Shares of retail giant Walmart ( WMT 1.18%) were up a whopping 72% in 2024. To put the magnitude of this move in perspective, this was the best year for Walmart stock since 1998 -- you read that right. And its 72% return handily outperformed the S&P 500 's otherwise stellar gain of 23%.

Retail stocks in general are seeing improvement as inflation moderates, and 2025 could be another great year for Walmart, the largest retailer in the world. Here are three reasons why investors might want to consider buying it this year.

A majority of workers at a Whole Foods Market store in Philadelphia voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers International union, giving organized labor a new foothold at parent company Amazon.

The policy strengthens labor protections across the entire seafood supply chain and applies to all forms of seafood products the retailer sells, including sushi.

The compensation changes reflect the key role these multistore supervisors play in the success of the business, the retailer said.

Developed by researchers at Mass General Brigham and publicly accessible, the database reveals the prevalence of processed foods across various grocery stores, emphasizing the need for greater awareness and regulation of food offerings.

All grocery stores will be open in New Jersey and the greater metropolitan area on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025

One out of every five fish is caught through illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in conditions where abuses of workers are common, according to a United Nations estimate.

Whole Foods is planning a store off Interstate 70 in Denver’s Central Park. Plans have been submitted to the city for a 40,000-square-foot grocery store at the southwest corner of Central Park Boulevard and 40th Avenue.

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On Monday, workers at Philadelphia’s Center City Whole Foods Market voted 130–100 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It marks the first time an Amazon-owned Whole Foods store has voted to unionize—and it is one of the first major union elections of the second Trump presidency.

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