Walmarts

Walmart’s affordable cakes may be local bakeries’ biggest competition

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Walmart’s affordable cakes may be local bakeries’ biggest competition

Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert. It’s graduation season, the busiest time of year for the 6,200 employees the … Read more

Walmart’s $78 Hermès Birkin dupe is the fashion world’s hottest new handbag — and luxury lovers are fuming

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Walmart’s Hermès Birkin dupe is the fashion world’s hottest new handbag — and luxury lovers are fuming

They’re “Wirkin” their fake Birkins. Fashionistas are clamoring to get their hands on a “Walmart Birkin,” also known as a “Wirkin,” after discovering that the budget-friendly retailer hawks purses seemingly inspired by the costly Hermès handbags. Authentic Birkin bags — beloved by A-listers and exceedingly difficult to come by — cost a pretty penny, with prices estimated … Read more