Latest Retail Headlines
All the headlines from our Retail Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Families of 2018 Texas School Shooting Settle Suit With Ammo Retailer
Feb 14 2023 // HOUSTON (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a lawsuit they had filed against a Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to the...
Supreme Court Rejects Gun Retailers’ Objection to New York Regulations
Jan 19 2023 // The US Supreme Court refused to block new safety and record-keeping requirements that apply to New York gun retailers, letting the provisions stay in effect while a legal fight goes forward. The justices, without...
Massachusetts Settles With Walmart Over Workers’ Compensation Drug Prices
Dec 7 2022 // Retail pharmacy Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to Massachusetts after allegedly failing to follow the state’s prescription pricing procedures designed to keep costs down in the workers’ compensation...
Oregon OSHA Fines Mattress Retailer for Exposing Workers to Vehicle Safety Hazards
Dec 2 2022 // Oregon OSHA fined Mattress Megastore in Hillsboro more than $66,000 for multiple workplace safety violations, including willfully exposing employees to serious injury or death from potential traffic accidents. The...
Walmart Sued by Employee Over Deadly Shooting
Nov 30 2022 // An employee at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a supervisor fatally shot six people last week, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the company, claiming she and others had warned management about the...
Ohio Court Revives Wrongful Death Claim in Walmart Shooting
Nov 29 2022 // CINCINNATI (AP) – A federal appeals court has revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer inside an Ohio store after picking up a pellet...
Walmart Shooting Raises Need for Violence Prevention at Work
Nov 28 2022 // The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. But while many companies provide active shooter training, experts say there is much less...
Walmart Offers to Pay $3.1B to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Nov 17 2022 // Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and...
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to Pay $13.8B to Settle U.S. Opioid Claims: Sources
Nov 2 2022 // CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands of U.S. state and local government lawsuits accusing the chains of mishandling opioid...
Louisiana Furniture Retailer Sued for Race Discrimination
Sep 28 2022 // Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violated federal law when it subjected an African American manager-in-training to a...
Walmart, CVS Agree to Settle West Virginia Opioid Suit for $147 Million
Sep 22 2022 // Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the oversupply of prescription drugs that fueled...
Retailers Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Sep 5 2022 // Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s latest setback...
Lawsuit Filed Over Violent Arrest Outside Arkansas Convenience Store
Sep 1 2022 // A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest that was caught on a widely circulated video has filed a federal lawsuit against the officers. Attorneys for Randal Worcester filed...
Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling
Aug 25 2022 // A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in...
Texas Wireless Retailer to Pay $30,000 over Sexual Harassment Suit
Aug 23 2022 // Al Meghani Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Wireless Solutions, a specialty retailer of wireless products, services and accessories, has agreed to pay $30,000 in damages and furnish other relief in order to settle...
Walmart, CVS, Walgreens Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Aug 18 2022 // Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s latest setback...
Texas Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Walmart’s Opioid Sales
Jun 29 2022 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart WMT.N improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report suspicious orders when selling opioid drugs. Paxton said he had opened a...
Markets/Coverages: BTIS and RLI Cater to Home-Based Businesses; Cover Genius Targets Midsize Retailers with Warranty App
Jun 14 2022 // BTIS Partners With RLI to Offer Nationwide Home-Based Business Insurance Managing general agent Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services (BTIS) has launched a home-based business coverage that is available...
Child Sets Section of Louisiana Walmart on Fire with Cigarette Lighter
Jun 6 2022 // A girl who appeared to be 6 to 9 years old started a fire that has closed a suburban New Orleans Walmart for repairs, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said last week. The fire Monday night destroyed two aisles...
Georgia High Court Finds Retailers May be Liable for Securing Loads on Vehicles
Mar 14 2022 // Georgia shoppers who are unable to load bulky purchases onto their vehicles by themselves might find store employees less willing to help — or at least being more vigilant if they do lend a hand. The Georgia Supreme...
