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Police Activity at North Utica Walmart

Eric Meier — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:40:23 +0000

Utica Police swarmed the Walmart at the Riverside Center in North Utica Friday evening after an unspecific gun threat. Several reports on social media indicate the store had been evacuated briefly. Evacuation at north utica Walmart. Police have guns drawn #steerclear — Amy Warmuth (@AmyWarmuth) April 20, 2013 This report followed from a staff [...]

Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:08:26 +0000

An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore’s Lithonia, Georgia, location. At 1:30 Sunday morning the man exited through the front door of the store with two DVD players he allegedly hadn’t paid for. The trio then tracked him down in the parking lot and jumped on top [...]

Why Some New England Shoppers Can't Shop Early For Black Friday

Trudy — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:10:51 +0000

Target, Toys R Us and Walmart are among the stores opening today to get an early jump on those Black Friday sales. Why is it some shoppers in the New England area who have these stores in their neighborhood won’t be able to shop there today? While shoppers in other states will be able to [...]

Walmart Employees Toss iPads Around Because They Can

Emerald Catron — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:15:06 +0000

Maybe don’t buy expensive electronics from Walmart. If this (NSFW) video is to be believed, they’ve all been tossed around and dropped on the floor repeatedly just for the hey of it. These Pikeville, Kentucky, employees decide to have a little fun by swearing profusely and chucking some iPads around. The man filming prefaces their [...]

Woman Gets Glued to a Toilet Seat at Walmart

Carl Pettit — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:05:01 +0000

To glue or not to glue, that is the eternal question. When the gluing being referred to concerns someone’s posterior and a toilet seat, you’d like to think there wouldn’t be any type of glue involved whatsoever. For one very unfortunate individual in a Kentucky Walmart, that simply wasn’t the case. When a shopper went into [...]

Costco, Walmart or JCPenney? Which Is the Top Big Retailer?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000

Costco, Walmart, JCPenney and all the other chain retailers are some of the best places to shop for everything we need, including 200 packs of toilet paper rolls and those 12 packs of cereal. But out of them all — Kmart, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Meijer, Sam’s Club, Sears and Target included — which is the best?

The good folks at Consumer Reports asked 26,000 readers to rate their shopping experiences to determine what the nation’s top retailer is.

New Hartford Police Release Video of Wal-Mart Robbery Suspect

Eric Meier — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:16:38 +0000

Police in the town of New Hartford are looking for help in identifying the man in this Wal-Mart surveillance video. The man is believed to have stolen several items from the store on New Year’s Eve around 4:30 p.m. If you know who this man is, please call Officer Hulser at the New Hartford Police, 315-724-7111. Calls may [...]

Money Saving Tips Without Coupons from Virtual Vicky

Virtual Vicky — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:30:15 +0000

I don’t know about you but I love a deal. With the bad economy it has made many watch their money more closely. Whether you need to go shopping for food or you just have to have that great pair of shoes, you’re always wanting a discount of some sort. I’ve watched TLC’s ‘Extreme Couponing’ [...]

Woman Claims She Was Kicked Out of Walmart for Wearing a Bikini [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:45:14 +0000

Sandi McMillin says she was kicked out of Walmart for wearing a bikini — the very same bikini she bought at a Walmart.

“I was horrified,” the Eugene, Oregon woman told KVAL. “I am embarrassed. I hadn’t done anything obnoxious or outlandish.”