief executive officer Doug McMillon told Wall Street
July 17, 2018 by MMR
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is establishing a strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate its digital transformation in retail, empower associates, and make shopping faster and easier for customers around the world. “Walmart’s commitment to technology is centered around creating incredibly convenient ways for customers to shop and empowering associates to do their best work,” Doug
June 11, 2018 by MMR
Doug McMillon, Walmart’s Associate and Shareholders Meeting
2018, Issue 06-11-2018, Issues
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At Walmart’s Associate and Shareholders Meeting here at the beginning of this month, president and chief executive officer Doug McMillon gave a nod to the company’s past while staying focused on its future and the drive to find new ways to grow and serve customers. This year Walmart celebrated the 100th anniversary
April 13, 2018 by MMR
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Since Doug McMillon took over as president and chief executive officer of Walmart, the pace of change within the world’s largest retailer has accelerated dramatically. And the pace of transformation is not quick enough for the CEO, who began his career at Walmart as an hourly associate in a distribution center. “It’s
January 29, 2018 by MMR
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2018, Issue 01-29-2018, Issues
NEW YORK — Walmart is increasingly becoming a technology company, seeing its transformation into an omnichannel retailer as critical to its continued growth. But Walmart president and chief executive officer Doug McMillon insists that retailing is still a people business, and “our people will ultimately be the way that we win.” McMillon spoke about people
January 26, 2018 by MMR
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has formed an alliance with Japan’s largest online retailer, Rakuten Inc., that leverages each partner’s strengths and assets to expand consumer reach and enhance the way customers are served in Japan and the United States, the companies announced Thursday night after Walmart president and chief executive officer Doug McMillon met in
January 22, 2018 by Scot Meyer
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NEW YORK — Despite the technology that is changing the way stores operate and consumers shop, retailing is still a people business, Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon said on Sunday. “The way the customers feel when they leave the store, or your web site or app, determines how fast they’re going to come back,”