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CONSUMER GETS FROSTED OVER HOME DEPOT AND LOWE’S DEFECTIVE FREEZERS: “After 5 months, I have paid for the freezer twice to two companies & have no functioning freezer, yet my payments are still being held by the retailers.” Shop local moment? .

BEST THING WALL ST. CAN SAY ABOUT AMZN: “Amazon isn't where the consumer is...investors for the long-term have an opportunity to buy the stock now and, over time, we think the retail business will come back into fashion. It's out of fashion now."

AMAZON & STARBUCKS, NOW TRADER JOE’S. Trader Joe’s workers in Hadley, MA WON their election, creating the first unionized Trader Joe’s store. Many broken promises of health Ins, retirement, wages—by a company that no longer takes care of its workers. https://t.co/RNMSXMNNCC

HOME DEPOT FOOT TRAFFIC IS AT ITS LOWEST IN 3 YEARS: “online shopping being safer, more affordable, and easier, in-store visits are falling to the wayside.” I have never purchased anything at HD, so my foot traffic there remains 0. https://t.co/DMHs59dwWW

WALMART’S SINKING PROFIT FORECAST HAS “RATTLED THE ENTIRE RETAIL SECTOR.” Inflation means less consumer spending, & WMT is selling off a glut of inventory. Analysts say don’t buy this stock yet—it will drop further. https://t.co/nvd4N6WxFH

DOLLARAMA, A CANADIAN RETAILER, HAS PRICES 40% TO 50% CHEAPER THAN WMT OR AMZN? “The secret behind Dollarama’s low prices: its private labels,” say the researchers. Food price differences were much smaller, & quality was not even measured. Bogusarama. https://t.co/DO5fRKmxsV

WALMART SAYS IT FINALLY FINISHED SELLING OFF ITS ASDA STORES IN THE UK & SEIYU STORES IN JAPAN. Add failures in Argentina,Brazil & Germany—that leaves Mexico, Canada, India & China as its international life raft. So many failures, such wasted investment.

PEEKING INSIDE AMAZON WAREHOUSES: “Fed prosecutors in N.Y. & DOL are inspecting AMZN warehouses as part of an investigation into unsafe & unseemly workplace conditions... (including) possible fraudulent conduct to hide injuries from OSHA and others.” https://t.co/jcfsExGza4

AMAZON’S NEW ELECTRIC “CUSTOM DELIVERY” VANS WILL SOON REACH 100 CITIES, 100,000 vehicle by 2030. AMZN hopes to save “millions of metric tons of carbon. The rest of their long logistics tail of cargo jets, supertankers & trucks is a filthy polluting mess! https://t.co/OHA0Im8God