Walmart Patents Blockchain System for Accessing Medical Records
PAGING DR. WALMART? The giant retailer has been awarded a patent for a system that allows the company to control access to your medical information.
PAGING DR. WALMART? The giant retailer has been awarded a patent for a system that allows the company to control access to your medical information.
WALMART TESTS OUT A NEW “SMALLER FORMAT” SAMS CLUB NEAR DALLAS. WHY? The company shut down a number of its 40,000 sf Neighborhood Markets recently.
ARMED BYSTANDER “HERO” KILLS SHOOTER AT WASHINGTON STATE WALMART For more than 15 years I have described Walmart “as the most dangerous place in America
AMAZON AND ITS CHINESE SUPPLIER, FOXCONN, ADMIT THAT ILLEGAL LABOR PRACTICES HAVE CHEATED WORKERS OUT OF OVERTIME PAY AND OTHER REQUIRED BENEFITS. Kindle tablets and
AMAZON WINS POLITICAL BATTLE IN SEATTLE TO STOP A TAX TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS. When Seattle officials proposed a per employee tax on large businesses
THIS NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL VOTE ON A BALLOT QUESTION ON INTERNET PRIVACY. Amazon and Microsoft both say the privacy measure—which is still gathering signatures—goes
On this election day, how appropriate that we remember the important role of the American taxpayer in helping to subsidize the operation of one of
WALMART SAYS 450 AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS ATTENDED ITS “OPEN CALL” FOR NEW AMERICAN PRODUCTS. Take a look at the bizarre ideas these hopefuls pitched. 70% to
DID THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION PROMISE TO ILLEGALLY GIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO A CANDIDATE IN THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S RACE? The candidate was taped saying
WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DYING IN WALMART PARKING LOTS? This article suggests that Walmart parking lots are full at night with lots of homeless
WALMART REQUIRES SHOPPERS TO PUT LARGE BAGS AND PURSES INTO TRANSPARENT LOCKERS BEFORE SHOPPING. 2 stores in Wichita, KS shocked customers when they forced them
TARGET REMOVES FATHER’S DAY GREETING CARD AFTER A BLACK TEXAS WONAN COMPLAINS. https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/06/14/us/target-greeting-card/index.html Read more on Facebook
The cartoonist in Pittsburg who inked this cartoon was fired after 25 years: Read more on Facebook
AMAZON OFFERS ITS WAREHOUSE WORKERS ONCE A YEAR A “PAY TO QUIT” DEAL WORTH UP TO $5,000. Not much of an incentive, but the work
IF A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA EXPLODES, WALMART COULD SEE ITS OPERATING PROFITS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 4%, TAKE A DISASTEROUS NOSEDIVE. 70 to 80% of
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A TOTALLY AUTOMATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE: Amazon Go opened six months ago, but Microsoft is trying to create its own software for a
GREAT NEWS FROM ALABAMA: Walmart pulls out of a planned Neighborhood Market site along a state highway in Tuscaloosa. Alabama. Walmart gave no reason—and said
MORE GUN PLAY AT WALMART A Delaware man drives to Walmart to pick up his wife, who works there. The husband is lucky he did
THE NRA WILL LOVE THIS STORY a 36 year old Florida man stole a cash register drawer from a Walmart, then in the parking lot
YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE AT WALMART Tennessee man in underwear and cowboy boots at Walmart gets into fight with cops. He probably came to
The town of View Royal has turned down a Home Depot proposal. At a recent town Council meeting, the vote was 24 people against Home
YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE AT WALMART Two Walmart shoppers in New Orleans switched the bar codes on products, then used the self checkout area
REGULATORS IN INDIA MAY IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON WALMART TAKEOVER OF FLIPKART. The government’s Competition Commission could impose requirements on WMT in response to trade associations’
WALMART BODY COUNT—MAN HOLDS WIFE HOSTAGE IN A WALMART PARKING LOT, THEN MURDERS A RELATIVE WHO TRIES TO FREE HER. Walmart: the most dangerous place
BURGER KING OPENS MORE RESTAURANTS INSIDE WALMART! After buying your cheap Chinese products, grab some unhealthy fast food at the new royal burger in Loveland,
“IF YOU BOUGHT PRE-CUT MELONS FROM WALMART, THROW THEM OUT.” So warns the Illinois Department of Public Health. Walmart precut melons have been linked to
WALMART IS SELLING ITS PRIVATE LABLE WINE AT $11 A BOTTLE. The paper bag and a cardboard mattress for underneath the bridge are free: http://fox2now.com/2018/06/07/walmart-sells-new-wine/
WALMART CAN’T BE HAPPY WITH THIS AMAZON SURVEY: NPR survey shows 92% of online shoppers have bought one item from Amazon. Almost one third buy
WALMART TRIES TO STOP ITS CHIEF TAX OFFICER FROM DEFECTING TO RIVAL AMAZON. WMT has filed a lawsuit to block Lisa Wadlin, a SVP at
WALMART’S ANNUAL DOG AND PONY SHOW FOR SHAREHOLDERS IS OVER. THE BOARD APPROVED A $23 MILKION COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR ITS CEO—BUT 1.4 MILLION WORKERS WERE
FIVE PEOPLE INDICTED FOR STEALING MORE THAN $800,000 FROM TARGET CUSTOMERS BY HACKING THEIR GIFT CARDS. The operation took place across 5 states. Some of
SHOPPER AT TARGET IS HANDCUFFED AND FORCED TO PULL DOWN HER PANTS. 3 employees at a Target in Southfield, MI pulled a 20 year old
WALMART IS TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR ITS LOUSY PIZZA BY GIVING IT AWAY TODAY: Last year Walmart changed its store brand pizza—and customers didn’t
WALMART OWES THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT $3 BILLION IN BACK TAXES. The retailer just took a net loss of $4.5 Billion in selling an 80% share
WHY DID JAMIE FOXX HOST WALMART’S ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER’S MEETING when the retailer has such a terrible history of exploiting its minority and women workers? BECAUSE
WALMART IS NOW INVITING PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN (and soon Brooklyn) TO ORDER CHEAP CHINESE JUNK BY TEXT MESSAGE FOR $600 A YEAR! ITS CALLED “JETBLACK”
WALMART SUPERSTORES ARE SO HARD FOR CONSUMERS TO FIND WHAT WANT, THE COMPANY IS NOW PRINTING MAPS. For a retailer that is emphasizing fast shopping,
THE “RETAIL APOCALYPSE” of e-commerce is killing thousands of brick and mortar stores, says T. Rowe price. Amazon is an “operational beast” that someday could
WHY WALMART’S “FREE COLLEGE” OFFER DESERVES A FAILING GRADE; only online courses in supply chain management leads to a dead end job at Walmart. Workers
AMAZON PUSHES THE LAND DOWN UNDER, DOWN UNDER: Australians will not be able to shop on the U.S. Amazon site— but will have to use
WALMART IS WILLING TO GIVE ITS EMPLOYEES ANYTHING—EXCEPT A DECENT WAGE. Instead of giving its workers enough money to put some money away, they are
LOCAL BUSINESS GROUP IN INDIA NOT HAPPY WITH WALMART/FLIPCART DEAL An Indian trader group has raised objections to Walmart’s $16 billion acquisition of e-commerce firm
MORE THAN 750,000 (50%)WALMART WORKERS ARE PART-TIME SAYS EMPLOYEE GROUP. OUR Walmart says the retailer reduces benefits and cuts cost by expanding part-time work. But
SHOCK EXCHANGE ANALYST SAYS WALMART IS RUNNING ON QUICKSAND. Walmart’s battle with Amazon over online sales comes with higher operating expenses and lower margins. “Even
WALMART BOUGHT A HANDFUL OF HIP, UPSCALE E-COMMERCE SITES—BUT NOW THE MEDIA HAS DISCOVERED THAT MANY HIP, UPSCALE YOUNG SHOPPERS DONT LIKE WALMART’S BUSINESS PRACTICES,
WALMART COULD HAVE INVESTED $20 BILLION IN ITS WORKERS—BUT DIDN’T A new study says instead of buying back $20 B if it’s shares to increase
THE CITY OF SYRACUSE, NY JUST SHOCKED WALMART WITH ITS DECISION NOT TO BUY PRODUCTS FROM THE GIANT RETAILER. “The company doesn’t pay its workers
PLEASE, NO MORE YODELING CHILDREN! https://www.insideedition.com/hawaii-kid-11-follows-footsteps-viral-walmart-yodeler-his-own-rendition-43482 Read more on Facebook
MICHIGAN SHOPPER TAKES WALMART IN-STORE DELIVERY PICK UP TOO LITERALLY: http://fox17online.com/2018/05/19/woman-allegedly-drives-car-into-branch-county-walmart/ Read more on Facebook
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.