WALMART’S E-COMMERCE HEAD SAYS THEY’RE TESTING DELIVERY OF “FRESH & FROZEN…& EVERYTHING IN THE SUPERCENTER IN THE SAME DAY UNDER THE SAME MEMBERSHIP” FOR A
JUDGE RULES AMAZON MUST COLLECT S.C. SALES TAX FROM THIRD PARTY SELLERS ON ITS MARKETPLACE. A 2018 SCOTUS decision allows states to collect a sales
AMZN IS “THE MOST DISRUPTIVE COMPANY IN THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS,” says CEO of ACE Hardware. But “when a local business provides an irrational level
941 AMAZON EMPLOYEES FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE HAVE PLEDGED TO STRIKE on Sept 20 against the company’s failure to fight climate change. They want AMZN to
AMAZON HAS MORE OPEN JOBS THAN EVER BEFORE—30,000 jobs—of which 7,500 are warehouse jobs that pay $15/hr. AMZN “ambassadors” are lobbying Congress to visit warehouses
WALMART IS SELLING “MS. MONOPOLY,” PROMOTED AS “THE FIRST GAME WHERE WOMEN MAKE MORE THAN MEN.” The women employees at Walmart who are suing their
TO FIGHT CUSTOMER DEFECTION TO AMAZON PRIME, Target is offering a “Target Circle” loyalty program with lame benefits like 5% off on your birthday and
WALMART OFFERS ITS WORKERS “PAYACTIV” ADVANCE PAY PROGRAMS FOR $48 YEAR. 27% of WMT workers use this service, which amounts to $18.24 M in lost
WALMART PUSHING TEENS TO ENROLL IN ITS SELF-SERVING “LIVING BETTER U,” where they can learn a “passion for serving customers.” If only Walmart could train
AFTER 72 YEARS, MEMPHIS-BASED RETAILER & PHARMACY FRED’S CLOSES 159 OF ITS 557 STORES IN 13 MOSTLY SOUTHERN STATES. A total of 6,500 retail stores
I TOLD THE PRESIDENT I QUIT. HE SAID YOU CAN’T QUIT, ONLY IF I TELL YOU TO QUIT. THEN FIRE ME, I TOLD HIM.HE SAID
NETFLIX, AMAZON STREAMING WAR WITH TRADITIONAL THEATERS PLAYS OUT at Toronto International Film Festival. “We asked that our screens feature titles from studios who understand
2 MEN IN SAN ANTONIO GOT INTO A GUNFIGHT AT A WALMART PARKING LOT SEPT 7. “One pulled out a gun and shot the other
AMAZON BUILDING HQ IN INDIA AS BIG AS HQ2 IN VIRGINIA, going tete a tete with Reliance Industries, owned by the richest Asian, Mukesh Ambani.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR PART TO MAKE THE COUNTRY SAFER,” Walmart tells Congress. Yet WMT only wants lawmakers to “examine” or “debate”
WALMART’S WHIMPY GUN POLICY: “We are respectfully requesting that customers no longer open carry firearms into our stores…in states where ‘open carry’ is permitted…a very
AMAZON TELLS INDIA IT WILL REDUCE SINGLE USE PLASTIC IN DELIVERY PACKAGING BY 2020, after Walmart set a deadline of 2021. AMZN says “it’s good
HOME DEPOT SUED FOR SECRETLY USING CAMERAS TO TRACK CUSTOMERS IN THEIR STORES. HD has “collected, captured, received…biometric identifiers…from hundreds of thousands, if not millions,
WALMART ON TRUMP TARIFFS: “If we have to raise prices we’ll do that…But we’re going to run the Walmart model which is: we want to
WALMART DE MEXICO UNWRAPS NEW SAME DAY DELIVERY SERVICE: reaching customers’ doorstep within 3 to 4 hours for certain tech & household products. It’s all
WALMART DE MEXICO UNWRAPS NEW SAME DAY DELIVERY SERVICE: reaching customers’ doorstep within 3 to 4 hours for certain tech & household products. It’s all
OUR STORES ARE CLEANER,” SAYS WALMART’S CHIEF MERCHANDISING OFFICER at Barclay’s conference. “Product quality is better…Our associates are friendlier.” Did they fire all the unfriendly
WALMART’S CHIEF MERCH. OFFICER AT BARCLAY’S CONFERENCE admits robots and self-checkouts “changes the labor model dramatically inside the store…so we can put those people towards
I WORKED FOR THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY. It was during the Vietnam War, when Newsweek was hiding the real casualty figures from the public. The
UBER, LYFT & DOOR DASH PLEDGE $90 M TO BLOCK BILL IN CA LEGISLATURE THAT BARS COMPANIES FROM USING IND. CONTRACTORS TO DO WORK THE
ULSTER, NY FORCED TO SETTLE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT WITH HOME DEPOT TO AVOID COURT COSTS. “There are companies out there that practice this every year…they
WALMART OPENS BREAST-PUMPING “PODS” FOR MOMS AT 3 LOCATIONS. “Shoppers at Walmart would never be expected to use or directed to a pod if they
AMAZON & WALMART BLAME TESLA/SOLAR CITY FOR SOLAR PANEL FIRES, & Elon Musk blames a subcontractor. Musk’s cousin was CEO of Solar City when it’s
FRENCH GOVT IMPOSES 3% ‘DIGITAL TAX’ ON AMAZON WHICH PASSED THE COST ONTO ITS FRENCH MARKETPLACE SELLERS. Move prompts Trump to threaten a “reciprocal action
LIFE IS CHEAP AT WALMART. KENTUCKY POLICE ARREST WOMAN FOR ABANDONING 6 KIDS INSIDE A WALMART. Only at Walmart. https://www.fox19.com/2019/08/26/police-kentucky-woman-abandons-kids-inside-walmart/ Read more on Facebook
SENATORS SLAM AMAZON FOR SELLING FAULTY, DANGEROUS PRODUCTS, like toy magnets that if swallowed by a child “can snap together, rupturing a child’s digestive organs.”
WOMAN “BRUTALLY AND RANDOMLY” ATTACKED” IN THE DAIRY SECTION OF A MICHIGAN WALMART LOSES HER 5 YEAR OLD LAWSUIT. “Did a video of the attack
CO-WORKER PETITION ON GUN VIOLENCE ASKS WALMART 1) To reject the racism & bigotry that’s the root cause of these hate crimes 2) To change
AMAZON & CONTRACTORS PAY $20 M TO TWO IRONWORKERS TO SETTLE WAREHOUSE INJURY LAWSUIT. A storage rack fell on workers, knocked over by unlicensed forklift
AMAZON IS PARTNERING WITH HUNDREDS OF LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO SELL DOORBELL SECURITY CAMERAS. Homeowners pay a fee to AMZN to store their videos. But
THIS IS THE KIND OF HEADLINE THAT DRIVES WALMART EXECS CRAZY. The products are cheap, and life is cheap, at WMT: The most dangerous place
WALMART CANADA’S RENOVATED “URBAN SUPERCENTER” FORMAT IN TORONTO with its “urban consumers” layout is way too big (139 K sf) and features an updated McDonalds.
SHOPPING FOR OUT-OF-DATE DRUGS & EXPIRED MOTOR OIL? DOLLAR GENERAL, FAMILY DOLLAR AND DOLLAR TREE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. NY levies $1.2 M fine to
WALMART WORKERS CAN WEAR JEANS & SNEAKERS TO WORK—NOW THEY HAVE NEW VESTS MADE FROM RECYCLED BOTTLES. Workers can upgrade their vests if they pay
LAST MONTH A FED JUDGE RULED THAT AMZN WAS LIABLE FOR AN INJURY CAUSED BY A DOG LEASH SOLD BY A 3RD PARTY ON ITS
WIDESPREAD MEDIA REPORTS THAT AMAZON’S PLATFORM IS SELLING “over 4,000 products [which are] actually banned, mislabeled, or not allowed for sale in the United States.”
HOME DEPOT MAKES TWICE THE PROFIT OF LOWE’S. Second-quarter profit at Lowe’s was $1.67 B compared to Home Depot’s $3.48 B profit. But “both Home
IN 2018 US GOVT AWARDED $120 B IN “PRIME CONTRACTS” TO 47,763 SMALL BUSINESSES—24% OF CONTRACT DOLLARS AWARDED, says the SBA. “These businesses…strengthen the economy,
LAST YEAR 56 MILLION WOMEN BOUGHT SECOND HAND CLOTHES. As department stores’ clothing market share shrinks from 22% in 2008 to projected 9% by 2028,
WALMART BOASTS ITS U.S. WORKERS “make more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, that new hires now earn a minimum of $11 per hour,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW YANG SAYS “companies like Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, & Google are the clear winners in this economy…yet they aren’t paying much in taxes,
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.