Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

Walmart is buying the smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion as it attempts to expand its rapidly growing advertising business to compete with Amazon.

If completed, the deal would give Walmart access to Vizio's SmartCast operating system, allowing the retail behemoth to offer its suppliers...

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023

Walmart is the latest company to publicly join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk's beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform.

"We aren't advertising on X as we've...

Friday, Dec. 1, 2023

Walmart is the latest company to join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk's beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform.

"We aren't advertising on X as we've found some...

Monday, Jul. 5, 2021

As shockwaves spread across the country from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, corporate America took a stand against the lies that powered the mob. Or so it seemed.

Dozens of big companies, citing their commitment to democracy, pledged to avoid donating money to the 147...

Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021

When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia's new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America. 

But if leaders of the nation's most prominent companies are going to reject lawmakers who...

Sunday, Sep. 20, 2020

President Donald Trump said Saturday he's given his "blessing" to a proposed deal that would see the popular video-sharing app TikTok partner with Oracle and Walmart and form a U.S. company. 

Trump has targeted Chinese-owned TikTok for national security and data privacy concerns in the...

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

Walmart said Thursday it may join Microsoft to buy the U.S. business of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration. 

Microsoft and TikTok declined to comment Thursday. 

TikTok, through its fun, goofy videos, has gained...

Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017

Publicis Groupe announced the addition of Alex Lea as executive creative director. He will join the creative leadership team on the Walmart business in partnership with Publicis Groupe and other agencies that comprise the Groupe’s solution for Walmart–-DeptW. 

Lea will be based in Saatchi...

Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

Walmart has secured feature filmmakers to direct three :60s that will run during commercial breaks of the Feb. 26th Oscar telecast on ABC. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer, last year’s The Magnificent Seven) is set to direct one of the ads, as are Marc Forster (...

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