RETAIL QUIZ: Q: WHAT IS THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF AN AMAZON SHOPPER?: A. $90,100 B. $75,600 C. $56,400 SEE THE ANSWER IN TOMORROW’s
FACEBOOK REMOVES A WALMART AD BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY LABELED AS A “POLITICAL AD.” Facebook later put the ad back up, but the ad
AMAZON STEALS A MERGER DEAL FROM WALMART, AND CAUSES A LOSS OF $3 B IN THE VALUE OF WALMART STOCK. Walmart had to swallow a
AMAZON WANTS TO HIRE YOU AND YOUR DELIVERY TRUCK TO MOVE THEIR PRODUCTS. The company is offering training, uniforms, and $10,000 in support costs. So
AMAZON BEATS OUT WALMART TO ACQUIRE THE COMPANY PILLPACK. Two months ago the media reported that Walmart was in talks to buy up the pre-packaged
TODAY, THE NYSE ADDS ANOTHER BIG BOX CHAIN STORE TO ITS TRADERS. BJs WHOLESALE CLUB STARTS TRADING NOW. Any company that relies on environmentally wasteful
WOULD YOU LET WALMART BE YOUR INTERIOR DECORATOR? This week Walmart unveiled it’s new 3-D virtual tour of a sample apartment with different decoration styles.
YOU WANT CHEAP CHINESE JUNK, HERE’S WHAT YOU GET: Home Deoit and Lowe’s are recalling 78,000 ladders sold under an Anerican company’s brand name, but
POLICE IN ORLANDO, FL DROP THEIR CONTRACT WITH AMAZON FOR FACIAL RECONITION SOFTWARE. As national pressure grows against mass surveillance, the Orlando cops left the
G Amazon merged 2 of its most important teams, and it reflects a huge evolution for the company Read more on Facebook
CLARK HOWARD’S PRICE COMPARISON OF 30 PRODUCTS AT TARGET VS. WALMART SHOWS WALMART WAS LESS THAN 1% CHEAPER. “A price war is really happening,” Clark
TOP COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS RULES AGAINST THE TARGET CORPORATION IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A WOMAN WHO SAYS THE RETAILER HARASSED HER WITH ROBOCALLS IN
THERE ARE ROUGHLY 7,200 PEOPLE IN CLINTON, ILLINOIS. HERES WHY MOST OF THEM HATE WALMART: Tom Kacich | Many in Clinton again view Walmart as
WALMART HATES THESE HEADLINES ABOUT GUNSHOTS FIRED IN A MEMPHIS WALMART STORE:: Memphis Walmart employee shot at during lunch break Read more on Facebook
AMAZON IS USING ITS WEBSITE AND VOICE-ACTIVATED SERVICES LIKE ALEXA TO CHANNEL CUSTOMERS TOWARDS ITS OWN GROWING ARRAY OF PRIVATE LABEL PRODUCTS. Is this leading
TESLA PARTS WAYS WITH HOME DEPOT, cutting back solar and battery production in 9 states, and ending the Solar City partnership with Home Depot. Tesla
EMPLOYEES AT AMAZON SEND LETTER TO JEFF BEZOS TO STOP SELLING FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. “Rekognition software called a “clear
WALMART GETS EXCLUSIVE DEAL ON 100 PAGE GIANT COMIC BOOKS FEATURING SUPERMAN, BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE AND TEEN TITANS. DC Enterprises inks contract with Walmart to
HOW CAN BUSINESS WRITERS SAY KROGER IS A REAL COMPETITOR WITH AMAZON AND WALMART JUST BECAUSE ITS ONLINE GROCERY SALES JUMPED 66% OVER THE PRIOR
HERE’S HOW WALMART SAYS GOODBYE TO A SMALL TOWN: “The decision to close our Corning store is not an easy one, but, as a company,
HOME DEPOT SATURATING THE RADIO WITH ITS ADS LAST WEEK. It bought more than 78,000 ads, or nearly 11,000 ads every day. Their nearest competitor
JUST WHAT ANERICA NEEDS: A BIGGER SHOT OF CAFFEINE! WALMART is devoting expanded shelf space for a “wholesome energy” shot of caffeine, which provides up
WALMART BODY COUNT: ADD THREE MORE. A man fatally shot his wife and mother-in-law in a Walmart parking lot in Tallassee, Alabama.m, a town of
AMAZON SHAREHOLDERS AND DOZENS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS URGE JEFF BEZOS TO STOP SELLING FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO POLICE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. Shareholders say the
HERE IS A COPY OF WALMART’S LATEST PATENT FOR A “SMART PACKAGE” WHICH CAN SHIP PERISHABLE GOODS IN A SECURE, TRACKABLE, TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROLLED
PAGING DR. WALMART? The giant retailer has been awarded a patent for a system that allows the company to control access to your medical information.
WALMART TESTS OUT A NEW “SMALLER FORMAT” SAMS CLUB NEAR DALLAS. WHY? The company shut down a number of its 40,000 sf Neighborhood Markets recently.
ARMED BYSTANDER “HERO” KILLS SHOOTER AT WASHINGTON STATE WALMART For more than 15 years I have described Walmart “as the most dangerous place in America
AMAZON AND ITS CHINESE SUPPLIER, FOXCONN, ADMIT THAT ILLEGAL LABOR PRACTICES HAVE CHEATED WORKERS OUT OF OVERTIME PAY AND OTHER REQUIRED BENEFITS. Kindle tablets and
AMAZON WINS POLITICAL BATTLE IN SEATTLE TO STOP A TAX TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS. When Seattle officials proposed a per employee tax on large businesses
THIS NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL VOTE ON A BALLOT QUESTION ON INTERNET PRIVACY. Amazon and Microsoft both say the privacy measure—which is still gathering signatures—goes
On this election day, how appropriate that we remember the important role of the American taxpayer in helping to subsidize the operation of one of
WALMART SAYS 450 AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS ATTENDED ITS “OPEN CALL” FOR NEW AMERICAN PRODUCTS. Take a look at the bizarre ideas these hopefuls pitched. 70% to
DID THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION PROMISE TO ILLEGALLY GIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO A CANDIDATE IN THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S RACE? The candidate was taped saying
WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DYING IN WALMART PARKING LOTS? This article suggests that Walmart parking lots are full at night with lots of homeless
WALMART REQUIRES SHOPPERS TO PUT LARGE BAGS AND PURSES INTO TRANSPARENT LOCKERS BEFORE SHOPPING. 2 stores in Wichita, KS shocked customers when they forced them
TARGET REMOVES FATHER’S DAY GREETING CARD AFTER A BLACK TEXAS WONAN COMPLAINS. https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/06/14/us/target-greeting-card/index.html Read more on Facebook
The cartoonist in Pittsburg who inked this cartoon was fired after 25 years: Read more on Facebook
AMAZON OFFERS ITS WAREHOUSE WORKERS ONCE A YEAR A “PAY TO QUIT” DEAL WORTH UP TO $5,000. Not much of an incentive, but the work
IF A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA EXPLODES, WALMART COULD SEE ITS OPERATING PROFITS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 4%, TAKE A DISASTEROUS NOSEDIVE. 70 to 80% of
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A TOTALLY AUTOMATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE: Amazon Go opened six months ago, but Microsoft is trying to create its own software for a
GREAT NEWS FROM ALABAMA: Walmart pulls out of a planned Neighborhood Market site along a state highway in Tuscaloosa. Alabama. Walmart gave no reason—and said
MORE GUN PLAY AT WALMART A Delaware man drives to Walmart to pick up his wife, who works there. The husband is lucky he did
THE NRA WILL LOVE THIS STORY a 36 year old Florida man stole a cash register drawer from a Walmart, then in the parking lot
YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE AT WALMART Tennessee man in underwear and cowboy boots at Walmart gets into fight with cops. He probably came to
The town of View Royal has turned down a Home Depot proposal. At a recent town Council meeting, the vote was 24 people against Home
YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE AT WALMART Two Walmart shoppers in New Orleans switched the bar codes on products, then used the self checkout area
REGULATORS IN INDIA MAY IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON WALMART TAKEOVER OF FLIPKART. The government’s Competition Commission could impose requirements on WMT in response to trade associations’
WALMART BODY COUNT—MAN HOLDS WIFE HOSTAGE IN A WALMART PARKING LOT, THEN MURDERS A RELATIVE WHO TRIES TO FREE HER. Walmart: the most dangerous place
BURGER KING OPENS MORE RESTAURANTS INSIDE WALMART! After buying your cheap Chinese products, grab some unhealthy fast food at the new royal burger in Loveland,
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.