RAISING THE FEDERAL MIN. WAGE TO $15/HR WILL LIFT THE WAGES OF 41.5 M ‘WORKING CLASS’ AMERICANS—nearly a third of the workforce. At $7.25/hr. the
NY STATE LAWMAKER FILES BILL TO MAKE “OPPORTUNITY ZONES,” WHICH ALLOW COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON TO DEFER TAXES, TO BE LESS VALUABLE. Welfare for big corporations:
TELL HARVARD TO CUT TIES WITH THE MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN. Richard Sackler, a son of a founder of Purdue Pharma told company officials to “measure
AFTER ONLY 5 DAYS OF NEW FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT RULES IN INDIA, WALMART MIGHT DROP FLIPKART—A $16 B PURCHASE. WMT & AMZN sales dropping by
WALMART SAYS WORKERS WITH “SPOTLESS ATTENDANCE” can earn an additional 25% on quarterly cash bonuses they receive—based on store sales. But WMT won’t match higher
THE ONLY NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN AMERICA IS INSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE. Read more on Facebook
LAST MARCH, A SMALL MANUFACTURER WARNED THAT AMAZON WAS “COMPLICIT IN RAMPANT COUNTERFEITING. Customers are unknowingly buying crap versions of the product…Amazon and the scammers
WHAT WALMART DIDN’T DO FOR ITS WORKERS: If it were to “redirect what it spends on stock buybacks to employee compensation” it could have invested
TOYS “WERE” US WANTS TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME: in 2005 private equity firms like Bain & KKR “saddled it with a heavy debt
BECAUSE A GENERATION OF SHOPPERS HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS—HERE IS THE FIRST MAJOR MEDIA STORY THAT SPARKED THE ANTI BOX MOVEMENT IN AMERICA: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ogKE_QUneLc&feature=youtu.be Read
THE ICONIC MALL OF AMERICA IS LOSING A 200,000 sf SEARS, AND NOW A 22,000 sf AMERICAN GIRL IS CLOSING. Local shoppers of the world
THERE ARE 100 M AMAZON PRIME CUSTOMERS IN THE US, WHO SPEND AVE. OF $1,400/YEAR ON ITEMS, vs. $600 for a non-Prime customer. 8 in
MOTT CAPITAL SAYS AMAZON GROWTH IS SLOWING. “This is not to say that AMZN’s business is doomed or failing,” but “investors need to rethink how
WALMART CUTS UNEXPECTED ABSENCE DAYS FROM 9 DAYS PER 6 MONTHS, TO 5, while adding 6 days of personal time off to cover illnesses or
AMAZON & WALMART BEATEN BACK BY SMALL INDIAN MERCHANTS. India’s govt. has refused to extend Feb 1 start of new policies that ban foreigners like
INTERIOR DESIGNERS SAY HOME DEPOT IS RIPPING OFF THEIR WORK, repurposed to feature products sold on Home Depot’s website. “We’re aware of this and are
