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November 2021

Group of suspects stole hammers, crowbars at The Home Depot in Lakewood

November 30, 2021

SMASH & GRAB FLASH MOB HITS HOME DEPOT: “20 males from 15 to 20 years old pulled up to the store in up to 10

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(NYSE:WMT)

November 29, 2021

BLACK FRIDAY SALES DROP FROM 2020: “Online & brick-&-mortar retailers rang up $8.9B in sales on Friday, down from the record of about $9B spent”

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Walmart launches drone deliveries with DroneUp

November 28, 2021

WMT DRONE DELIVERIES ARE COMING SOON TO A SKY NEAR YOU. “Conducting drone deliveries at scale is within reach…when it comes to the future of

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THE GROUP SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS IS TAKING ITS BILLBOARD TRUCK ACROSS WEST VIRGIN…

November 27, 2021

THE GROUP SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS IS TAKING ITS BILLBOARD TRUCK ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA TO GET VOTERS TO CALL SENATOR JOE MANCHIN TO SUPPORT BUILD BACK

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WIRED’s Editorial Policy on Affiliate Links

November 27, 2021

SICK OF NEWS ORG’S PICKING YOUR BLACK FRIDAY “BEST DEALS?” NY TIMES WIRECUTTER TO WIRED MAGAZINE—THEY ALL USE “AFFILIATED LINKS,” excluding small biz. The news

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Stands Up to FTC Going Rogue

November 26, 2021

US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS FTC “is going rogue & engaging in regulatory overreach that is accelerating uncertainty & threatening our fragile economic recovery.” If

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cloud.progressive.international

November 26, 2021

25 DEMANDS ON AMAZON THAT ACTIVISTS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE PUSHING TODAY to make AMZN a better place for worker’s rights: cloud.progressive.international Read more on

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The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair

November 25, 2021

FTC VOTES TO ENFORCE RIGHT TO REPAIR LAWS, so consumers will be able to repair their own smart phones & cars. Apple quickly said it

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Amazon – Respect all workers’ rights!

November 25, 2021

AMZN IS THE LARGEST US CLOTHING RETAILER, but it publishes no info on the chemicals it uses in making its clothing, which can take a

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Amazon’s healthcare business has landed Hilton as a key customer

November 24, 2021

141,000 WORKERS AT HILTON NOW HAVE “AMAZON CARE,” getting “virtual meetings with clinicians…house calls” in several urban areas. Is Dr. AMZN frictionless health care? Amazon’s

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view.newsletters.cnn.com

November 24, 2021

EMPLOYERS WHO ENTICE JOB APPLICANTS WITH “NO VAX REQUIRED” are taking a “considerable — potentially deadly — gamble… a higher risk of Covid-19 outbreaks &

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ON THE EVENING OF NOV. 20th A MAN WAS SHOT IN A PHOENIX, AZ HOME DEPOT PARKING L…

November 23, 2021

ON THE EVENING OF NOV. 20th A MAN WAS SHOT IN A PHOENIX, AZ HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT. The man was in critical condition according

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Man arrested after deadly fight in Oklahoma Walmart parking lot, faces murder in Indian Country charge

November 23, 2021

A NATIVE AMERICAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A TULSA, OK WALMART. The most dangerous place in America to shop. Man

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SIGN NOW: DEMAND WALMART RAISE ITS MINIMUM WAGE TO $15/HOUR

November 22, 2021

“TARGET PAYS $15/HR. Costco pays $17. Even Amazon is paying workers $18. Not Walmart. WMT still refuses to raise wages for most workers above $12.

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Walmart knocks $120 off a Shark cordless vacuum, plus more incredible deals!

November 22, 2021

YAHOO/LIFE GOT PAID BY WALMART TO CREATE THIS “ARTICLE” FOR WMT PRODUCTS. Yahoo also gets a commission when you buy a product from their link.

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Staten Island Amazon workers shelve union effort

November 21, 2021

NLRB TELLS AMZN LABOR UNION TO WITHDRAW ITS UNION PETITION because less than 30% of workers have signed. “We will resubmit as soon as we

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Shop The Home Depot early Black Friday 2021 deals for savings on Frigidaire, Samsung and more

November 21, 2021

USA TODAY USES ITS “REVIEWED” COLUMN TO EARN KICKBACKS FROM HOME DEPOT. “Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.” Unfair to

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Tell Supermarkets to Eliminate Climate Super Pollutants

November 20, 2021

OVER HALF OF WALMART’S DIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS come from refrigeration leaks of climate super pollutant HFCs. Walmart has agreed to use “low-impact” refrigerants by

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Starbucks Pickup and Amazon Go Collaborate to Launch New Store Concept in New York City

November 20, 2021

AMZN & STARBUCKS CO-LOCATE: the order ahead comfort of a Starbucks café & lounge/workspace, plus Amazon Go’s Just Walk Out Shopping. Frictionless lunch—with only 2

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CVS is closing 900 stores

November 19, 2021

CVS is closing 900 stores Read more on Facebook

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The Build Back Better Act will support 2.3 million jobs per year in its first five years

November 19, 2021

OVER NEXT 5 YEARS, BUILD BACK BETTER ACT WILL SUPPORT AN AVE. PER YEAR OF 230,000 jobs in elder LTC, 27,000 jobs in dental, vision

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Retail Added 35,000 Jobs In October — a Fraction of the Half a Million Roles Stores Need to Fill This Season

November 18, 2021

WHO REALLY WANTS TO WORK RETAIL? “A reluctance for workers to return to stressful retail jobs with low pay & unreliable hours has led to

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Frontline workers say management isn’t listening to them – RetailWire

November 18, 2021

“23% OF FRONTLINE WORKERS FEEL THEY ARE RARELY OR NEVER LISTENED TO BY MANAGEMENT… 42% say that management sometimes hears their concerns.” That means 35%

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AMZN SETTLES COVID LAWSUIT IN CA.: workers to get “notifications… of the exact…

November 17, 2021

AMZN SETTLES COVID LAWSUIT IN CA.: workers to get “notifications… of the exact number of new Covid cases in their workplaces within 1 day… &

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Amazon – Black Friday tool-kit

November 17, 2021

“THIS WEEK OF THANKSGIVING WE WILL BE BRINGING AWARENESS TO SHOPPERS of the exploitative and hazardous conditions that AMZN & Whole Foods employees undergo.” Amazon

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ACTOR FACES BLOWBACK FOR APPEARING IN AMZN AD PROMOTING WAREHOUSE WORK. Exploita…

November 16, 2021

ACTOR FACES BLOWBACK FOR APPEARING IN AMZN AD PROMOTING WAREHOUSE WORK. Exploitation is the reality. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news18.com/amp/news/buzz/terry-crews-starred-in-a-peppy-work-for-amazon-ad-and-no-one-bought-it-4433993.html Read more on Facebook

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Divest from Obsolete Nuclear Bomb, Fund Global COVID-19 Vaccines Instead

November 16, 2021

CONGRESS SHOULD TRANSFER $98 M FROM AN OBSOLETE NUCLEAR BOMB DEVICE & transfer the funds into worldwide distribution of covid vaccine. Shots Not Bombs. Divest

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Walmart’s Deals for Days early Black Friday sale just got even more deals: What you need to know

November 15, 2021

CBS “ESSENTIALS,”LIKE MOST BIG MEDIA, PROMOTES BIG RETAIL PRODUCTS—FOR A KICKBACK. We used to call this “payola.” WMT deals get plugged, CBS gets “commissions,” small

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Home Depot co-founder to host major fundraiser for Joe Manchin

November 15, 2021

KEN LANGONE, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOME DEPOT INVESTORS, says he’s “going to have one of the biggest fundraisers I’ve ever had” for Senator Joe

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Jeff Bezos is lying

November 14, 2021

JEFF BEZOS FLEW A PRIVATE JET TO COP26 “to make an announcement about a $1 B donation to plant trees — while across the Atlantic,

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Jeff Bezos is lying

November 14, 2021

“AMZN’S CARBON FOOTPRINT is now larger than 2/3 of all countries in the world. In 2020 alone, Amazon’s emissions grew by 19% to total >

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Walmart fulfillment centers will take productivity to a new level – RetailWire

November 13, 2021

THE TECH MEDIA LAUDS WMT for building “automated fulfillment centers” that they don’t want to call a 1.5 M sf warehouse. Just huge sprawl to

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Retail associations sue to halt OSHA COVID vaccine mandate

November 13, 2021

NAT. RETAIL FED. SUES OSHA OVER ITS ORDER requiring companies with 100 or > workers to “implement a COVID vax policy by Jan.4. NRF calls

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Google loses appeal of $2.8 billion fine in E.U. antitrust case.

November 12, 2021

GOOGLE LOSES APPEAL OF $2.8 B FINE by EUROPEAN UNION for “giving preferential treatment to its own price-comparison shopping service over rival services.” But Google

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For Amazon warehouse workers, a struggle to stay afloat

November 12, 2021

AMZN’S “BREAKNECK EXPANSION… is opening new warehouses in the U.S. at the rate of one per day—the company is dragging down wages for warehouse workers

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Kindness, the greatest gift | Amazon Holiday Ad

November 11, 2021

AMZN AIRS HOLIDAY AD ON “KINDNESS,” but unfortunately it’s not about how the company treats its workers. Not even a real story of kindness. Read

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The Best Early Black Friday 2021 Deals: Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, TVs and More

November 11, 2021

NY TIMES USES ITS “WIRECUTTER”COLUMN TO PROMOTE BLACK FRIDAY DEALS AT BIG RETAILERS LIKE WMT, AMZN, TARGET. NY TIMES GETS COMMISSIONS, small retailers get ignored.

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NGA speaks out on supply chain challenges before House Agriculture Committee

November 10, 2021

“RETAIL POWER BUYERS [like WMT]use their immense economic power to pressure suppliers into prioritizing their shipments over other retail customers while extracting concessions on wholesale

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I just gave to Courage California!

November 9, 2021

“IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SHOP LOCAL, support small businesses, & stop clicking “add to cart” on Amazon over the next two months, we can pressure the

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Walmart is making store deliveries for the first time with driverless trucks – RetailWire

November 9, 2021

WMT ANNOUNCES FIRST DRIVERLESS TRUCK DELIVERIES from a warehouse to a store. We won’t need drivers, pilots or ship captains. Just logistics robots to unload

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Our programs – Bezos Earth Fund

November 8, 2021

THE SEAWEED SOLUTION. The Bezos Earth Fund says “large scale seaweed farming could deliver transformational climate benefits.” Buy Sugar Kelp stock! Our programs – Bezos

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Jeff Bezos Raises $3.3 Billion by Selling Amazon Stock This Week

November 8, 2021

BEZOS HAS SOLD $9 B WORTH OF AMZN STOCK THIS YEAR. Some of these funds will support the “Bezos Earth Fund” to restore nature &

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The Home Depot to get building in Rosemount

November 7, 2021

3 MONTHS AGO HOME DEPOT SAID IT WOULD BUILD 150 WAREHOUSES, like this 417,600 sf box in Rosemount, MN. Mayor calls it a “wonderful contributor

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Suspect dead in East Charlotte Walmart officer-involved shooting; threatened security guard and officers

November 7, 2021

POLICE IN EAST CHARLOTTE, NC SHOT & KILLED A MAN IN A WMT PARKING LOT. The officers were placed on paid administrative leave during the

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Kroger unveils annual subscription program

November 6, 2021

KROGER WILL DELIVER YOUR GROCERIES IN 2 HOURS IF YOU BUY A MIN. ORDER OF $35 & HAVE A $99 MEMBERSHIP IN “BOOST KROGER PLUS.”

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How to Grabango | Grabango

November 6, 2021

GIANT EAGLE & CIRCLE K NOW USE “GRABANGO” FOR FRICTIONLESS SHOPPING. Like AMZN’S “Just walk out” technology. “Instead of wasting time in line, you’ll gain

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Same Day Delivery Expectations | Pitney Bowes

November 5, 2021

54% OF CONSUMERS SAY “ULTRA-FAST” (WITHIN 1 HOUR) GROCERY DELIVERY “is important to them.” For most other product categories speed is not so critical. Pampered

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www.ftc.gov

November 5, 2021

FTC WARNS MORE THAN 1,100 GIG EMPLOYERS (AMZN, UBER, LYFT) IT WILL TARGET THEM if they make misleading claims about earning potential. “Preying on consumers

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Amazon begins to repay illegally withheld tips, drivers to receive $422 each on average

November 4, 2021

NAILED: IN FTC SETTLEMENT, AMZN PAYS ITS FLEX DRIVERS $61.7 M “AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING THEIR TIPS…AMZN used the money itself” for 3 years. Amazon begins

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Elton John is getting his own line of eyeglasses at Walmart and Sam’s Club

November 4, 2021

ELTON JOHN APPARENTLY NEEDS MORE MONEY, and he had a “vision” of how to get it. He’s selling a new line of eye glasses exclusively

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