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WALMART OPENS A BEER & SUSHI RESTAURANT IN ONE OF ITS BIG BOXES. Will anyone really want to have a romantic dinner inside a Walmart?

PICKING YOUR POCKET: AMAZON RAISED PRICES TO PROFIT FROM THE PANDEMIC, some essential products were 1,000% over the expected price. A federal price-gouging law is

PICKING YOUR POCKET: AMAZON RAISED PRICES TO PROFIT FROM THE PANDEMIC, some essential products were 1,000% over the expected price. A federal price-gouging law is

CLOUD WARS: MICROSOFT IS COMPETING WITH AMAZON WEB SERVICES to operate an earth station to transmit data to & from satellites connected to its Azure

AMAZON ASKED ITS DRIVERS WHAT KIND OF ELECTRIC DELIVERY VANS THEY WANTED, but forgot to ask what kind of a wage & benefits package they

BYTEDANCE, CHINESE OWNER OF TIK TOK, REJECTS MICROSOFT/WALMART DEAL, and rejects Oracle deal. The clock is running out for Tik Tok to have a deal

TO HYPE ITS NEW MEMBERSHIP SERVICE, WALMART PAID FOR A “DOCUMENTARY STYLE AD CAMPAIGN,” showing the “authentic, chaotic & beautiful lives” of 22 families who

1.5 M Walmart workers in U.S.: 54% are white and 45.7% are people of color. 75% of its officers are white, only 6.9% are Black,

HOME DEPOT CEO HAS DONE “DEEP RESEARCH” INTO MILLENNIALS, & admits they are moving out of cities just as HD pushes into urban areas. “They

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2 YEARS AGO, WALMART & MICROSOFT SIGNED A 5 YEAR AGREEMENT TO ADVANCE THEIR SHARED RIVALRY AGAINST AMAZON. “Despite recent growth, only 8% of WMT’s

…AND THE SKIES ARE NOT DRONE-FILLED ALL DAY. Look up Fayetteville: Walmart & Flytrex are piloting a drone delivery system in your city. Amazon has

SOME MEDIA OUTLETS GUSH THAT WALMART + HAS “LOTS OF PERKS” & IS CHEAPER THAN AMAZON PRIME. BUT ITS ONLY 6 CENTS A DAY CHEAPER

AMAZON CALLS DoD DECISION TO KEEP MICROSOFT AS ITS $10 B JEDI CONTRACTOR A “FLAWED, BIASED & POLITICALLY CORRUPTED DECISION…Trump reportedly ordered former Secretary Mattis

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A TRUMP-BRANDED 147-ROOM HOTEL IN VANCOUVER, WHICH OPENED IN 2017, HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE APRIL 2020 & IS NOW BANKRUPT. City officials objected “to its

PANDEMIC FOOD FIGHT: 2 months ago Instacart sued Cornershop, a food delivery service Uber is trying to acquire. Instacart charged the company had “brazenly stolen

REICH: “Jeff Bezos’ net worth recently reached $200 B & Elon Musk’s $100B…America’s richest 10% now own 92% of the value of the US stock

“A WIDE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS PURCHASE FAKE REVIEWS [ON AMAZON] including products with many reviews & high average ratings…fake reviews are mostly used by low

THIS IS A PHOTO OF A FAKE EMPLOYEE NAMED BEN HILL CREATED BY HOME DEPOT TO HANDLE PHONE CALLS FROM DISGRUNTLED SHOPPERS. Ben Hill calls

ON WALMART’S LIST OF TOP TOYS THIS FALL IS A $39.82 VENDING MACHINE. “Kids can feed the coins…and select their snack surprise.” Preparing mindless little

HAIR DO-DO: “Trump rejected the idea of the visit [to a veteran’s cemetery] because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and

AMERICANS HAVE HAD NEARLY 4 YEARS TO LEARN THAT THE SINGLE GREATEST SOURCE OF FAKE NEWS IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY IS THE FAKE PRESIDENT. Read

RETIRING AMZN EXEC JEFF WILKE SAYS: “At Amazon, our mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, & part of fulfilling that mission is connecting

>500,000 SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED BIZ NOW SELL ON AMZN’S PLATFORM. IT WANTS TO ADD 100,000 NEW SELLERS. “3rd-party sellers…account for more than 1/2 of

HOME DEPOT HIRING >400 IN SOUTHERN CA. FOR ITS WAREHOUSES. HD “didn’t reveal what the various jobs pay, but…a warehouse worker averages $14.60/hr.” A company

AMAZON WAREHOUSES “MONITOR EMPLOYEE’S EVERY WORD & MOVEMENT.” AMZN’s surveillancepractices “deter & prevent workers from unionizing.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e449c8c3ef68d752f3e70dc/t/5f4cffea23958d79eae1ab23/1598881772432/Amazon_Report_Final.pdf Read more on Facebook

AS OF 12/19 AMAZON HAD 215 MILLION VISITORS.ITS NEAREST COMPETITOR, WALMART, HAD 76.5 MILLION FEWER ONLINE VISITORS.Of the top 10 digital sites, AMZN had only

BAD ENOUGH AMAZON IS BUILDING HUGE WAREHOUSES, DISGUISING THEM AS “FULFILLMENT CENTERS.” NOW ALBERTSON’S IS BUILDING “MICRO-FULFILLMENT CENTERS”(MFCs).More superfluous sprawl. https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/albertsons-embraces-micro-fulfillment-power-e-commerce?NL=SN-007&Issue=SN-007_20200903_SN-007_209&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPG06000001744798&utm_campaign=40726&utm_medium=email&elq2=2192bfd55cc847caaa01592fd1cf17c8 Read more on Facebook

52 BLACK FORMER MCDONALD’S FRANCHISE OWNERS FILE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT IN CHICAGO. The company steered them “to (inner-city)locations that are destined to fail.” https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-09-02/black-former-franchisees-sue-mcdonalds-discrimination Read

U.S. DEPT.OF COMMERCE SAYS ECOMMERCE SALES IN Q2 OF 2020 ROSE 31.8% (to $211.5 B)VS. Q1–BUT RETAIL SALES OVERALL SLID -3.9% DUE TO BRICK &

WALMART SAYS ITS NEW “WALMART +” MEMBERSHIP SERVICE WAS NOT LAUNCHED “WITH THE INTENT TO COMPETE WITH ANYTHING ELSE.” It’s only 40 cents/ week cheaper

STARTING 9/15, “WALMART +” MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM WILL GIVE CUSTOMERS 5 CENTS OFF GAS AT 1,500 WMT LOCATIONS. Not worth $98 membership fee. Patronize your local

DOLLAR GENERAL HAS 16,720 “SMALL BOX” STORES IN THE U.S., ABOUT 3.5 x the total number of Walmarts. DG plans to open 1,000 new stores

HOME DEPOT, LOWE’S, AMAZON, WALMART, TARGET—LOVE PANDEMIC PROFITS, but “nonessential” retailers like Macy’s, Sears, Lord & Taylor, Ann Taylor, BB&B, & Pier One are dead

WALMART MADE BILLIONS FROM TRUMP CORPORATE TAXES CUTS & COVID STIMULUS CHECKS TO CONSUMERS. But spent $16 B to buy an Indian ecommerce site in

TIK TOK HAS 100 M AMERICAN USERS. WMT NEEDS THEM TO CATCH UP WITH AMAZON ONLINE.”The lines are blurring between traditional shopping, digital shopping &

NEW MANIFEST SURVEY: 62% of shoppers prefer buying groceries in person, instead of online,but they shop less often & stock up on more items at

SINCE COVID BEGAN,”6.2 M workers have lost access to health insurance…through their employer… Medicaid is the dominant alternative source of coverage.”We should set a goal

HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES,LIKE HOME DEPOT, LOVE HURRICANES, because they stimulate sales. They issue press releases about their disaster relief, which is either products donated by

ANALYST WARNS ONLINE GROCERY IS ECONOMICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE…”WILL NEVER BE PROFITABLE under the current business model…Pay workers more, and you’ll have better, more motivated people.” https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/walmart-amazon-prove-online-grocery-not-future-study-shows

CAPITALISM FAIL: Harris poll finds only 1 in 4 Americans believe “our current form of capitalism ensures the greater good of society.” Just 29% believe

WMT SHOPPING FOR A TECH PARTNER TO BECOME THE “EXCLUSIVE ECOMMERCE PROVIDER” FOR TIK TOK, “to grow our 3rd party marketplace & advertising businesses.” It’s

AMZN COMPETITORS SAY BEZOS IS TRYING TO HURT SMALLER RIVAL MARKETPLACES BY BACKING A CA. BILL THAT HOLDS ONLINE PLATFORMS LIABLE FOR DEFECTIVE GOODS SOLD

TO COMPETE WITH AMZN, WMT SPENT BILLIONS TO EXPAND ITS ONLINE FOOTPRINT. NOW AMZN IS EXPANDING ITS BRICK & MORTAR FOOTPRINT BEYOND WHOLE FOODS TO

WHILE AMAZON IS OPENING A HQ IN INDIA THE SIZE OF 65 FOOTBALL FIELDS, small merchants are fighting back, & the govt. is “investigating AMZN

BECAUSE COVID HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR HOME DEPOT SALES, they’re hiring hundreds of “supply chain & warehouse associates” for people who order online. HD

MAIN STREET LOANS FIZZLE: The Federal Reserve created the Main Street lending program “which has capacity for $600 B in loans…In its 1st month, only

WALMART’S ANNUAL EMISSIONS OF HYDROFLOUROCARBONS(HFCs) are over 2.8 million metric tons, or “the energy equivalent of powering all the households in San Francisco.” Tell WMT