June 2018

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 WINS POLITICAL BATTLE IN SEATTLE TO STOP A TAX TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS. When Seattle officials proposed a per employee tax on large businesses

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

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

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