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COSTCO BREACH OF WARRANTY & FRAUD: Lawsuit says Free Replacement Warranty for the Interstate Batteries cost consumers the difference between the original purchase price & higher cost of a replacement.

AMZN DRIVERS WANT LIMIT ON DAILY STOPS, decent health ins., and a pension. “we demand to be treated with respect.” (Having a union would help get respect.)

UNION APPEAL OF AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKER VOTE begins. AMZN accused of anti-union threats, firing worker who handed out union cards, placing a voter mailbox near video cameras. Fear at work. https://t.co/lkb7OIpv2f

WALMART BUYS TELEHEALTH CO. MeMD. I would not entrust my real or virtual health to cheap care providers like WMT or AMZN. Don’t cut corners on your health to save a few bucks. https://t.co/UQtgXEaGJ1

WALMART SAYS ITS GROCERY BIZ IS “LOSING SHARE RAPIDLY...WMT is not first & preferred.” Renewal rates for Walmart+ need improvement. Goliath rattled? https://t.co/qGKqREevXH

SBA SAYS MANY SMALL BIZ “are still struggling to recover.” Minority-owned “are hurting the most.” Here’s how to get $5,000 grants in “Supplemental Targeted Advances” for biz with 10 or fewer workers:

HANDS DOWN: AMZN unveils at Whole Foods its device that uses your unique “palm print signature” to checkout & pay & enter a store. If you shop local, they will shake your hand—not scan it.

DOWNTOWN BIZ IMPROVEMENT AREAS IN CANADA form a Direct Co-op with Direct Global—a free online platform uniting buying power, “truly disrupting the disrupters” like Amazon & Uber.

@ThatWhatIsNot1 @stacyfmitchell Giant chains use their size for pricing advantage to lure consumers away—just as Amazon is now beating the chains. The net result is closed merchants. No guns to head required. Chinese products replace US jobs, chain workers make subsistence wages.