Longtime Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to step down
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I ncoming Walmart chief executive John Furner started at the mega retailer as an hourly employee stocking shelves. Now, the largest U.S. company by revenue is counting on him to guide it through its next chapter.
Furner started at Walmart in 1993, and currently oversees the most important segment of the company’s business.
Walton Goggins has played complex characters in series including “The Shield” and “Justified.” Now he’s hoping his latest nuanced performance will help an unexpected beneficiary: Walmart.
Doug McMillon, who will exit in January, has steered the retail giant to new heights through a pandemic, high inflation and political upheaval.
The 51-year-old, a lifer at the retailer, grew up in Arkansas and interned at Sam’s Club Mexico.
Whether you want a high-powered gaming machine, an ultraportable PC, or just a cheap computer, Walmart has them on sale.
Albertsons just added a new perk to its loyalty program in an effort to maintain its customer base and boost sales. Members of Albertsons’s free for U loyalty program can now get a three-month extended free trial of Uber One. Paid FreshPass annual members, meanwhile, are eligible for six months of Uber One for free.
In a new commercial for Walmart 's holiday campaign, Goggins plays a lonely, yet sophisticated Grinch who's as eager as he can be to inform the Whos about Walmart's Black Friday deals. In the ad, "Lindy Lou" and the Grinch devise a plan to sneak into "NewWhoVille," placing Black Friday-purchased gifts under trees.