AMAZON WORKERS IN SPAIN SET WAREHOUSE STRIKE DURING “PRIME” DAYS NEXT WEEK. Employees at one of Amazon’s largest “fulfillment” centers in Spain are calling on
A 70 YEAR OLD DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN BASED IN MINNESOTA, WITH 43 STORES IN 7 MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST STATES, IS MOVING INTO DEAD WALMARTS. Runnings,
WALMART WALKS BACK ANY TALK OF ITS LEAVING JAPAN. Yesterday the media in Japan announced that Walmart was selling 335 of its Seiyu stores in
TRUMP IMPOSES $200 BILLION MORE IN ADDED TARIFFS ON CHINESE PRODUCTS. The irony is that it is American companies, like Walmart, Target and Home Depit,
JO COMERFORD WANTS TO BE YOUR NEXT STATE SENATOR. Here’s where she stands on elderly issues: Caring for our elders – Jocomerford Read more on
RETAIL ANALYSTS SAY “AMAZON PRIME DAY” on JULY 16th IS MOSTLY HYPE. It’s a chance to get sometimes cheaper prices on items you oftentimes don’t
AL NORMAN’S NEW BOOK, “RAVINGS: AMERICAN WILD TALK,” IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE: Amazon Search Read more on Facebook
WALMART IS GETTING INTO NEW YORK CITY THRU A BACK DOOR. Not with a huge store, but online grocery delivery through it’s front company, jet.com,
LATEST RETAIL BUZZWORD:”FRICTIONLESS SHOPPING.” It refers to shopping with no cashiers, no salespersons, just you and a pile of merchandise. AMAZON GO stores are the
IS AMAZON GOING TO PUT OUT A TOYS CATALOGUE IN TIME FOR XMAS? Now that Toys R US is dead, reports surfaced that Amazon will
DONT DESPAIR—WALMART HAS TAKEN DOWN ITS “IMPEACH 45” T SHIRTS THAT UPSET TRUMP SUPPORTERS, BUT YOU CAN STILL BUY PLENTY OF “ HILLSRY PRISON. T
SOME MEDIA OUTLETS ARE RUNNING A STORY THAT SAYS THE PRESENCE OF A WALMART SUPERCENTER REDUCES “FOOD INSECURITT” AMONG POOR PEOPLE—BUT RESEARCH SHOWS TGAT WALMART
REPORTS SAY AMAZON CONTINUES TO PUBLISH RACIST PRODUCTS FOR SALE ON ITS WEBSITE, including “white supremacist” and “anti-Muslim” books, T shirts, and other retail merchandise:
CHINA AND U.S. ENGAGE IN “LARGEST TRADE WAR IN ECONOMIC HISTORY.” BAD NEWS FOR COMPANIES THAT RELY ON PRODUCTS MADE IN, IMPORTED FROM, CHINA. We’re
EVERYTHING IN THIS OPINION PIECE FROM FORBES IS BEYOND ABSURD—BUT THE SUGGESTION THAT REPUBLICANS SHOULD GROOM WALMART CEO DOUG MCMILLION (sic) TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
ONE OF PRESIDENT APPRENTICE’S CAMPAIGN STAFF HAS THANKED WALMART FOR REMOVING ITS “IMPEACH 45” T SHIRTS FROM ITS WEBSITE. But Walmart thinks it’s ok to
SPRAWL BUSTER AL NORMAN SAYS WALMART SHOULD PULL “MAGA HATS” FROM ONLINE SALES UNTIL IT RESTORES “IMPEACH 45” T SHIRTS. Read more on Facebook
AMAZON FILES FOR PATENT TO RESPOND TO ATTACKS ON ITS DRONES: One day soon our spacious skies will be darkened by a tangle of thousands
UNDER PULIC PRESSURE, WALMART REMOVES THE ANTI-TRUMP T SHIRT FROM ITS WEBSITE, SAYING IT WAS A “THIRD PARTY SELLER” NOT THEM. But the good news
WALMART IS SUED BY ALLEGED SHOPLIFTERS FOR EXTORTION 3 plaintiffs are suing Walmart and other retailers for a “highly profitable extortion scheme” that allowed shoppers
HOME DEPOT HAS JUST ISSUED ITS 2018 “SUSTAINABILITY” REPORT. The company is now offering its workers 6 weeks of paid parental leave, and birthing mothers
SMALL MERCHANTS IN NEW DELHI, INDIA HOLD “WALMART GO BACK” SIGNS, warning the Governent not to allow WMT to buy a 77% Interest in FlipKart,
DEMONSTRATIONS IN MORE THAN 1,000 LOCATIONS ACROSS INDIA WILL TAKE PLACE JULY 2nd BY SMALL TRADERS OPPOSING WALMART’S BID TO PURCHASE A 77% SHARE OF
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’s RETAIL QUIZ: Q: WHAT IS THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF AN AMAZON SHOPPER?: A. $90,100 B. $75,600 C. $56,400 THE ANSWER
RETAIL QUIZ: Q: WHAT IS THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF AN AMAZON SHOPPER?: A. $90,100 B. $75,600 C. $56,400 SEE THE ANSWER IN TOMORROW’s
FACEBOOK REMOVES A WALMART AD BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY LABELED AS A “POLITICAL AD.” Facebook later put the ad back up, but the ad
AMAZON STEALS A MERGER DEAL FROM WALMART, AND CAUSES A LOSS OF $3 B IN THE VALUE OF WALMART STOCK. Walmart had to swallow a
AMAZON WANTS TO HIRE YOU AND YOUR DELIVERY TRUCK TO MOVE THEIR PRODUCTS. The company is offering training, uniforms, and $10,000 in support costs. So
AMAZON BEATS OUT WALMART TO ACQUIRE THE COMPANY PILLPACK. Two months ago the media reported that Walmart was in talks to buy up the pre-packaged
TODAY, THE NYSE ADDS ANOTHER BIG BOX CHAIN STORE TO ITS TRADERS. BJs WHOLESALE CLUB STARTS TRADING NOW. Any company that relies on environmentally wasteful
WOULD YOU LET WALMART BE YOUR INTERIOR DECORATOR? This week Walmart unveiled it’s new 3-D virtual tour of a sample apartment with different decoration styles.
YOU WANT CHEAP CHINESE JUNK, HERE’S WHAT YOU GET: Home Deoit and Lowe’s are recalling 78,000 ladders sold under an Anerican company’s brand name, but
POLICE IN ORLANDO, FL DROP THEIR CONTRACT WITH AMAZON FOR FACIAL RECONITION SOFTWARE. As national pressure grows against mass surveillance, the Orlando cops left the
G Amazon merged 2 of its most important teams, and it reflects a huge evolution for the company Read more on Facebook
CLARK HOWARD’S PRICE COMPARISON OF 30 PRODUCTS AT TARGET VS. WALMART SHOWS WALMART WAS LESS THAN 1% CHEAPER. “A price war is really happening,” Clark
TOP COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS RULES AGAINST THE TARGET CORPORATION IN A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A WOMAN WHO SAYS THE RETAILER HARASSED HER WITH ROBOCALLS IN
THERE ARE ROUGHLY 7,200 PEOPLE IN CLINTON, ILLINOIS. HERES WHY MOST OF THEM HATE WALMART: Tom Kacich | Many in Clinton again view Walmart as
WALMART HATES THESE HEADLINES ABOUT GUNSHOTS FIRED IN A MEMPHIS WALMART STORE:: Memphis Walmart employee shot at during lunch break Read more on Facebook
AMAZON IS USING ITS WEBSITE AND VOICE-ACTIVATED SERVICES LIKE ALEXA TO CHANNEL CUSTOMERS TOWARDS ITS OWN GROWING ARRAY OF PRIVATE LABEL PRODUCTS. Is this leading
TESLA PARTS WAYS WITH HOME DEPOT, cutting back solar and battery production in 9 states, and ending the Solar City partnership with Home Depot. Tesla
EMPLOYEES AT AMAZON SEND LETTER TO JEFF BEZOS TO STOP SELLING FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. “Rekognition software called a “clear
WALMART GETS EXCLUSIVE DEAL ON 100 PAGE GIANT COMIC BOOKS FEATURING SUPERMAN, BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE AND TEEN TITANS. DC Enterprises inks contract with Walmart to
HOW CAN BUSINESS WRITERS SAY KROGER IS A REAL COMPETITOR WITH AMAZON AND WALMART JUST BECAUSE ITS ONLINE GROCERY SALES JUMPED 66% OVER THE PRIOR
HERE’S HOW WALMART SAYS GOODBYE TO A SMALL TOWN: “The decision to close our Corning store is not an easy one, but, as a company,
HOME DEPOT SATURATING THE RADIO WITH ITS ADS LAST WEEK. It bought more than 78,000 ads, or nearly 11,000 ads every day. Their nearest competitor
JUST WHAT ANERICA NEEDS: A BIGGER SHOT OF CAFFEINE! WALMART is devoting expanded shelf space for a “wholesome energy” shot of caffeine, which provides up
WALMART BODY COUNT: ADD THREE MORE. A man fatally shot his wife and mother-in-law in a Walmart parking lot in Tallassee, Alabama.m, a town of
AMAZON SHAREHOLDERS AND DOZENS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS URGE JEFF BEZOS TO STOP SELLING FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO POLICE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. Shareholders say the
HERE IS A COPY OF WALMART’S LATEST PATENT FOR A “SMART PACKAGE” WHICH CAN SHIP PERISHABLE GOODS IN A SECURE, TRACKABLE, TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROLLED
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.