August 2021

BECAUSE CONGRESS DIDN’T WANT TO HIKE TAXES ON WEALTHY CORPORATIONS, the infrastructure bill cuts $35.6 B from SBA grants to small biz. Protect big biz

IN A SURVEY OF BEER, WINE & SPIRITS BUYERS, INDIE LIQUOR STORES ranked 2nd, right behind WMT, because of the “power of localization & trust

NOT ONLY DOES JEFF BEZOS PAY NO INCOME TAXES, his company gorges on billions in welfare subsidies from local warehouse projects. But here’s how we

BJ’s WHOLESALE CLUB FILES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE, yet 7 years ago BJ’s boasted it had partnered with Keurig to offer K-Cup

WALMART CUSTOMER SATISFACTION “scores worse than the industry average, & has the third-worst average score among retailers… service quality remains a serious issue. The company

GUNFIGHT IN SALEM, OR. HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT: 64 y.o. woman killed by car. More crime. More violence, at Home Depot. Silverton man charged in

AMZN ADDS FREE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING BENEFIT for its 950,000 U.S. workers, perhaps in response to stereotype that “you have to be crazy to work

AMZN HAS 402 M SF OF WAREHOUSES, wants to +176 M SF, or 517 new warehouses. That’s 1.8 sf for every man, woman & child

I AM AMAZED THAT FAST FOOD WORKERS STAY ON THE JOB FOR LOUSY WAGES & RISK COVID EXPOSURE. The brave ones quit! This photo says

AMZN STOCK PLUNGES: “the impact of people getting vaccinated & getting out in the world, not only shopping offline, but also living life & getting

CHINA & VIETNAM ACCUSED OF DUMPING GOVT. -SUBSIDIZED FURNITURE IN CANADA. 300% tariff “is so high that the retailers…have to pass it on,” says Retail

AMZN WILL FIGHT $887 M FINE FOR VIOLATING EU General Data Protection Regulation, which “seeks to rein in how digital platforms use consumer data &

NEW WMT PARTNERSHIP WITH ADOBE SHAMELESSLY COPIES AMZN, allows small merchants “to list items through Walmart’s Marketplace, leverage its two-day fulfillment network and access in-store

WMT WORKERS REQUIRED AGAIN TO WEAR MASKS, 11 weeks after they didn’t have to. In high-risk counties only. Workers will get $150 to get the

12 YEARS AFTER HOME DEPOT SHUT DOWN IN THE ST. JOHN’S NEIGHBORHOOD OF AUSTIN, TX, the city is still trying to figure out what to