by: Nexstar Media Wire Posted: / Updated: CLEVELAND, Ohio ( WJW) - Adding to the list of the unexpected this year, many major retailers and other businesses are staying closed on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 26 this year, and for the first time in a long time, Black Friday will actually begin on Friday.
This coming week will be a busy one for retail earnings, and according to foot traffic data, investors may be in for good news if strong October trends hold through the end of the year. Walmart (ticker: WMT) and Home Depot (HD) are the first out of the gate with fiscal-third quarter earnings reports on Tuesday.
DeKalb plans to run a total of 300 workers in two eight-hour shifts each day. During each shift, 75 pairs of poll workers will sort and count presidential ballots. Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC In a Friday afternoon virtual press conference, DeKalb's district health director outlined safety protocols that will be in place when the counting starts.
A manual recount of nearly 5 million Georgia ballots began Friday, an effort to confirm presidential election results in the race between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The sound of bells marked the start of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign Friday, marking more than 100 years of ringing. The Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle campaign, which started in 1891, collects donations to benefit the communities it serves. The U.S.
Walmart is repurposing some of its massive distribution warehouses to help it deliver online orders faster ahead of the holiday shopping season. The nation's biggest retailer - which is gearing up for another battle against Amazon for holiday web sales - said it will set up "pop-up" e-commerce distribution centers within 42 of its regional warehouses, which usually ship large pallets of goods to Walmart stores.
DoorDash is getting ready to go public. The third-party delivery service filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, capitalizing on the app-based delivery boom caused by people staying at home during the pandemic.
Drug stores and supermarket pharmacies nationwide will be administering free COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. Dozens of retailers (see list at end of article) are teaming up with the Department of Health and Human Services to administer free COVID-19 vaccines.
Retailers big and small have had to revamp their approaches to the holiday shopping experience due to the pandemic. They'll be catering more to online shoppers and offering Black Friday deals well in advance of November 27. Consumers, too, will need to adapt to win the 2020 holiday shopping season.
Walmart Inc.'s membership program Walmart+ may have already signed up 19 million households, according to data from BMO Equity Research. Analysts conducted a survey, finding that 16% of the more than 1,000 U.S. shoppers polled were already members of Walmart+, "suggesting an incredibly rapid pace of initial sign-ups for the new membership program."
EL PASO, Texas -- With non-essential businesses recently the target of closures and so-called "big box" stores deemed essential, questions arise as to whether aisles at these stores carrying non-essential items should be blocked off.
Atlanta, GA - The state of Georgia as of Nov. 13 has 382,505 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 8,418 related deaths. There are 33,089 hospitalizations and 6,211 ICU admissions. There are 33,550 confirmed cases and 649 deaths in Fulton County. There are 23,267 cases and 423 deaths in DeKalb County.
GameStop, Target and Walmart are among the retailers whose websites will be overrun by people looking to buy a PlayStation 5 on Thursday. Finding a PS5 in stock amid the virtual mayhem will be difficult but certainly not impossible. Xbox users went through the same ordeal earlier this week, and many were able to track down a console without a preorder.
Police in Kentucky said they are searching for a woman who escaped police custody Monday by slipping out of her handcuffs and stealing a mail truck.Brandi Spears, 23, evaded authorities while at a hospital, according to Lexington police.Police Lt.
Instacart is a widely available grocery delivery service allowing you to have groceries from local stores delivered to your home. This article reviews how Instacart works, what it costs, where it's available, and what to expect when using the service.
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Walmart is making it easier for you to lend a helping hand to the Salvation Army. StartingNov. 11, customers at the Walmart Superstore in West Monroe and Monroe, and Sam's Club have the opportunity to donate to the Salvation Army by rounding up their total to the nearest dollar.
UPDATE: 9:44 p. m. A missing man from Benton County has been found safe. The Benton County Sheriff's Office had been looking for Rawson Behel Wednesday. Behel's family has been notified. Previous story. ---------------------------- Benton County authorities are in need of help locating a missing man.
The proposed Costco would go up east of International Golf Parkway, at 655 World Commerce Parkway, just off of I-95. Once built, the store would be within 36 miles of Palm Coast Parkway, considerably closer than the two Jacksonville locations on Gate Parkway and Parramore Road.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that he will require a by-hand recount of ballots cast in the Georgia election Wednesday, sending counties scrambling to figure out how to go about such a massive task. By Wednesday night, some metro Atlanta counties still didn't have a plan to get through the massive workload.
Collaboration is key for many businesses trying to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Just ask Matt Shook, owner and founder of JuiceLand. The chain selling plant-based and health-conscious smoothies and food has grown considerably since the first location opened in Austin in 2011.