Walmart

In an effort to keep up with the demand for more online ordering options, Walmart has announced next-day delivery of their most popular items.

In the ongoing battle to curb young people from picking up the habit of smoking, Walmart is stepping up to help.

Okay, I can understand if a robot is needed to help disarm a bomb, but to clean? It's very Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons. It's happening at Walmart and other major retailers.

It's a customer service standard that we see every day, the Walmart greeter. We may return the greeting or we're on a mission and we'll blow past the greeter. Walmart is eliminating greeters and they'll be trying a new approach to greeting guests, among other things.

As Wednesday started, it was revealed Dick's Sporting Goods would no longer sell assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines as well as raising the age to purchase a firearm to 21, another major retailer is changing its polices.

If a uniform is required in the workplace, who should pay for it? In most cases there is shared cost for both the employer and employee, but Walmart has changed their worker dress code and the workers are stuck with the cost, which is not going over well with the low-wage employees.

While not exactly Cybertronian like Optimus Prime, Walmart's next-generation delivery vehicles do look suitably futuristic.

Remember late last year when Hostess went bankrupt and their iconic brands, like Twinkies, disappeared from store shelves?