Retailers Try To Step Up Their Game Heading Into The Holidays
From dangling more discounts to expanding business hours to sprucing up stores, retailers are pulling out all the stops for the critical holiday shopping season.
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From dangling more discounts to expanding business hours to sprucing up stores, retailers are pulling out all the stops for the critical holiday shopping season.
Police in Grapevine are looking for a woman who is stealing credit cards and then immediately using them at nearby Walmart stores, before the cardholders can freeze their accounts.
The driver of a semitrailer packed with at least 39 immigrants, 10 of whom died, pleaded guilty Monday to making the deadly smuggling run.
Walmart is all about online right now, anticipating that digital sales over next year will rise about 40 percent and that it will double the number of U.S. curbside locations for online grocery shoppers at its stores.
Walmart is making new moves to speed up the return process for online purchases.
Walmart has its eye on the premium diaper market, as more people are getting automatic shipments from online sellers and the company that owns Babies R Us has filed for bankruptcy.
Walmart is testing a service that lets a delivery person walk into your home when you're not there to drop off packages or put groceries in the fridge. "This may not be for everyone," said Walmart's head of e-commerce strategy.
Walmart won't be doing large-scale holiday hiring at its stores this year. Instead, like last year, it will offer extra hours to its current workers. So far, retailers have detailed mixed hiring plans for the holidays.
Grocery stores are competing fiercely to attract shoppers. Traditional supermarket chain Kroger stressed earlier this year that it does not plan to "lose on price." Target is spending billions to remodel its stores.
Amazon kicked off its first day as the owner of Whole Foods by slashing prices, adding its logo on signs and setting up a stand of "farm fresh" Amazon Echo voice-assistant devices by store entrances.
Walmart is diving into voice-activated shopping. The world's largest retailer said Wednesday that it's working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items through Google Assistant. The capability will be available in September.
Walmart is expanding its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing service Uber to two more markets — Dallas and Orlando, Florida.
Walmart is expanding use of a newly redesigned app that lets shoppers skip the checkout lines and pay for items themselves with a smartphone. The test is making its way to some stores in the Dallas area.
The death toll climbed to 10 in the case of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants, federal authorities said Monday as a suspect in the smuggling case awaited a court appearance.
Haslet Fire investigators have released surveillance video showing suspects believed to have set a fire at the Walmart on Avondale Road.
Walmart said that it is buying online men's clothing retailer Bonobos for $310 million in cash, showing that its appetite for hip clothing brands shows no sign of abating as it looks to gain on Amazon.
Police in Dallas are searching for suspects after one person was killed and another person was injured during a shooting outside of the Sam's Club store near the intersection of LBJ Freeway and Midway Road.
Low-cost grocery chain Aldi said it plans to add more stores in the U.S. over the next five years, meaning more competition for traditional grocers, Walmart and organics-focused chains like Whole Foods.
Police arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly shooting two men in the parking lot of a Midlothian Walmart on Monday.
A fight in the parking lot at a local Walmart led to a shooting that left two people wounded, one of them critically.
Walmart says it's testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online while they are driving home from their work shifts.
Amazon, the e-commerce giant that has changed how much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone.
Police in Grapevine are investigating a report of indecent exposure. The alleged incident happened at about 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evening in the parking lot of a Walmart store.
A federal judge in Boston has scheduled a hearing in a class-action lawsuit by Wal-Mart employees who sued the retail chain for denying health benefits to their same-sex spouses.
Target is testing a program that lets customers order household essentials like laundry detergent, paper towels and peanut butter and have them delivered to their homes the next day.
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American Airlines and Frontier Airlines planes clipped wings at Logan Airport in Boston Monday.
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President-elect Donald Trump skipped President Biden's inauguration following Trump's supporters' Capitol assault.
That incident was seen around the world.
That incident was seen around the world.
A new online game show is using technology to help make some wishes come true.
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With new foods, such as the "Drowning Taquitos" and the "Beso de Angel," Tony's Taco Shop owners say they don't take their success for granted.
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Del Olmo, who has played golf his entire life, recalls how rare the sport was for people like him growing up in Mexico City.
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As more seniors fall victim to financial scams, citizens and lawmakers search for stronger consumer protections.
Following an I-Team investigation, Sunnova Energy is facing legal action from nearly a dozen Texas families.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Cook Children's Medical Center has reported a record-high number of visits for respiratory viruses.
Lattes and other espresso-based drinks may not be available at some McDonald's restaurants due to a glitch with coffee machines.
Auri and her sister Suri were preparing to walk their dogs when the 8-year-old started choking.
The FDA sent a warning letter flagging "significant violations" of manufacturing regulations for Tom's of Maine toothpaste.
Overdose deaths have slowed 18% since a peak last year, the CDC estimates.
Seventeen thousand workers depend on those containers to arrive by train or truck transport inside southern Dallas County’s International Inland Port.
Following an I-Team investigation, Sunnova Energy is facing legal action from nearly a dozen Texas families.
Elliott Hill is a TCU graduate and currently serves on the school's board of trustees.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging Prime, Logan Paul's energy drink company, of infringing on the committee's trademarks.
The Mavericks played without Luka Doncic, still sidelined with a sprained right wrist.
Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown, and the Washington Commanders lost to the Dallas Cowboys 34-26 extend their skid to three games.
The announcement comes days after the Wings won the first pick in the 2025 WNBA draft.
The Mavericks said Thursday their five-time All-Star will be re-evaluated in a week.
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Chuck Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978.
The Grammy nominee, 26, posted a rainbow flag emoji and short statement, then added in another post that he had been "outted."
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