TARGET TARGETS THE BIG APPLE: opening small new store in upper Manhattan, joins at least 14 other stores—only 23,737 sf. WMT uses its Jet.com warehouse
WALMART CREATES “END -TO-END” SUPPLY CHAIN FOR ANGUS BEEF, CUTTING OUT THE SMALLER CATTLE FARMERS. THEY PROCESS THEIR OWN MILK TOO: https://www.supermarketnews.com/meat/walmart-enters-angus-beef-business?NL=SN-004&Issue=SN-004_20190507_SN-004_471&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPG06000001744798&utm_campaign=30309&utm_medium=email&elq2=4ecbf86752424983b7cb20f099feacd5 Read more on
TARGET REBRANDS AS “ROUNDEL” ITS IN-HOUSE AD BIZ, selling the “shopping behavior” of its customers to media buyers to “personalize & target their advertising.” Way
WILLIAMS SONOMA TRADE MARK CASE AGAINST AMAZON MOVES FORWARD, claiming AMZN was confusing consumers by selling cheaper knockoffs of WSI furnishings. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-05-02/amazon-can-t-duck-williams-sonoma-suit-over-copycat-furniture Read more on
AMAZON SAYS “WE’RE PERCEIVED TO BE MUCH BIGGER THAN WE ARE,” BUT SALES DATA SAYS OTHERWISE. Online US sales were $513B last year, AMZN took
WALMART TESTS “GREAT WORKPLACE” PLAN: staff earn blue, silver & gold stars, with rewards like lunch with the store manager. Workers who bring up ideas
BY 2021, NEARLY 134 M AMERICANS—40% OF THE POPULATION—WILL BE AMAZON PRIME MEMBERS. Rate of increase slowing, but dangerous market control. Read more on Facebook
TRUMP INVESTIGATED FOR WAGE & HOUR VIOLATIONS by the NY AG’s office, at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, NY. Undocumented immigrants were
LIMITING DOLLAR STORES: Birmingham, AL is funding $500 K for a Healthy Food Initiative to attract mobile grocery stores & help farmer’s markets expand in
PROTESTORS OCCUPY AMAZON’S NYC OFFICE. REPORT SAYS CONTRACTS WITH HOMELAND SECURITY “PLACE THEM FIRMLY ON THE SIDE OF TRUMP” as a data company “fueling immigrant
IKEA FACES AT LEAST 5 AGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS alleging that the ‘IKEA way’ is a corporate culture that favors the advancement of younger employees into
WALMART’S INTELLIGENT RETAIL LAB STORE ON LONG ISLAND IS FILMING YOU IN HI REZ. OVERHEAD CAMERAS “currently do not recognize faces, determine the ethnicity of
AMAZON SAYS IT WILL CREATE 400 JOBS AT HQ2 IN VA. THIS YEAR, but Civic Economics estimates AMZN resulted in a net loss of 13,426
MALLS ARE FALLING: “Our sector desperately needed this clean up,” says CEO of Washington Prime Group retail REIT, owner of 110 mostly mid-tier malls, struggling
