
Walmart unit asked to explain India business model after Flipkart…
WALMART HAS UNTIL SEPT. 20th TO EXPLAIN ITS BUSINESS MODEL IN INDIA. India’s National Company Law Appellate Tribunal is responding to an appeal by a
WALMART HAS UNTIL SEPT. 20th TO EXPLAIN ITS BUSINESS MODEL IN INDIA. India’s National Company Law Appellate Tribunal is responding to an appeal by a
WALMART USING PANEL OF “KIDFLUENCERS” TO SELL TOYS. In the vacuum of Toys R Us, retailers like Walmart are rushing in to suck up whatever
WALMART JUST CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET GROCERIES FROM THEIR STORE TO YOUR HOUSE. Uber and Lyft didn’t work. WMT workers couldn’t deliver. So
ELLEN DEGENERIS OPENS AN EXCLUSIVE CLOTHING LINE AT WALMART IN A FEW DAYS. She says the clothing will express “kindness and love and diversity.” THEN
HOME DEPOT BODY COUNT: SHOPLIFTING SUSPECTS AT HOME DEPOT IN BRENTWOOD, CA. HIT POLICE OFFICER ON THEIR ESCAPE. I know what you’re thinking: Walmart is
AFTER THREE YEARS, PROPOSED 90,000 SF WHOLE FOODS STORE HAS NEIGHBORS AND AREA BUSINESSES UPSET. Neighbors in Brighton, NY have charged in a lawsuit that
Email just sent to Jo Comerford: Jo, Watching the Western Massachusetts poll results from Oakland, CA—it’s only 9 pm here—but with 62% of the precincts
INDIA WILL TURN OUT TO BE WALMART’S VIETNAM. Despite a ponderous analogy to Dien Bien Phu, this analyst says Walmart will go bankrupt in India,
WILL AMAZON LOSE INTEREST IN CHICAGO FOR ITS HQ2 NOW THAT RAHM EMANUEL HAS INDICATED HE WILL NOT SEEK A THIRD TERM AS MAYOR? Maybe
WILL AMAZON LOSE INTEREST IN CHICAGO FOR ITS HQ2 NOW THAT RAHM EMANUEL HAS INDICATED HE WILL NOT SEEK A THIRD TERM AS MAYOR? Maybe
AMAZON SEEKING TO OBTAIN A 49% SHARE IN THE INDIAN GROCERY CHAIN “MORE” To add 575 brick and mortar stores to its empire. Walmart expands
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THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATISTIC IN THIS ARTICLE is the goal that DOLLAR GENERAL wants to open 900 new stores this year. That’s 2.5 ribbon cuttings
WALMART BODY COUNT: A 34 year cop was shot in the head September 2nd. outside a Walmart in Covington, GA by a 21 year old
INDIA’S RETAIL MARKETPLACE IS BEING CARVED UP BY COLONIAL POWERHOUSES LIKE WALMART, AMAZON AND ALIBABA. It doesn’t matter who is on top at the moment,
AMAZON IGNORES TRUMP’S CRITICISMS BUT RESPONDS IMMEDIATELY TO SANDERS’ BARBS—BECAUSE BERNIE’s COMMENTS ON LOUSY WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS STRIKE HOME! https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/02/why-amazon-is-responding-to-sanders-criticism-while-ignoring-trump.html Why Amazon is responding
WOMAN TRIES TO SELL $2,000 HOME DEPOT CARD ON CRAIG’S LIST, but here’s how a scammer got her code numbers while on the phone with
THE WALTON FOUNDATIONS ARE GIVING $2.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY IN ARKANSAS. The Waltons should start by paying all their workers a wage they can
WALMART IS SUING THE CITY OF GREENFIELD, WISCONSIN TO GET ITS PROPERTY TAXES LOWERED BY 74%! WMT say its store should only be assessed at
BERNIE SANDERS SLAMS AMAZON FOR ITS DANGEROUS WAREHOUSE JOBS, ITS LOUSY WAGES, AND USE OF WELFARE BENEFITS. “The taxpayers of this country should not have
WALMART DID SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL TODAY. THANK GOD. Houston saw the “grand” opening of a 191,000 s.f. Walmart superstore today. Very few of these dinostores
KROGERS, BJ’S & OTHER RETAILERS ARE SUING TYSONS AND PERDUE FOR COLLUDING TO LOWER CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND RAISE PRICES FOR NEARLY A DECADE. The chicken
AMAZON EXPANDS FOOD SALES SOUTH OF THE BORDER. Amazon will be offering food products to its online platform in Mexico. It’s main competitor is Walmart
“TODAYS CUSTOMER WILL PAY FOR CONVENIENCE.” So says the CEO of Handy, who announced a deal with Walmart that will let you pay $79 extra
AMAZON TIRE DEAL INFLATES SEARS STOCK—BUT SEARS STOCK WILL SOON GO FLAT. The tire retailer is all pumped up over its expanded deal to install
WALMART BODY COUNT: “A SHOOTOUT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A WALMART.” These headlines from Alabama confirm that Walmarts are a magnet for crime, and
A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST WALMART HAS BEEN FILED IN MISSOURI CHARGING THAT WMT SOLD GIFT CARDS IT KNEW WERE BEING HACKED. Thieves figured out
TRADER JOE SHOPPERS ARE TRADING OVER TO WHOLE FOODS, THANKS TO AMAZON. New study says Trader Joe’s, Walgreens and Dollar Tree are losing customers to
ANAZON OPENS ITS 2ND FRICTIONLESS SHOPPIND STORE IN SEATTLE. You can shop at Amazon Go stores with no contact with any human being. No cashiers.
WALMART SELLING EXPENSIVE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT ONLINE, TRYING TO STEAL MARKET SHARE FROM EDDIE BAUER AND LL BEAN. This is what they bought Moosejaw for.
A FORMER WALMART PHARMACIST has filed a False Claims Act law suit in Michigan charging the retailer of submitting false opioid prescriptions to the government.
A BITTER SIX YEAR FIGHT AGAINST A TOO TALL TARGET SUPERSTORE IN HOLLYWOOD APPEARS OVER. A neighborhood group blocked a Target since 2012, because it
AKRON, OHIO OFFERS AMAZON A TAX BREAK TO BUILD A 600,000 sf WAREHOUSE. Amazon set up an LLC called Hippolyta, who was the Queen of
WALMART E-BOOK COMPETITOR SAYS ITS GREAT THAT WMT IS COMPETING IN E-BOOK MARKET because it will “make more people read.” Yeah, right: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/08/26/heres-what-scribds-ceo-thinks-of-the-new-walmart-ebook-service/#4880e46595e5 Here’s
WATCH FOR AMAZON & WALMART TO OPPOSE BERNIE SANDERS’ NEW LEGISLATION TO MAKE BIG CORPORATIONS PAY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE BENEFITS. Both of these huge
AMAZON USES ITS WAREHOUSE WORKERS AS “AMBASSADORS” WITH THE PUBLIC TO DISPEL STORIES THAT WORKING IN AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE IS AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE: Amazon hired
WALMART SAYS “NO RETAILER IS IMMUNE FROM CRIME.” But New Orleans police have their hands full with hundreds of police incidents every year at Walmart’s.
SANDERS WANTS WALMART AND BIG COMPANIES TO PAY UP FOR WELFARE BENEFITS. Sen. Bernie Sanders is filing a bill that will require companies with 500
I DON’T OFTEN AGREE WITH WALMART, BUT I DO ON THIS GUN SALES ISSUE. Walmart is being sued by an 18 year old Oregon woman
E-COMMERCE SALES AT TARGET ROSE 41% IN Q 2, WALMART JUMPED 40% BUT BOTH OF THESE COMPANYS’ ONLINE SALES ARE “STILL MUCH STILL MUCH SMALLER”
WALMART DEAL WITH ANTHEM LOOKS TO DEEPEN ITS HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 20 MILLION SENIORS IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS. The retailer of cheap Chinese
WALMART WORKERS PURSUE WAGE AND HOUR LAWSUIT A federal judge in California has certified some classes of Walmart workers who charge the retailer denied them
WALMART BODY COUNT: A 49 year old man was shot and killed in a dispute over a parking space at a Georgia Walmart. Walmart is
HERE ARE TWO BASIC FACTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT WALMART’S E-COMMERCE SALES FIGURES: 1. It’s a tiny part of total sales 2. It’s not profitable Amazon’s
WALMART’S LIPSTICK CRISIS Walmart is frantically seeking ways to get around Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products, especially it’s cosmetics line. The retailer is asking its
WALMART FINALIZES ITS TAKEOVER OF INDIA’S ONLINE RETAILER FLIPKART—DESPITE WIDESPRAD OPPOSITION FROM SMALL RETAILERS WHO WILL BE CRUSHED. Mahatma Gandhi is turning in his grave
WARREN BUFFETT SAYS HE MISSED A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IN ON AMAZON, AND SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE WALMART STOCK YEARS AGO—BUT HE SOLD BILLIONS
HOME DEPOT NAILS DOWN A GOOD QUARTER, but this is the chain that bulldozed its way into hundreds of communities and drove thousands of small
ELLEN DEGENERIS AND WALMART ARE PARTNERS IN A NEW CLOTHING LINE THAT IS “ADORABLE,” ACCORDING TO DEGENERIS. Walmart sells lots of clothes made in Chinese
HOSTESS STOCK TANKS AND CEO BLAMES WALMART. In an earnings call, Hostess blamed “a decline in retail inventory and consumer pull due to lower promotional
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.