Walmart
American multinational retail corporation operating department stores
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| January 13 2025 | Walmart unveiled a new logo designed by Jones Knowles Ritchie and Landor, featuring a redesigned spark and a new custom wordmark 'Everyday Sans'. |
| 2024 | Walmart announces closure of the Toronto technology hub and relocation of staff to US locations, with pending layoffs. |
| 2023 | Walmart opened a new 140,000 square foot supercentre in Montreal, increasing total Canadian locations to 403. The company also invested nearly $1 billion to renovate stores and launch its 'Store of the Future' in Mississauga, Ontario. |
| 2023 | Documentary film 'On Guard: A Story of American Youth' was released, directed by Allen Otto and executive produced by Jim Czarnecki, which highlights the impact of the 2019 El Paso Shooting. |
| July 7 2023 | Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the shooting. |
| February 8 2023 | Crusius pleaded guilty to 90 federal murder and hate crime charges. |
| January 2023 | Federal prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty for Crusius. |
| 2022 | Walmart opens a technology hub in Toronto at the CBC Broadcast Centre. |
| December 2022 | The El Paso Healing Garden was designated as a national memorial. |
| 2021 | Jorge Majfud published the book 'La frontera salvaje. 200 años de fanatismo anglosajón en América latina', inspired by the El Paso shooting. |
| August 2021 | The El Paso Healing Garden at Ascarate Park in Mission Valley was dedicated as a memorial for the shooting victims. |
| March 15 2021 | Walmart Canada announced plans to close six stores and invest over $500 million to renovate more than 60 percent of its stores over the next five years. |
| January 2021 | Walmart announced the launch of a fintech startup with venture partner Ribbit Capital to provide financial products for consumers and employees. |
| January 30 2021 | A victim named 'Rosa', who had offered to testify about the shooting, was deported due to a minor traffic violation. |
| 2020 | Walmart de México y Centroamérica was included in the Bloomberg Gender Equity Index for the third consecutive time, becoming the only self-service sector company worldwide to achieve this distinction in three consecutive years. |
| 2020 | An all-female color guard team from Bel Air High School aimed to qualify for the WGI World Championships with a performance dedicated to the victims of the 2019 El Paso Shooting. |
| December 2020 | Walmart launched Carrier Pickup, a new service allowing customers to schedule returns. |
| December 22 2020 | The United States Department of Justice filed an official complaint against Walmart pharmacies for failing to comply with the Controlled Substances Act by inappropriately prescribing opioids and other restricted substances. |
| August 2020 | Walmart Technology launched its new identity as Walmart Global Tech, establishing a new technology and shared services organization within the company. |
| July 23 2020 | Crusius entered a not-guilty plea to federal charges and waived his arraignment. |
| April 28 2020 | Prosecutors announced they would seek a new capital murder charge due to the death of a twenty-third victim after nine months in the hospital. |
| April 26 2020 | A third victim of the shooting died, eight months after the initial attack. |
| February 12 2020 | Crusius waived his federal bond hearing during his first federal court appearance. |
| February 6 2020 | Crusius was charged with 90 federal charges, including 22 counts of hate crime resulting in death, 22 counts of using a firearm to commit murder, 23 counts of hate crime involving attempted kill, and 23 counts of using a firearm during a crime. |
| 2019 | Crusius posted a white nationalist and anti-immigrant manifesto on the imageboard 8chan shortly before the attack, citing the Christchurch mosque shootings and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as inspiration. |
| 2019 | Ended enrollment at Collin College in spring semester. |
| 2019 | Jorge Luis Martínez Chávez, a citizen from Ciudad Juárez, ran 22 miles (one mile for each victim) from the Zaragoza bridge in Juárez to the Walmart memorial in El Paso as a tribute to the shooting victims. |
| October 10 2019 | Crusius pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges at his arraignment in the El Paso County Courthouse. |
| September 2019 | Walmart sold the Midtown land for $26.4 million. |
| September 12 2019 | Patrick Crusius was indicted on capital murder charges by a Texas grand jury for the El Paso Walmart shooting. |
| September 3 2019 | Walmart announces it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and assault rifles, and request customers not to openly carry firearms in their stores. |
| September 1 2019 | El Paso musician Khalid organized a benefit concert for his home city, featuring several high-profile artists and introduced by former US Representative Beto O'Rourke. |
| August 2019 | Japan issued a travel warning to its citizens, describing the United States as a 'gun society' and advising vigilance about potential gunfire in various locations. |
| August 2019 | Uruguay and Venezuela issued travel warnings to U.S. citizens, advising caution due to growing violence and hate crimes, recommending avoidance of large crowds and specific cities. |
| August 16 2019 | Antonio Basco held an open funeral for his wife, which was attended by hundreds of people from El Paso and other parts of the country. Flowers were sent from around the world to show support. |
| August 8 2019 | US flags flown at half-staff until sunset in remembrance of the El Paso and Dayton shootings. |
| August 7 2019 | Trump visits El Paso and Dayton, meeting with local mayors and encountering protesters who argue his rhetoric contributed to the shooting. |
| August 5 2019 | El Paso Police Department released the names, ages, and citizenships of 22 of the victims. |
| August 5 2019 | Trump delivers a White House speech condemning racism, bigotry, and white supremacy, stating that 'hate has no place in America'. |
| August 4 2019 | President Donald Trump condemns the El Paso Walmart shooting as a 'hateful' and 'cowardly' act, promising 'total support' from his administration. |
| August 4 2019 | Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced that Mexico would pursue a potential terrorism charge against the shooting suspect, which would be the first such charge in Mexican history for a crime committed in the U.S. Ebrard also stated Mexico would seek to press charges against the weapons seller and remain in contact with victims' families. |
| August 4 2019 | Pope Francis addressed the El Paso shooting during a speech in St. Peter's Square, expressing spiritual solidarity with the victims, wounded, and affected families from attacks in Texas, California, and Ohio. |
| August 3 2019 | UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the terrorist attack against Latinos in El Paso, calling for collective action to combat hate, racism, and xenophobia. |
| August 3 2019 | Patrick Wood Crusius, a 21-year-old gunman, conducted a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others. The FBI investigated the incident as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Latino individuals. |
| July 2019 | The Walmart subreddit was flooded with pro-union memes in protest of an employee's firing for posting confidential material, highlighting ongoing tensions around Walmart's alleged anti-union stance. |
| July 2019 | Walmart Labs acquired two startups: health tech platform FloCare and B2B wholesale trading platform BigTrade to improve customer service capabilities. |
| June 2019 | Legally purchased a GP WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle and 1,000 rounds of hollow-point ammunition online. |
| May 2019 | Walmart was sued by the Center For Inquiry for selling homeopathic products alongside traditional medicine without proper labeling. |
| April 1 2019 | Centerbridge Partners and Stephen Smith closed the acquisition of Walmart Canada Bank, renaming it to Duo Bank of Canada. |
| 2018 | Walmart stopped selling firearms and ammunition to 18-20 year olds, which led to a lawsuit. |
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