Wall Street ends lower as weak Walmart guidance prompts consumer demand worriesU.S. stocks faced a broad selloff on Thursday due to tariff concerns and Walmart's disappointing fiscal forecast. The Dow experienced the b...
21 Feb, 2025, 07.29 AM IST
Budget-day release for FAME-III; Indian VCs need to pivotMeasures to boost the sale of electric vehicles are likely to be announced in the upcoming budget. this and more on today’s ETtech Top 5.
14 Jun, 2024, 08.09 PM IST
Walmart opposes adding panic buttons to storesWalmart opposes legislation requiring panic buttons in stores, citing potential for false alarms, despite New York State Senate passing a b...
08 Jun, 2024, 06.23 PM IST
Amazon shifts policy on controversial worker monitoring systemLate Tuesday the firm announced a shift in its Time Off Task policy -- a heavily criticized system that uses algorithms to monitor workers'...
02 Jun, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Indian stores shuttered by farmer protests cost Reliance, Walmart millions in revenue: SourcesOne industry source said estimated losses for Reliance from its state-wide shutdowns run into millions of dollars. Two other sources said W...
14 Jan, 2021, 03.23 PM IST
From wellness kits to PPE gear: Firms gift healthy goodies to staffers this DiwaliIn keeping with the times of the pandemic, companies are giving immunity-boosting products, wellness kits, yoga mats, sanitising appliances...
14 Nov, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
Nearly 20,000 front-line workers tested positive in US for Covid-19: AmazonBut the online retail behemoth, revealing the data for the first time, said that the infection rate of its employees was well below that se...
02 Oct, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
Muted economic sentiment will move customers towards value purchase: Walmart India CEOThe lockdown will fundamentally change consumer habits, and even after lifting of the complete restrictions, consumers will restrict moveme...
21 Jun, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
Flipkart focusing on hygiene and safety parametersThe e-commerce marketplace is also constantly monitoring the health of its employees and delivery associates using thermal guns, a company ...
16 Apr, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon addresses Flipkart staff; says deal among best decisions"It is our intention to just empower you and let you run - speed matters, decisiveness matters," McMillon said in his address to Flipkart e...
09 May, 2018, 09.59 PM IST
Chennai floods: IT firms HCL, TCS, Wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodationTamil Nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state w...
02 Dec, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
Wal-Mart agrees to pay over $110 million for environmental crimesWal-Mart has pleaded guilty to charges of environmental crimes and agreed to pay a total of $110 million to settle the cases.
29 May, 2013, 11.07 AM IST
Wal-Mart agrees to pay over $110 million for environmental crimesUS retail giant Wal-Mart has pleaded guilty to charges of environmental crimes, including mishandling of hazardous waste and pesticides, an...
29 May, 2013, 10.16 AM IST
- Will Walmart sign the Dhaka pact?
The European companies are joined by more than 1 million consumers who have signed petitions urging companies such as Gap to support the pr...
15 May, 2013, 06.02 AM IST
The Inside Story: Walmart and the shadow of corruptionWalmart is investigating its Indian JV for possible violations of US anti-corruption law. ET narrates the inside story of how things came t...
15 Jan, 2013, 06.43 AM IST
Walmart to apply US laws to Indian operations; wants anti-bribery undertaking from store ownersWalmart is demanding anti-bribery undertakings from landlords of its Indian stores along with rights to inspect their books.
12 Dec, 2012, 07.07 AM IST
- FDI in retail: Consumers to get quality goods at low prices, says Raj Jain, MD and CEO, Bharti Walmart
Walmart which lobbied to enter Indian retail market and has a wholesale joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, may take the relationship to...
25 Nov, 2011, 10.43 AM IST