Just over a year later, on June 26, 1974, a packet of Wrigley’s chewing gum sold at a supermarket in Ohio became the first product scanned at a checkout using Laurer’s design. The barcode crossed the ...

Relax River's elevator music is a classic by now! These jazzy vibes may be used anywhere, even out of the elevators: an ...

Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band will be performing at the Walmart AMP on Tuesday, July 21 as part of the 2026 Synchrony Concert Series.

Rock Band NEEDTOBREATHE will be performing at the Walmart AMP on Sept. 10 with Drew and Ellie Holcomb as part of the 2026 Synchrony Concert Series.

At MIPIM, the world's largest real estate exhibition, Otis Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: OTIS), the world leader in the manufacture, installation, service and modernization of elevators and escalators, ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for February 27, 2026 is “Sleepwalken” by Brian Jones and His Elevator Music. You might know Brian Jones from the band he is in, The Easy Button. Brian Jones and His Elevator ...

In a slow-motion race of two behemoths, Amazon has officially displaced Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales. For the first time, Walmart on Thursday reported lower annual sales than Amazon ...

Amazon.com Inc. has officially dethroned Walmart Inc. as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since ...

Retail giant Walmart went public in 1969, and seemed unstoppable for the next 30 years. It was caught flat-footed by the e-commerce revolution, but has made serious investments in technology since.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Walmart’s market capitalisation has surpassed $1tn, putting the largest US retail chain in an exclusive club ...

Walmart has a new CEO starting today, and the change is happening at an awkwardly perfect moment. Doug McMillon’s last day was yesterday. John Furner takes over this morning (in fact, perhaps exactly ...