Walmart

====Acquisitions and employee benefits====

In February 2024, the company announced that managers will be given stock grants of up to $20,000, Walmart also announced a 3–1 stock split that will make it easier for employees to buy company stock. Such stock rewards for rank-and-file employees are rare in the retail industry, which analysts say could generate $20 billion in revenue for the average household in the near future.
The company is also raising the starting base salary for store managers and increasing the bonus plan of up to 200 per cent of their regular salaries.<ref>{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/03/what-walmarts-new-focus-on-employee-stock-means-for-american-wealth.html|title=What Walmart's new focus on employee stock means for the labor market and average American household|website=CNBC|date=February 3, 2024 |access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-date=February 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206222534/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/03/what-walmarts-new-focus-on-employee-stock-means-for-american-wealth.html}}</ref>

Also in February, Walmart entered into an agreement to acquire [[Vizio]] for $2.3{{nbsp}}billion with the intention to expand its advertising sales in video content that streams for free on Vizio devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=February 20, 2024 |title=Walmart Acquires Smart TV Firm Vizio For $2.3B, Altering Streaming Ad Landscape |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/walmart-acquires-smart-tv-firm-vizio-streaming-advertising-1235831495/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220142503/https://deadline.com/2024/02/walmart-acquires-smart-tv-firm-vizio-streaming-advertising-1235831495/ |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>