September 2020

THIS IS A PHOTO OF A FAKE EMPLOYEE NAMED BEN HILL CREATED BY HOME DEPOT TO HANDLE PHONE CALLS FROM DISGRUNTLED SHOPPERS. Ben Hill calls

ON WALMART’S LIST OF TOP TOYS THIS FALL IS A $39.82 VENDING MACHINE. “Kids can feed the coins…and select their snack surprise.” Preparing mindless little

HAIR DO-DO: “Trump rejected the idea of the visit [to a veteran’s cemetery] because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and

AMERICANS HAVE HAD NEARLY 4 YEARS TO LEARN THAT THE SINGLE GREATEST SOURCE OF FAKE NEWS IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY IS THE FAKE PRESIDENT. Read

RETIRING AMZN EXEC JEFF WILKE SAYS: “At Amazon, our mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, & part of fulfilling that mission is connecting

>500,000 SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED BIZ NOW SELL ON AMZN’S PLATFORM. IT WANTS TO ADD 100,000 NEW SELLERS. “3rd-party sellers…account for more than 1/2 of

HOME DEPOT HIRING >400 IN SOUTHERN CA. FOR ITS WAREHOUSES. HD “didn’t reveal what the various jobs pay, but…a warehouse worker averages $14.60/hr.” A company

AMAZON WAREHOUSES “MONITOR EMPLOYEE’S EVERY WORD & MOVEMENT.” AMZN’s surveillancepractices “deter & prevent workers from unionizing.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e449c8c3ef68d752f3e70dc/t/5f4cffea23958d79eae1ab23/1598881772432/Amazon_Report_Final.pdf Read more on Facebook

AS OF 12/19 AMAZON HAD 215 MILLION VISITORS.ITS NEAREST COMPETITOR, WALMART, HAD 76.5 MILLION FEWER ONLINE VISITORS.Of the top 10 digital sites, AMZN had only

BAD ENOUGH AMAZON IS BUILDING HUGE WAREHOUSES, DISGUISING THEM AS “FULFILLMENT CENTERS.” NOW ALBERTSON’S IS BUILDING “MICRO-FULFILLMENT CENTERS”(MFCs).More superfluous sprawl. https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/albertsons-embraces-micro-fulfillment-power-e-commerce?NL=SN-007&Issue=SN-007_20200903_SN-007_209&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPG06000001744798&utm_campaign=40726&utm_medium=email&elq2=2192bfd55cc847caaa01592fd1cf17c8 Read more on Facebook

52 BLACK FORMER MCDONALD’S FRANCHISE OWNERS FILE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT IN CHICAGO. The company steered them “to (inner-city)locations that are destined to fail.” https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-09-02/black-former-franchisees-sue-mcdonalds-discrimination Read

U.S. DEPT.OF COMMERCE SAYS ECOMMERCE SALES IN Q2 OF 2020 ROSE 31.8% (to $211.5 B)VS. Q1–BUT RETAIL SALES OVERALL SLID -3.9% DUE TO BRICK &

WALMART SAYS ITS NEW “WALMART +” MEMBERSHIP SERVICE WAS NOT LAUNCHED “WITH THE INTENT TO COMPETE WITH ANYTHING ELSE.” It’s only 40 cents/ week cheaper

STARTING 9/15, “WALMART +” MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM WILL GIVE CUSTOMERS 5 CENTS OFF GAS AT 1,500 WMT LOCATIONS. Not worth $98 membership fee. Patronize your local

DOLLAR GENERAL HAS 16,720 “SMALL BOX” STORES IN THE U.S., ABOUT 3.5 x the total number of Walmarts. DG plans to open 1,000 new stores

HOME DEPOT, LOWE’S, AMAZON, WALMART, TARGET—LOVE PANDEMIC PROFITS, but “nonessential” retailers like Macy’s, Sears, Lord & Taylor, Ann Taylor, BB&B, & Pier One are dead