November 2018

BANK OF AMERICA SAYS WMT AND TARGET SALES ONLINE BEAT AMZN: “This growth has outpaced that of other brick & mortar retailers as well as

WALMART AND KROGER BATTLE OVER CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE Kroger announced last August it would sell products online in China through a partnership with internet retail

AMAZON DEVELOPS ITS OWN COMPUTER CHIP Amazon Web Services has unveiled a new computer chip to provide cheaper power for its customers’ websites and other

HAVING CONQUERED THE EARTH, AMAZON TURNS TO SPACE. 2 months ago, Jeff Bezos announced that his company Blue Origin would launch a crew into space

AMAZON GO BLOWS INTO THE WINDY CITY, opening its 3rd store in a busy commuter train depot in Chicago, catering to busy urban consumers. The

AMAZON’S AMAZING SALES MATH: In the 5 days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, 180 M items were ordered on Amazon. That’s an average of 36

WALMART NOW CALLING ITS WAREHOUSES “FULFILLMENT CENTERS” TO COPY AMAZON. CNBC filmed a Cyber Monday segment inside a WMT warehouse in Chino, CA., showing combined

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SURVEY OF ONLINE PRICES SHOWS AMAZON HAS THE LOWEST PRICES ON THE WIDEST RANGE OF PRODUCTS, averaging 13% less expensive than other E-retailers. Walmart’‘s prices

IS THIS WHAT MISSISSIPPI WANTS TO SEND TO THE U.S. SENATE TOMORROW? When will we end the Civil War? Read more on Facebook

BLACK FRIDAY PROTESTERS TARGET TARGET FOR SHUTTING DOWN 2 SUPERSTORES ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE. Target says its stores in minority communities are “underperforming,” but it

FMR WALMART CEO TRASHES BERNIE SANDERS BILL TO RAISE MIN. WAGE. “It’s never been a better time in this country to be a worker,” Bill

DRUG DEAL/HOSTAGE INCIDENT TRIGGERS WALMART LOCKDOWN: A man held 2 people hostage in a Vancouver, WA. WMT parking lot. “4 sheriffs came in, they had

MAN FATALLY SHOOTS WOMAN IN A WALMART GARDEN CENTER, apparently a domestic argument that started in a Ocala, FL. Walmart store. The 55-year-old assailant shot

FLASH STRIKES HELD BY AMAZON WAREHOUSE WORKERS IN GERMANY & SPAIN. Amazon warehouse jobs start at $12.42/hr. “Staff at our fulfillment centers work in the

HALF OF AMAZON’S HQ 2&3 JOBS WILL NOT BE IN TECHNOLOGY. There is no way that an Amazon fiscal clerk or custodian makes $150 K

TALLADEGA BLOOD IN WALMART PARKING LOT These are the daily headlines that drive Walmart executives crazy. Their parking lots are out of control. Walmart: the

THINK SEN. CINDY HYDE-SMITH’S COMMENT ABOUT LYNCHING WAS BAD? 96 years ago another Congressman from Mississippi blocked an anti-lynching bill. He was a Democrat. The

WALMART WANTS ITS MONEY BACK FROM SEN HYDE-SMITH [PHOTO BELOW] FOR HER “JOKE” ABOUT LYNCHING. But why did WMT give her $2,500 in the first

WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFERED AMAZON HQ A CANDY STORE: $1 B IN TAX BREAKS, discounts on property, sales and corporate franchise taxes over a 15-year period.

AMAZON SWINGS FOR YANKEE FENCES, bidding for 22 regional sports TV networks now being sold by Disney, which bought the stations from Fox. The U.S.

FOUR YEARS AGO A GERMAN WRITER EXPOSED WHAT ITS LIKE TO WORK IN AN AMAZON “FULFILLMENT CENTER” BETTER KNOWN AS AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/seasonal-associate-is-a-labor-memoir-for-the-amazon-era Read

LOWE’S HITS WALL, SHUTS STORES IN U.S., CANADA, MEXICO. In early Nov., Lowe’s disclosed it was shutting 20 “underperforming” stores in 14 states, including 2

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: STOP BY FEDERAL STREET BOOKS IN GREENFIELD, MA TO SEE THE EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION OF AL NORMAN’S 4 BOOKS. All books will be autographed!

SENDING 20 LETTERS TO VOTERS IN MISSISSIPPI TODAY TO HELP MIKE ESPY BECOME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT SINCE 1982 TO REPRESENT MISSISSIPPI IN THE U.S. SENATE.

WALMART SCREENS ITS WORKERS LIKE INMATES. Walmart tells judge in CA. that workers discouraged from taking meal breaks by security checkpoints at store exits should

WHO DOMINATES INTERNET SALES?When you read that Walmart’s e-commerce sales increased by 32% last quarter, remember that this increase is off a base of only

AMAZON IS DRIVING THE FUTURE OF WALMART SUPERSTORES: “We’re creating new roles through turning stores into fulfillment centers,” the CEO of US WMT stores tells

WALMART HAS “A WEEK TO FORGET” ON WALL ST. Walmart shares fell 1.9% to $97.69 at the close of Friday’s trading. WMT comparable store sales

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WALMART INTERNATIONAL SALES STUMBLE Based on its latest SEC report, U.S. sales at WMT rose 3.1%—but sales at Walmart International slid by -2.6%. WMT continues

AMAZON KEEPS WALMART UP AT NIGHT “Lots of things keep me up at night. Amazon is one of them…There’s no doubt that Amazon is a

WALMART’S SEC FILING SHOWS E-COMMERCE SALES FOR Q3 SLOWED TO 32% GROWTH, DOWN FROM 40% IN Q2. Keep in mind that this % increase is

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS & Rep. Ro Khanna are introducing the Stop WALMART Act to force Walmart to raise their minimum wage. Large corporations would be

NO FREE LUNCH FOR WALMART In 2014 the PA. Supreme Court ordered Wal-Mart to pay $188 M to employees for failing to compensate them for

AMAZON’S HQ IN NEW YORK IS NOT EVEN ON COMMERCIALLY ZONED LAND. Part 1: Governor Cuomo took zoning control out of the hands of local

INCOMING HOUSE INTELLIGENCE CHAIR SAYS CONGRESS MAY INVESTIGATE TRUMP OVER EFFORTS TO PUNISH AMAZON WITH HIGHER POSTAL RATES: “[Trump] was secretly meeting with the Postmaster

AMID RUMORS THAT AMAZON HAS CHOSEN HQ 2&3, THERE ARE SOME ANGRY LOSERS: A columnist from a MN newspaper says: “Amazon managed to orchestrate a

WAS AN AMAZON ECHO SPEAKER RECORDING WHEN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE TOOK PLACE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE? Prosecutors want Amazon to turn over the recordings the smart

FORBES CALLS WALMART’S ‘TOWN CENTER’ FOR CARS “A BOLD VISION” “Now Walmart is ‘moving’ closer to town,” says Forbes. Not really. This is neither bold,

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WALMART’S “PROJECT KEPLER” TEAM IS TESTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INSIDE A STORE ON LONG ISLAND. This “Intelligent Retail Lab” will test concepts from how to find

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VOTERS IN MAINE TURNED DOWN A UNIVERSAL HOME CARE PROGRAM FOR SENIORS. Here’s why: The Next Step In Maine’s Universal Home Care Campaign – Fifty

AMAZON EXPERIMENTING WITH “360 DEGREE SPIN IMAGES” The process allows shoppers to see multiple images of an item from all sides, which are pieced together

AMAZON CAVES IN QUICKLY TO UNITED BOOKSELLERS THREAT 600 antiquarian booksellers around the globe threatened to remove 4 million books from Amazon’s platform, in response

The Trump administration wants to cripple the ability of workers supplied by temp agencies to form a union for the company they actially work for.

SURVEY SAYS E-SHOPPERS SLIGHTLY PREFER WALMART TO AMAZON FOR GROCERIES. “Walmart has moved ahead thanks to the rapid deployment of its curbside grocery pickup service.”

SEE YOU TONIGHT AT BOSWELL BOOKS: Al Norman reading from his new book RAVINGS. 6:30 PM/ 10 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls Read more on Facebook