February 2020

WALMART’S KILLING FIELDS: A fight in a Walmart parking lot broke out Feb. 25th in GA. One man was fatally shot. “We’re aware of the

IN 2018, WALMART WANTED TO SELL ASDA, THE 3RD LARGEST GROCERY CHAIN IN BRITAIN—BUT COMPETITION REGULATORS IN THE UK BLOCKED THE DEAL. But WMT still

COVID-19 IS TAKING ITS REAL TOLL ON WALL ST, WHERE BIG BOX STORES ADDICTED TO CHINA ARE FEELING THE WUHAN FLU. WMT stock -3%, AMZN

WALMART CUTS “ADMINISTRATIVE BALONEY” TO OFFER $30 MEDICAL CHECKUPS, $25 DENTAL CLEANING & MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR $1 PER MINUTE. “It won’t be easy to

LATEST GIGANTIC AMAZON WAREHOUSE TO SPRAWL ACROSS TEXAS IS NEAR THE DALLAS-FT. WORTH AIRPORT, “3 buildings with more than 1 M sf of space…a major

ALWAYS 3 STEPS BEHIND AMAZON, WALMART IS NOW SELLING A “FULFILLMENT SERVICE” TO THIRD PARTY VENDORS WHO ARE WILLING TO PAY WMT A FEE to

THAT BARISTA WHO PREPARED YOUR EXPENSIVE STARBUCKS LATTE GRANDE—Did you know she’s only making $12 an hour? The people who work at Starbucks can’t afford

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IF YOUR COMPANY FACED HEADLINES LIKE THIS EVERYDAY, FOR DECADES, WOULDN’T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? Unarmed 20 y.o. man shot & killed at WMT.

AMAZON SAYS $4.5 M IN CORPORATE WELFARE TO BUILD HUGE DELAWARE WAREHOUSE “IS A STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICE” that “allows our company to reinvest in more

AMAZON & WALMART HAVE FILED LEGAL CHALLENGES TO BLOCK AN ANTI-TRUST PROBE BY INDIA’S COMPETITION COMMISSION. Local merchants say the US behemoths are losing billions

2/3rds OF AMAZON’S OPERATING PROFITS DON’T COME FROM ITS MERCHANDISE PLATFORM. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) IS THE PROFIT WORKHORSE, CONTROLLING 33% OF THE WORLDWIDE CLOUD

TARGET’S ONLINE SALES JUMPED 24% THIS YEAR, REACHING $8.3B—RANKING IT #8 IN US ECOMMERCE SALES. But it still has only 1.2% of US online sales,

WALMART IS THE LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IN AMERICA—but its 1.5 M workers represent less than 1% of the nation’s workforce. They offer workers a bag

WALMART UNLOADING VUDU, THE VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE IT BOUGHT 10 YEARS AGO—NOW WITH 100M VIEWERS—OVER TO NBCUNIVERSAL. Streaming has played a role in the 28%

SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT: BERNIE SMASHES ALL EXPECTATIONS IN NEVADA taking a commanding lead going into Super Tuesday! https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/nevada-caucus-02-22 Read more on Facebook

MANY THANKS TO THE 70 OR MORE FRIENDS WHO CAME LAST NIGHT TO THE ARTSPACE GALLERY SHOW OPENING OF MY PHOTOS, which remains on display

“EVERY TIME YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE BLUE AMAZON DELIVERY TRUCKS IT IS A BODY BLOW” TO WALMART, which reported sluggish holiday sales. “Fewer people

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TONIGHT. TONIGHT. TONIGHT. Gallery Opening Reception SIGN LANGUAGE: 1st AMENDMENT PHOTOS Exhibit of Al Norman photos 6 pm to 8:30 pm ARTSPACE 15 Mill St.

IN 2014, HOME DEPOT SUFFERED A MASSIVE DATA BREACH. 6 YEARS LATER, HD will payout $200 M to credit cards companies, banks, consumers, & lawyers.

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WALMART SAVES $200M BY CHANGING LIGHT BULBS IN 4,700 STORES, $60M FROM CHEAPER SHOPPING BAGS. And they save billions by denying 1.5 M workers a

WALMART LAUNCHES HEALTH & WELLNESS LINE WITH BOBBI BROWN & DREW BARRYMORE’S “whimsical, unpretentious collection of furniture.” Add Ellen Degeneres. Hollywood sells out cheap at

MEDICARE FOR ALL “IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO A 13% SAVINGS IN NATIONAL HEALTH-CARE EXPENDITURE…more than $450B annually…access for all Americans would save more than

Feb 19 FEW DETAILS YET ON AMAZON’S NEW LINE OF GROCERY STORES—except they won’t be as upscale as Whole Foods, will start in CA. and

WALMART WORKERS VISIT BILLIONAIRE ALICE WALTON’s PENTHOUSE IN NYC LOOKING FOR RESPECT. Until the Waltons allow their workers to form a union—and put people ahead

242 WALMART WORKERS LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER COMPANY FAILURE. The 2 year old “Jet black “ concierge service that cost $50/mo. & only

TRUMP BUDGET “includes deep cuts to Medicare (-$760M), Medicaid (-$920M) over the course of the next 10 years. It also includes sharp cuts to SSDI

THE AL NORMAN PHOTO EXHIBIT IS UP! Official opening reception this Friday, FEB 21st 6 to 8:30 pm at Artspace, 15 Mills St. in Greenfield,

NEW YORK MAYOR DE BLASIO ENDORSES BERNIE: “New Yorkers know all too well the damage caused by Donald Trump’s xenophobia, bigotry and recklessness, & Bernie

FIRST AMAZON PROGRAMMER TELLS FRONTLINE: “The main thing I am concerned about is just preserving the ability for small companies to innovate and to do

COURT RULES THAT DOLLAR GENERAL VIOLATED FED LABOR LAW BY REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE WITH UNION WORKERS, rejects claim that union threatened workers. Vote in Missouri

S&P REPORT FROM 2018 WARNS BIG BOX STORES ARE APPEALING THEIR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS “leading to hundreds of million of dollars in estimated lost tax

OLD NAVY FACES LAWSUITS OVER A “MASSIVE FALSE DISCOUNT ADVERTISING SCHEME…because Old Navy rarely if ever offers the products at the advertised list price.” Old

TRUMP SAYS MICROSOFT, APPLE, GOOGLE, & AMAZON ARE THE “MAGA” ON HIS HAT—“the trillion dollar club.” Trump had nothing to do with the ‘success’ of

LAST APRIL A FED JURY IN CA. AWARDED 5,000 WALMART WAREHOUSE WORKERS $6.1 M IN DAMAGES FOR MISSED MEAL BREAKS. WMT failed to pay for

NEW POLL GIVES SANDERS 10 POINT LEAD IN NATIONAL SURVEY, “BEST-POSITIONED CANDIDATE HEADING INTO NEVADA,” 1st choice for 29% of primary voters, vs. 19% for

DID MORGAN STANLEY KILL TOPS MARKET? By 2018, Tops was $724 M in debt—-half of that paid as dividends to its owner—Morgan Stanley—which borrowed $200

“NEARLY 9 in 10 US INTERNET USERS SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PICKING UP THEIR ONLINE ORDER AT THE REGISTER.” I don’t shop at Walmart,

FTC DEMANDS INFO FROM AMZN, APPLE, FB & GOOGLE about past mergers to evaluate whether Feds “are getting adequate notice of transactions that might harm

HOME DEPOT PRESS RELEASE SAYS ITS HIRING 80,000 WORKERS FOR THE SPRING SEASON. When the temperature drops, these temps will be dropped too. HD’s founders

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ACTIVISTS WHO TRAVELED YESTERDAY TO NH TO HELP BERNIE SANDERS WIN THE PRIMARY! Now it’s our turn in Massachusetts

ACTOR MARK WAHLBURG STOPPED BY A NEW WALMART “HEALTH CENTER” IN GEORGIA TO PROMOTE HIS WAHLBURGER RESTAURANT, WITH FRIES. The high sugar/salt food sold by

26,300 RITE AID WORKERS HAVE FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT charging that Rite Aid forces them to pay for their uniforms out of pocket. Rite

ANOTHER GUN DEATH AT WALMART—THIS ONE IN THEIR HOME STATE. Other WMT shootings recently in TN, OK, & TX. WMT is the most dangerous place

BY 2021, AMZN PLANS TO ROLL OUT 100,000 ELECTRIC DELIVERY VANS. AMZN will have more delivery vans than FedEx Express. https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/02/06/how-amazoncom-plans-to-add-electric-vehicles-to-it.aspx Read more on Facebook

NEW HAMPSHIRE CAUCUS TODAY! Car loads of Franklin county activists braved the cold & icy driveways in Hinsdale to promote BERNIE SANDERS! Working families want

SCARED OF THE WORD “SOCIALISM?” Tell that to 64 Million elderly & disabled Americans who paid into Social Security, the greatest government-run program ever, celebrating

BERNIE SANDERS PRAISED AMAZON FOR RAISING ITS WAGE TO $15/HR. BUT he also slammed AMZN for paying no federal taxes, forcing many workers to rely