Active Shooter Reported at a Texas Walmart [Updating]
Police are currently responding to an active shooter situation in a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas. Authorities believe that the shooter has taken hostages.
Wal-Mart to Close 154 U.S. Stores, Impacting Roughly 10,000 Workers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Friday that they will be shutting down 269 stores around the world “in the coming fiscal year” as part of an ongoing reevaluation of their “fleet.” CNBC reports that of the 154 domestic closures, 102 would be Neighborhood Markets—the brand’s smaller stores originally branded as Walmart…
Brace Yourselves for Two New Patti LaBelle Walmart Desserts
Watch out, world. Patti LaBelle has been in the kitchen again serving up some of her famous desserts. After her Sweet Potato Pie skyrocketed to success last November, resulting in empty shelves and sweet-toothed fans scalping them at high costs, Walmart decided to offer the limited edition item year-round. They are…
Trolls Are Mad Sam's Club Is 'Racist' Against White Men
Sam’s Club, a discount warehouse store owned by Wal-Mart, could be criticized for any number of things, including huge job cuts, poor employee conditions, or its willingness to sell you a barrel of Jack Daniels. The thing people are choosing to criticize the company for is much, much more stupid.
Walmart Employee Fired for Redeeming $2 Worth of Empty Cans Left in Cart
A Walmart employee in Albany, New York was fired from his job after redeeming $2 worth of discarded cans he found while gathering the store’s shopping carts. Walmart didn’t have a problem with the $3.10 worth of empty beer cans Smith had found in the parking lot, but did have an issue with the $2 he received from cans…
Walmart Is Still Struggling to Stock Patti LaBelle's Sweet Potato Pie
The Patti LaBelle sweet potato pie shortage continues one week after James Wright uploaded up the now infamous Facebook video promoting the dessert. Walmart really was not—and still isn’t—prepared for the tornado of sweet enthusiasts.
H&M Joins the War on Christmas, Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving
The War on Christmas is ramping up: another large chain, H&M, plans to close its doors on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Walmart Generously Concedes to Playing Less Celine Dion in Stores
Walmart, in the midst of a huge campaign to make itself appear like less of a soul-sucking, worker -abusing corporate behemoth, has raised employee wages and is making some very important changes in its working environment.
Ex-Congressman Allen West Thought He Got Sharia Law-ed at a Walmart
Former Congressman and noted crackpot Allen West had a disturbing encounter at a Dallas Walmart Monday, the surest sign yet that Sharia law is creeping across this great nation and into Allen West’s personal space. A cashier with what he thought was a Muslim-sounding name wouldn’t sell him alcohol. As it turns out,…
Walmart Says It Didn't Deny Drug to Woman for Religious Reasons
Walmart is denying that a Georgia store refused to fill a prescription for a miscarrying woman because the drug, misoprostol, is also used in medication abortions. A Walmart spokesman says that the pharmacist refused to fill the prescription because she “believed that it was not medically indicated because…
Why Is Walmart Hiding Copies of Ronda Rousey's Book From Customers?
This is a weird choice: Walmart will reportedly sell copies of MMA fighter Ronda Rousey’s autobiography My Fight/Your Fight, but they won’t display them in the store. Customers can only buy the book from a Walmart if they order it online and then pick it up at the store. A report from the New York Post claims it’s…
New York AG: Most 'Herbal Supplements' Are Complete and Utter Bullshit
The New York attorney general has ordered GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart to clean house. He says they're selling fraudulently labeled, bullshit "herbal supplements" that've got to go, pronto, and he also wants to know exactly how they're verifying the products they carry.
Walmart Nixes Engagement Pic With Shotgun for Promoting Gang Culture
This story of Walmart censoring a couple's engagement picture because it featured a shotgun might be the most Texas story of all time.
Toddler Shoots and Kills His Mother at Walmart
A Walmart in Idaho was the scene of a terrible tragedy when a two-year-old child reached into his mother's purse and accidentally shot and killed her with her own gun.
Valentine's Day Is Already Starting
Christmas leftovers are still edible and yet stores are already rolling out the Valentine's Day paraphernalia. Jesus Christ, can't we let these holidays breathe a little?
I Pulled a Black Friday All-Nighter & Lived to Tell the Tale (Barely)
It's Thanksgiving evening, roughly 7:30 p.m. "Are you sure you don't want to bail?" my mother-in-law asks, with barely concealed concern, as we approach the exit for the Secaucus, New Jersey Walmart. I promise I'll text updates and swear that if something goes hideously awry and I'm marooned in a sea of big-box…
Walmart Pulls Racist and Islamophobic "Pashtun Papa" Costume
It may officially be November, but that doesn't mean we're safe from the tragedy that is terrible Halloween costumes. This time, it's this crazy racist "Pashtun Papa Islamic Costume." It's a perfect ending to a banner year for straight up asinine-disguised-as-topical costumes.
Walmart's Website Features a Section of 'Fat Girl Costumes'
Retail giant Walmart is reaching out to the plus size market in an ill-advised way this Halloween: by offering online shoppers a section of "Fat Girl Costumes."
Cat Overlords Try to Invade Indiana Walmart
Cats have finally taken the first real step in progressing from "cute but demanding house pet" to "harbinger of societal destruction."
Nicki Minaj's Ass, Bent on World Domination, Gets Censored by Apple
Nicki Minaj is a great many things and sometimes it's tiring for her. But now she's pulling it together by not giving a fuck anymore, even as companies like Apple and Spotify are boasting parental advisory stickers over her butt.
