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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.

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.

In North Carolina, Wal-Mart has unveiled a new ad campaign in the Charlotte area. The ads are unusual because they target the small, regional grocery chain Harris Teeter. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world. Harris Teeter is 207th. In the commercials, Wal-Mart says it sells the same items as the local chain, but for less.

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 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.

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

Pitbull has agreed to do a show at the Wal-Mart store with the most "likes." The campaign went viral and rural. As of early Tuesday morning, more than 40,000 people have "liked" the Wal-Mart in Kodiak, Alaska.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Virginia state Senator L Louise Lucas about the shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake that killed five people.

Customers don't have to wear masks, effective immediately. Starting Tuesday, fully vaccinated employees don't either. Everyone's on an honor system and won't have to provide proof.

Across the country, communities are turning abandoned big-box stores like Kmart and Wal-Mart into churches, schools and libraries. Julia Christensen, an artist and professor, visited many of these sprawling structures to see how they are being repurposed.