August 2018

WALMART DID SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL TODAY. THANK GOD. Houston saw the “grand” opening of a 191,000 s.f. Walmart superstore today. Very few of these dinostores

KROGERS, BJ’S & OTHER RETAILERS ARE SUING TYSONS AND PERDUE FOR COLLUDING TO LOWER CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND RAISE PRICES FOR NEARLY A DECADE. The chicken

AMAZON EXPANDS FOOD SALES SOUTH OF THE BORDER. Amazon will be offering food products to its online platform in Mexico. It’s main competitor is Walmart

“TODAYS CUSTOMER WILL PAY FOR CONVENIENCE.” So says the CEO of Handy, who announced a deal with Walmart that will let you pay $79 extra

‪AMAZON TIRE DEAL INFLATES SEARS STOCK—BUT SEARS STOCK WILL SOON GO FLAT.‬ ‪The tire retailer is all pumped up over its expanded deal to install

WALMART BODY COUNT: “A SHOOTOUT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A WALMART.” These headlines from Alabama confirm that Walmarts are a magnet for crime, and

A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST WALMART HAS BEEN FILED IN MISSOURI CHARGING THAT WMT SOLD GIFT CARDS IT KNEW WERE BEING HACKED. Thieves figured out

TRADER JOE SHOPPERS ARE TRADING OVER TO WHOLE FOODS, THANKS TO AMAZON. New study says Trader Joe’s, Walgreens and Dollar Tree are losing customers to

ANAZON OPENS ITS 2ND FRICTIONLESS SHOPPIND STORE IN SEATTLE. You can shop at Amazon Go stores with no contact with any human being. No cashiers.

AKRON, OHIO OFFERS AMAZON A TAX BREAK TO BUILD A 600,000 sf WAREHOUSE. Amazon set up an LLC called Hippolyta, who was the Queen of

‪WALMART E-BOOK COMPETITOR SAYS ITS GREAT THAT WMT IS COMPETING IN E-BOOK MARKET because it will “make more people read.” Yeah, right:‬ ‪ https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/08/26/heres-what-scribds-ceo-thinks-of-the-new-walmart-ebook-service/#4880e46595e5‬ Here’s

WATCH FOR AMAZON & WALMART TO OPPOSE BERNIE SANDERS’ NEW LEGISLATION TO MAKE BIG CORPORATIONS PAY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE BENEFITS. Both of these huge

‪WALMART SAYS “NO RETAILER IS IMMUNE FROM CRIME.” But New Orleans police have their hands full with hundreds of police incidents every year at Walmart’s.

SANDERS WANTS WALMART AND BIG COMPANIES TO PAY UP FOR WELFARE BENEFITS. Sen. Bernie Sanders is filing a bill that will require companies with 500

I DON’T OFTEN AGREE WITH WALMART, BUT I DO ON THIS GUN SALES ISSUE. Walmart is being sued by an 18 year old Oregon woman

E-COMMERCE SALES AT TARGET ROSE 41% IN Q 2, WALMART JUMPED 40% BUT BOTH OF THESE COMPANYS’ ONLINE SALES ARE “STILL MUCH STILL MUCH SMALLER”

WALMART DEAL WITH ANTHEM LOOKS TO DEEPEN ITS HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 20 MILLION SENIORS IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS. The retailer of cheap Chinese

HERE ARE TWO BASIC FACTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT WALMART’S E-COMMERCE SALES FIGURES: 1. It’s a tiny part of total sales 2. It’s not profitable Amazon’s

WALMART’S LIPSTICK CRISIS Walmart is frantically seeking ways to get around Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products, especially it’s cosmetics line. The retailer is asking its

WALMART FINALIZES ITS TAKEOVER OF INDIA’S ONLINE RETAILER FLIPKART—DESPITE WIDESPRAD OPPOSITION FROM SMALL RETAILERS WHO WILL BE CRUSHED. Mahatma Gandhi is turning in his grave

WARREN BUFFETT SAYS HE MISSED A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IN ON AMAZON, AND SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE WALMART STOCK YEARS AGO—BUT HE SOLD BILLIONS

HOME DEPOT NAILS DOWN A GOOD QUARTER, but this is the chain that bulldozed its way into hundreds of communities and drove thousands of small

ELLEN DEGENERIS AND WALMART ARE PARTNERS IN A NEW CLOTHING LINE THAT IS “ADORABLE,” ACCORDING TO DEGENERIS. Walmart sells lots of clothes made in Chinese

HOSTESS STOCK TANKS AND CEO BLAMES WALMART. In an earnings call, Hostess blamed “a decline in retail inventory and consumer pull due to lower promotional

WALMART’S “SUSTAINABILITY” EFFORTS HAVE LARGELY BEEN A FORM OF IMAGE MOLDING THAT THESE 2 ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FAIL TO GRASP. WMT, with its vast acres of

WALMART HAS REDUCED SHELF SPACE FOR TWINKIES. THET SHOULD NOW GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND ELIMINATE ALL SHELF SPACE FOR UNHEALTHY FOODS FROM HOSTESS LIKE

BRITAIN CONSIDERS CREATING AN “AMAZON TAX” TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR BRICK AND MORTAR RETAILERS. After learning that Amazon paid the UK less taxes

APPRENTICE CONTESTANTS ACCUSED BY THE FTC OF SCAMMING $15 M FROM CONSUMERS WHO WANTED TO BECOME RICH AS THIRD PARTY SELLERS ON AMAZON. Amazon says

WELCOME TO THE DEAD WALMART IN LEXINGTON, KY. The residents were excited when it opened, this reporter says, but now it’s a “dark store” with

AMERICAN HISTORY THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRINGE: Albert Norman’s new book RAVINGS: AMERICAN WILD TALK. 19 stories of Americans like Henry Ford, Robert Kennedy, Lyndon

IS WALMART LOSING THE HI-TECH FOOD FIGHT? “Investors see Walmart as worth only 1/4 of Amazon’s market valuation. Walmart’s operational costs are astronomical. It’s growth

TARGET WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS A MORE UPSCALE CUSTOMER BASE THAN WALMART—BUT THIS STORY FROM A CA. TARGET SUGGESTS THAT THE SAME

WALMART PARTNERS WITH A MASSACHUSETTS TECH FIRM TO BEGIN OFFERING “ALPHABOTS” TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING FOR CUSTOMERS TOO LAZY TO PICK OUT THEIR OWN FOOD:

SMALL INNOVATIVE GROCERY STORES ARE HELPING COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT THE VIG BOX STORES CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE: Local control is the key ingredient for community