May 2019

AMAZON READY TO DUMP “SMALL” WHOLESALE VENDORS FROM ITS PLATFORM. This “will scare the living daylights out of brands selling on Amazon.” Independent 3rd party

“SMALL FIRMS AREN’T READY” FOR A TRADE WAR. Companies with under $2 B in revenue employ 1 out of every 3 American workers. Smaller companies

US BANKS IGNORING SMALL BUSINESSES. Large & medium sized firms get better loan rates. “Traditional lenders have really slowed down & pulled back from small

U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES WANT BETTER ROADS AND BETTER INTERNET ACCESS: 62% say local roads are poor, only 58% say their internet is good. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/crumbling-roads-spotty-internet-trouble-small-businesses-63350082 Read

IF A 3RD PARTY PRODUCT SELLS REALLY WELL ON AMAZON, THE LATTER SEES THE DATA, determines if it can make its own version of the

SO. AMERICAN NATIONS DENOUNCE ICANN DECISION TO GIVE AMAZON CONTROL OVER THE .amazon DOMAIN NAME: “prioritizing private commercial interests above the rights of indigenous people”

7,683 AMAZON WORKERS WROTE A SHAREHOLDER’S RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, urging the company to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050. Jeff Bezos did not meet

“AMAZON EFFECT” AT HQ2 SITE: HOME PRICES UP 18%. “Investors snapping up properties” in “smoking hot” market. A lot of people who are not AMZN

WALMART SUED FOR DECEIVING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ITS HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES. WMT admits claims for these medicines are not based on accepted medical evidence & have

9 YEARS AFTER WALMART MANAGED TO AVOID A WAGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A CLASS OF 1.5 M WOMEN WORKERS, the retailer is still being

90% OF US CONSUMERS DO NOT REGULARLY SHOP ONLINE FOR GROCERIES, but e-grocery sales are projected to rise 4.5 fold between 2018 and 2023. Today

WHETHER YOU’RE EUPHORIC OR DEPRESSED—ALEXA WILL KNOW. Amazon is working on a “wearable wellness device” capable of determining your emotional state. Do you want Amazon

BERNIE SANDERS & ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ FILE THE “LOAN SHARK PREVENTION ACT,” limiting bank & retail credit card interest to 15%. Retailers like Macy’s and

LEBRON JAMES SAYS HE’S “PROUD” TO BE JOINING WITH “HEAVY HITTER” WALMART TO FIGHT HUNGER—but this is the company whose workers rely on food stamps

LAST WEEK WALMART PREDICTED TRUMP TARIFFS ON CHINA WILL RAISE PRICES, now Target brags tariffs will not have much impact on its prices because Target

WALMART SAYS ITS CURRENT HQ IS A BUNCH OF “LOW SLUNG & DRAB BUILDINGS.” I was there in 1995 with thousands of union members. Their

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are supporting our fight to demand answers for thousands of Sears employees. Before Steven Mnuchin became

IN 2017, CVS FILED A LAWSUIT THAT CHARGED Bumble Bee, StarKist & Chicken of the Sea, violated antitrust laws by colluding to raise tuna prices

AFTER FIGHTING BIG BOX STORES FOR 26 YEARS, A SMALL TOWN FACES UNPLEASANT FUTURE. Judge’s ruling opens 10 acres of land to sprawl—but with Walmart

BERNIE SANDERS WILL SPEAK AT WALMART’S ANNUAL MEETING ON JUNE 5TH on behalf of a shareholder’s proposal to give hourly workers a seat on the

RICH “SITE SELECTION” CONSULTANTS help companies like Amazon & Foxconn soak up deals for financing, utilities, grants, training, tax exemptions/abatements, permit expediting—millions in corp. welfare

AMAZON KILLED MALLS, NOW MOVING INTO THEM. “We sit back, mourn the death of malls and can’t wait to get our new underwear delivered just

AFTER 58 YEARS IN A DUMPY WAREHOUSE HQ, WALMART IS MOVING TO A NEW 350 ACRE CAMPUS IN THE SAME TOWN. Unlike Amazon, there was

AMAZON GO STORES MAY NOT HAVE CASHIERS—BUT THEY MAY ALL ALLOW CASH PURCHASES SOON. A growing number of cities are requiring stores to accept cash,

INDIAN TRAVELERS CAN USE AMAZON TO BOOK FLIGHTS, WITH CASH BACK. AMZN wants to be your superapp for everything, taking market share from anyone for

WHEN TARGET CAME TO DAVIS, CA. THE DOWNTOWN SUFFERED. “I expect big box and Jeff Bezos to try to put me out of business,” one

LUCKY MISSISSIPPI—gets the 1st Amazon warehouse to handle just hazardous materials. Last year, 24 AMZN workers were hospitalized by an exploding can of bear repellent.

AMAZON PROMISES TO BUILD A PUBLIC PARK AT HQ2 in VA., 1.1 acres of open space, with a dog park, and farmers market. But why

WALMART SAYS TARIFF MAN TRUMP WILL RAISE PRICES FOR SHOPPERS. “We’re going to continue to do everything we can to keep prices low, that’s who

SEN. WARREN’S “REAL CORPORATE PROFIT TAX” TARGETS 1200 CORPS. WITH OVER $100 M IN PROFITS. 7% tax—no loopholes. Raises $1 T over 10 years. Every

AMAZON/WHOLE FOODS SAYS: “We want customers to feel good about what they’re putting in their baskets, while they turn your downtown into a retail basket

“SECRET” TARGET STORE IN VA. TOLD TO CUTBACK ITS RED FACADE BY 50%. “Try not to make this store jump out at us,” says planning

“GIVING COMPANIES TAX BREAKS FOR THE PROMISE OF ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE IS FOR SUCKERS.” Until the suckers stop throwing welfare at Facebook & Amazon & Walmart,

WALMART TESTING 1 DAY DELIVERY. If Amazon launches it, Walmart rushes to catch up. Your order must be $35 or >. Instead of faster delivery,

RENTAL HOUSING PRICES NEAR AMAZON’S HQ2 IN VIRGINIA EXPLODE. Another Seattle-type housing affordability crisis begins: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/05/13/crystal-city-residential-property-near-amazon.html?ana=e_n_set2&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpjeU5HWXdZbUU1TVdJMSIsInQiOiJlWTBhdDJvNmlPZWZxSDZScTh4TThuQzVoZGM2bmxLT1czeTZCMVhpdFF6N2ZqYm1GeEkrSFpneFJkcDR4Z1pHUWd2cjR2b2c2OXU0UjRSOFliRjJhZ3MwSlhjdllqWnZtR2RYbmR6aGo2emliaVZrekYxWUZPaG1oRXBUdUtvZiJ9 Read more on Facebook

IN AMAZON’S “FULLY ROBOTIC FUTURE” WORKERS WILL BE “REPURPOSED.” They say it’s far off—but it’s a future without human contact: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/amazon-rolls-out-machines-that-pack-orders-and-replace-jobs-20190514 Read more on Facebook

AMAZON TO EMPLOYEES: “Here’s $10 K & 3 months pay—quit your job,” & deliver packages for us. I wouldn’t talk to a robot that way.

AMAZON REAPS $51 M IN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES TO OPEN WAREHOUSE IN ALABAMA in 2020 with 1,500 workers, robots that pick products & bring them to

BIG BOX CHAINS HOPE TO GET HIGH OFF THE PROFITS FROM CBD: Walmart, Target, Kroger & Safeway have contacted makers of consumer products infused with

WALMART DOESN’T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE “EVERYDAY HIGH CRIME” AT ITS STORES, but headlines like the one below just don’t happen at Neiman-Marcus or

KROGER GIVES CEO A 19% RAISE TO $12M. Kroger bases its cash bonus plan on same-store sales growth, & earnings per share growth. Kroger’s other

“MOST (GREENHOUSE GAS) EMISSIONS IN THE RETAIL SECTOR LIE IN PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAINS,” WALMART ADMITS. It imports most of its products by tanker ships 6,000

LAST FEB. A JURY GRILLED WALMART WITH A $95.5 M AWARD IN A TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT CASE over “Backyard Grills.” This week a judge poured another

WALMART’S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT SAYS IT GENERATED NEARLY 19 M METRIC TONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS LAST YEAR IN AMERICA. They could do much better if they

WALMART SAYS FULLTIME HOURLY “FIELD ASSOCIATES” MAKE $14.26/hr. average. Many workers can’t get full-time hrs. Store managers make $175 K on average. WMT boasts of

AMAZON’S MISSION: TO “SUPPORT & CHAMPION SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES.” SMBs selling on AMZN created 1.6 M jobs worldwide in 2018. But Civic Economics

WALMART NIXES CIGARETTES TO MINORS

Selling Vintage Rolex Chronometer watch Model 1505 for elderly gentleman who bought it in 1969. vintage rolex chronometer Model 1505 gold face, steel and gold