April 2021

20 VOTING RIGHTS ACTIVISTS protested outside of Home Depot, critical of the company’s failure to oppose Georgia’s new voter suppression law. The group invited HD

ANOTHER 80,000 BRICK & MORTAR RETAILERS in U.S. expected to close this year, as sales continue to migrate online. Many more just limping along. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3679234-ubs-sees-another-80k-retail-stores-being-shuttered-in-us?utm_source=from.flipboard.com&utm_medium=referral

COST OF AN AVE. HOME IN CANADA will hit $620,000 this year, vs. $394,900 for a home in the U.S. in 2020. Below is the

IN 2016, HOME DEPOT FOUNDER BERNIE MARCUS donated $7 M to Donald Trump’s campaign. In 2020 Home Depot contributed $5.2 M to politicians, & spent

A GROWING LIST OF AMAZON WORKERS have filed complaints with the NLRB over unfair labor practices. NLRB rules AMZN illegally fired 2 workers. Full-blown labor

“IF YOU TAKE A CAR THROUGH. WALMART there’s going to be extensive damage.” Former employee drives car through N.C Walmart. https://myfox8.com/news/person-drives-car-into-walmart-near-concord-mills/ Read more on Facebook

“LET US VOTE!” Join us for a walk against voter suppression! WED, APRIL 7 at 2 pm, Route 2 entrance to Home Depot in Greenfield.

FRANKLIN COUNTY. MA. ACTIVISTS UNHAPPY WITH HOME DEPOT’S support for the new Georgia voting law that makes it more difficult for Blacks, people of color

“DOLLARAMA IS KING of the discount retailers” in Canada? It has 1,356 stores—3.3 X more than WMT Canada—but ave. WMT store is 14 X larger

AMAZON UNION VOTE RESULTS expected this week. “If the workers feel they want a union, they should have that opportunity to be able to vote

Ex-President Donald Trump copies a new lasagna recipe he found in a Betty Crocker cookbook. “ I had no idea there were big flat noodles

FAITH LEADERS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF HOME DEPOT starting April 7th over Georgia voting suppression bill, which HD refused to denounce. “We might have to

“IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE that you can have 300 people in Walmart but you can’t have two people in a small business.” Restaurants in Ontario,

INSTACART SAYS IT DELIVERS from more than 45,000 stores in North America, accessible to 85% of U.S. & 70% Canadian households. You pay delivery fee,

PANDEMIC JOB GROWTH SECTORS: more delivery jobs, pickers at big box stores, warehouse sorters, building supply jobs, & mortgage brokers. We’re still down 10 M

SMALL BIZ EMPLOYMENT IN U.S. rises by 174,000 in Mar. 5 times faster than in Feb. 1 month does not make a trend yet. https://adpemploymentreport.com/2021/March/SBR/Report

IN EARLY FEB Walmart said it was pulling back from its plan to become “America’s neighborhood health destination.” Now WMT’s first full-time chief medical officer

APRIL FOOLS: DOLLARAMA tells Canadians it plans to reach a total of 2,000 stores by 2031–a 47% increase. The Montreal-based chain had “abrupt and sustained

BIDEN EXTENDS PPP LOANS for another 60 days. “The President is providing additional critical relief to the smallest of the small businesses – the mom-and-pop