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BIG BRIBES, BIG CORRUPTION AT WALMART: company pays $ 282 M in bribery case involving its Brazilian & Chinese operations funneling $500 K in return

BOLTON GIVES TRUMP THE SECRET “DON’T GIVE AN INCH” SIGN DURING WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEETING regarding possible retaliatory strikes against Iran for alleged attacks on

NASHVILLE NOTE: “I AM NOT A DEVELOPER. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. If you continue to raise taxes on the small guy, while giving

TARGET IMITATES WALMART. WALMART IMITATES AMAZON. The focus is just on who can deliver to your front door the fastest—not on healthy food. https://www.supermarketnews.com/rwszszcha online-retail/target-expands-curbside-over-1400-stores

1. CLEAN CLOTHES REPORT SAYS GLOBAL BRANDS STILL PAYING GARMENT WORKERS POVERTY WAGES. “No brand can show that living wages are being paid to workers…”

2. OUR MESSAGE TO THE BRANDS IS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS CAN’T WAIT, and workers making the clothes in our shops must be paid enough to

FEDEX & DOLLAR GENERAL ANNOUNCE NEW DEAL that allows customers to drop off pre-packaged/pre-labeled FedEx parcels at 8,000 Dollar General stores, & to pick up

IN 2017, HOME DEPOT AND LOWES CONTROLLED 81% OF $182B HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE REVENUES. As Walmart’s Greg Foran says, a Duopoly is “not all that

WHEN YOU ADD UP AMAZON’S SHARE OF ONLINE RETAIL WITH BRICK & MORTAR SALES ITS 5% OF U.S.MARKET SHARE. BUT: “Downplaying how big Amazon’s presence

AFTER 2 YEARS, AMAZON “SPARK” FAILS. You had to be on Prime & make a min. number of purchases. Another failure—right after Amazon restaurant delivery

AMAZON “CLICKS & MORTAR” TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES in Britain “succeed in the digital economy…by boosting export sales & reaching customers around the world.” 58%

WALMART HATES A MONOPOLY, so it’s made a deal with a beef producer, someone other than Tyson’s or Cargill. “We all know the market dynamics

INTERNET SHOPPERS SPENT 56% MORE ON MOTHER’S DAY THAN ON FATHER’S DAY: $25 B for Moms, $16B FOR DAD. Still, $41B total spent on these

COSTCO, JC PENNY, KOHL’S, MACY’S, PETSMART, TARGET, TRACTOR SUPPLY, WALMART, tell Trump: “Tariffs are taxes paid directly by U.S. companies…and will result in the loss

“SMALLER” TARGET OPENS IN WEST HARTFORD, CT. The “small-format” store is for “neighborhoods where a regular Target store couldn’t fit—such as near college campuses &

FOR A $10 FEE, TARGET NOW OFFERS SAME DAY DELIVERY. Maybe you can get them to wash your dishes while they’re there. Read more on

520 COMPANIES FORM GROUP CALLED “TARIFFS HURT THE HEARTLAND COALITION.” “An escalated trade war is not in the country’s best interest, and both sides will

AMAZON CRUSHES ONLINE GROCERY SALES IN 2018. Top 5 are: 1. AMZN $8.2B 2. WMT: $2.8B 3. KROGER:$1.5B 4. AHOLD $1.2B 5. HELLO FRESH:$956M https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/digital-top-10-rankings

FED JUDGE SAYS DOLLAR GENERAL CANNOT BLOCK A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BY DISABLED PATRONS who charge DG stores have blocked aisles, narrower than allowable under

5 PEOPLE ON THE GREENFIELD CITY COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE IT FOUR TIMES HARDER THAN IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO FOR VOTERS TO HOLD

WALMART BUYS CREDITS IN “SOLAR GARDENS” TO POWER SOME STORES IN MINNESOTA—but it has more than 11,300 stores in 27 countries which could have had

WALMART’S JET.COM CRASHES HARD. After spending $3.3B to acquire the e-commerce platform Jet.com in 2016, and making its founder,Marc Lore, WMT’s CEO of US e-commerce,

THE GREENFIELD,MA NEWSPAPER TODAY MADE IT CLEAR THAT BANK OF AMERICA & BNYMELLON SHOULD “LET BOB MCCOLLUM STAY IN HIS HOUSE.” It was a predatory

2019’s TOP 10 RETAIL BRANDS ACCORDING TO KANTAR RESEARCH: Amazon’s model provides a wide range of different services: * Amazon $315.5 billion * Apple $309.5

13 DAYS LEFT TO ORDER DINNER FROM AMAZON. 4 years after it was created, Amazon Restaurants is turning off the motor. If you want Big

FEDEX MAKES AMAZON AN EX. FedEx Express will no longer fly Amazon products. AMZN owns its own fleet of planes under the banner Prime Air,

I TESTIFIED YESTERDAY BEFORE THE MASS. GENERAL COURT IN BOSTON: “Al Norman…testified on a bill that would require a report to lawmakers on the taxpayer

BIG BOX BOXWOODS: 13 HOME DEPOTS IN INDIANA WERE SELLING BLIGHTED KOREAN BOXWOODS. Indiana Dept of Natural Resources removing the diseased trees and warned consumers

FED JUDGE SAYS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST WAYFAIR FOR SELLING BEDBUG-INFESTED PRODUCTS must proceed as individual claims only. 2016 case says bedbugs were “scurrying

“BEING IN THE MIDST OF AN ONGOING TRADE WAR HAS NOT HELPED boost consumer confidence either. This lack of trust in the market has caused

DOLLAR GENERAL PAYS $1.75 M TO SETTLE VERMONT LAWSUIT THAT IT WAS “RIPPING OFF” CONSUMERS at its 22 store by advertising one price on the

ACE & TRUE VALUE BEAT LOWES & HOME DEPOT IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION says J.D. Power study. Ace has ranked at the top for customer satisfaction

64% OF U.S. SHOPPERS who buy groceries online used Walmart (33%) or Amazon (31%). Grocery supermarkets had only 26% of recent online food shoppers. Read

THE WRONG DEFENDANT? This man’s home loan originated with Countrywide Loans in Greenfield, MA—which was not a bank. Countrywide was purchased by Bank of America,

WALMART SAYS THE FED MIN WAGE IS TOO LOW—but nothing prevents WMT from paying its workers more than $11/hr.—and I don’t mean a one-time bonus

WALMART “DISAPPOINTED” THAT MEXICO’S COMPETITION AUTHORITY HAS DENIED ITS ATTEMPT to buy Latin American delivery service Cornershop. Why should Mexico cut any US retailer slack

1 DAY DELIVERY IS POSSIBLE AT AMAZON BECAUSE OF THEIR 110 GIANT WAREHOUSES AND THEIR “INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES,” who get paid plantation wages. https://blog.aboutamazon.com/amazon-prime/prime-free-one-day?utm_source=social&utm_medium=tw&utm_term=amznews&utm_content=1day_shipping. Read more

IT’S A PLANE, IT’S A HELICOPTER, NO IT’S AN AMAZON PRIME AIR DRONE. We’re only months away from delivery drones for items weighing 5 lbs

THIS STORY IS THE PERSONAL DRAMA OF ONE ELDER, but it’s also a story about corporate predation and the major housing shortage facing low income

“WALMART PAYS MANY OF ITS WORKERS STARVATION WAGES. Wages that are so low that many of these employees are forced to rely on government programs

TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS: Greenfield,MA has the chance to let its voters decide zoning laws to avoid strip development & sprawl: Al Norman files

BERNIE IS IN BENTONVILLE TODAY TELLING THE WALTON BILLIONAIRES THAT A STARTING WAGE OF $11 IS EXPLOITATION, & THAT WORKERS SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON

WALMART WANTS MORE HIGH SCHOOL AGE WORKERS.

THE ULTIMATE AMAZON DECADENCE: Prime Free 1 Day delivery, no minimum purchase on ten million non-essentials items, like sunscreen, closet organizers & cleaning products. Hey,

FED. JUDGE TAGS WALMART WITH $102 M PENALTY FOR PROVIDING ITS WORKERS WITH ILLEGAL PAY STUBS, but lets them off on charges they failed to

THAT LOCAL COFFEE SHOP YOU LIKE TO STOP AT ISN’T GOING TO SURVIVE—unless the owner opens up a string of similar ventures. The small profits

CELEBRATING IN FLORIDA: A Walmart Supercenter may not be coming to Oakland Park, FL. after all. Walmart is selling its 12.5-acre site, which includes a

This frame has sturdy metal hooks that lock the frame in place, no bolts needed. Read more on Facebook

Purchased by my mother in the 1960s. 22” x 28” by 23” high. Marble top is perfect, looks to be Carrera. cashoffers only please. Read

DEAD TARGET SUPERSTORE IN LAUDERDALE, FL. WILL BE TORN DOWN to make way for 550 units of housing. Developer says “market saturated with boxes.” 175,000