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  • Time Inc. is launching a new, inexpensive magazine it says is aimed at "real women." The monthly, called All You, features recipes, inexpensive fashion in plus sizes, and inspirational stories. But it's only being sold at Wal-Mart stores. NPR's Susan Stone reports.
  • Walmart said it will require most remote workers in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • NPR's Martin Kaste reports on a rule implemented by the Washington Education Association that it will no longer reimburse school employees for purchases made at Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retail chain. Foes of the union say it is putting politics ahead of kids -- but some teachers say they're taking a stand against a company that's bad for public schools.
  • There's already Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay. Prepare for Wal-Mart Pay: a feature in Wal-Mart's app that will allow shoppers to check out with their smartphones.
  • A bid by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton to purchase the 1875 Thomas Eakins painting "The Gross Clinic" is causing an outcry in Philadelphia, where many consider it part of the city's cultural landscape. Walton, ranked by Forbes as the world's ninth-richest person, is building a museum of American art in Bentonville, Ark.
  • The 21-year-old white man who is suspected of gunning down 22 people at a busy Walmart in August has pleaded not guilty. He had previously confessed to the killings, according to police documents.
  • After a weekend snowstorm created dangerous road conditions, employees entertained their guests by pulling games off the shelves, pumping up air mattresses and setting up a buffet with the deli food.
  • The retailer says starting in April, thousands of full- and part-time employees will make $9 an hour.
  • The retailer says it hired 235,000 staffers to keep up with demand during the coronavirus pandemic. Its online sales jumped 74%. Shoppers visited stores less frequently but spent more on each trip.
  • The world's largest retailer will hawk its products on Google Express for the first time, in a play to get a bigger chunk of the growing voice-enabled shopping market currently dominated by Amazon.
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