Its rapid and widespread growth strategies have transformed the retail industry, prompting other companies to emulate it and generating a series of social and economic changes. A Unique Phenomenon ...

A woman who recently complained to Wal-Mart that the store was replacing "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays" received an e-mail response from Customer Service. It appears below in its exact form: ...

Eleven years ago, Wal-Mart Stores President and CEO Lee Scott announced the beginning of Wal-Mart’s sustainability leadership. Inspired by Wal-Mart's disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina ...

Public Eye's Brian Montopoli is writing weekly dispatches for CBSNews.com while living and working in Berlin as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. He will return to Public Eye in October.

Wal-Mart is launching a new mobile pay system, allowing customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases with credit, debit, prepaid or gift cards. The service will be available in select ...

After days of speculation, Wal-Mart Stores finally confirmed the worst-kept secret in retail, announcing on Monday morning its $3.3 billion acquisition of upstart Jet—the biggest deal in U.S.

The American art world's biggest event in decades is happening this week — but it's not where you'd expect it to be. Bentonville, Ark., is home to Wal-Mart headquarters and, starting Nov. 11, it will ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world's largest retailer, escaped criminal charges when it agreed to pay $11 million, a record fine in a civil immigration case, to end a federal probe into its use of ...

Wal-Mart is testing a program to match online prices from rivals like Amazon this holiday season, a move that could make the discounter more competitive but cut into profits. Shelly Banjo joins ...