AMAZON & WALMART BATTLE FOR AD REVENUES ONLINE. WMT hired execs from NBC Universal & CBS to increase its advertising revenue. Amazon may sell ads
VIGILANTE JUSTICE? RETIRED COP SHOOTS ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER IN THE NECK AT HOME DEPOT IN CA. “The shooting did not appear to be justified.” Police arrested
FED JUDGE IN AZ. RULES WALMART VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF AN EMPLOYEE WHEN IT FIRED HER FOR LEGAL USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, and proved no
FOOD GLUT: KOHL’S, WHICH BEGAN AS A GROCERY STORE 92 YEARS AGO, HAS INVITED GERMAN RETAILER ALDI TO MOVE NEXT DOOR to bring in more
WALMART CAN’T BACK OUT OF INDIA. With $16 B sunk into FlipKart, WMT says its ties to India are “deep and long-term.” But Indian business
VIRGINIA & TENNESSEE THROW TAX DOLLARS AT AMAZON, BUT BEZOS MIGHT PULL OUT OF NY. “Amazon has extorted NY from the start…If their view is,
PEOPLE MAG. SAYS WALMART HAS AN “INSANELY GORGEOUS” LINE OF FURNITUR, “the trendiest pieces at a totally affordable price,” like this $350 chair—which costs a
NO APPETITE FOR FAST FOODS IN SCHOOL: On McDonald’s Nights, the fast food corp. gets teachers to work for free, serving its junk food to
FACEBOOK EMPLOYEE BONUSES WILL NO LONGER BE BASED ON USER GROWTH & COMPANY REVENUE (LIKE WALMART)but on new company goals like: progress on social issues,
RAISING THE FEDERAL MIN. WAGE TO $15/HR WILL LIFT THE WAGES OF 41.5 M ‘WORKING CLASS’ AMERICANS—nearly a third of the workforce. At $7.25/hr. the
NY STATE LAWMAKER FILES BILL TO MAKE “OPPORTUNITY ZONES,” WHICH ALLOW COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON TO DEFER TAXES, TO BE LESS VALUABLE. Welfare for big corporations:
TELL HARVARD TO CUT TIES WITH THE MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN. Richard Sackler, a son of a founder of Purdue Pharma told company officials to “measure
AFTER ONLY 5 DAYS OF NEW FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT RULES IN INDIA, WALMART MIGHT DROP FLIPKART—A $16 B PURCHASE. WMT & AMZN sales dropping by
WALMART SAYS WORKERS WITH “SPOTLESS ATTENDANCE” can earn an additional 25% on quarterly cash bonuses they receive—based on store sales. But WMT won’t match higher
THE ONLY NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN AMERICA IS INSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE. Read more on Facebook
LAST MARCH, A SMALL MANUFACTURER WARNED THAT AMAZON WAS “COMPLICIT IN RAMPANT COUNTERFEITING. Customers are unknowingly buying crap versions of the product…Amazon and the scammers
WHAT WALMART DIDN’T DO FOR ITS WORKERS: If it were to “redirect what it spends on stock buybacks to employee compensation” it could have invested
TOYS “WERE” US WANTS TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME: in 2005 private equity firms like Bain & KKR “saddled it with a heavy debt
BECAUSE A GENERATION OF SHOPPERS HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS—HERE IS THE FIRST MAJOR MEDIA STORY THAT SPARKED THE ANTI BOX MOVEMENT IN AMERICA: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ogKE_QUneLc&feature=youtu.be Read
THE ICONIC MALL OF AMERICA IS LOSING A 200,000 sf SEARS, AND NOW A 22,000 sf AMERICAN GIRL IS CLOSING. Local shoppers of the world
THERE ARE 100 M AMAZON PRIME CUSTOMERS IN THE US, WHO SPEND AVE. OF $1,400/YEAR ON ITEMS, vs. $600 for a non-Prime customer. 8 in
MOTT CAPITAL SAYS AMAZON GROWTH IS SLOWING. “This is not to say that AMZN’s business is doomed or failing,” but “investors need to rethink how
WALMART CUTS UNEXPECTED ABSENCE DAYS FROM 9 DAYS PER 6 MONTHS, TO 5, while adding 6 days of personal time off to cover illnesses or
AMAZON & WALMART BEATEN BACK BY SMALL INDIAN MERCHANTS. India’s govt. has refused to extend Feb 1 start of new policies that ban foreigners like
INTERIOR DESIGNERS SAY HOME DEPOT IS RIPPING OFF THEIR WORK, repurposed to feature products sold on Home Depot’s website. “We’re aware of this and are
ONLINE GROCERY SHOPPERS WANT HOME DELIVERY WITHIN TWO HOURS!! More than half of e-shoppers say they would be more loyal to a store that offers
DEAD RETAIL BEING REPURPOSED INTO DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES. The empty Euclid Square Mall in Euclid, Ohio, is under construction to become a new Amazon e-commerce fulfillment
FEDERAL JUDGE IN WI. REFUSES TO DISMISS A PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST WALMART, which for years has denied pregnant employees’ requests to perform fewer physical
CASHIER SUES WALMART FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION IN ‘PRICE MATCHING’ CASE. On October 14, 2014, Emily Rennhack, a Walmart cashier in Bradenton, Fl., was arrested at
THE PURPOSE OF A WITCH HUNT IS TO RID US OF WITCHES. Read more on Facebook
AMAZON CAN “APPROPRIATE” ANY MANUFACTURER’S PRODUCT & GIVE IT’S OWN BRAND PREFERENTIAL PLACEMENT ON ITS PLATFORM—EVEN ON GOOGLE SEARCHES. Independent producers are “chased off” of
OHIO CITY FORCES 8 MONTH DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASE OF A 22 Y.O. BLACK MAN SHOT BY POLICE while holding a pellet rifle inside
CHICKEN OF THE SEA TUNA WAR ENDS: StarKist owes Walmart $20 M from a price fixing scheme. StarKist, which is owned by South Korea’s Dongwon
TWO SEPARATE STUDIES SAY AMAZON’S FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE shows darker-skinned women as men 31% of the time. Lighter-skinned women were misidentified 7% of the time.
WALMART BODY COUNT: A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED by the family of a man shot in 2017 at a Raytown,MO. WMT during an
WALMART SPLITS UP WITH GOOGLE, no longer making products available on Google’s Shopping Actions or Google Express. No reason was given, just a Tweet that
AMAZON IS TESTING “SCOUT” AN ELECTRIC SELF-DRIVING PACKAGE DELIVERY VEHICLE, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A ROBOT DOG. Cute, but easy to steal or vandalize: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/transportation/meet-scout
KNOCK-OFFS: TWO-THIRDS OF BRANDS THAT SELL PRODUCTS ON AMAZON say competing with Amazon’s private label versions of their products is a “major pain point” of
THE 3 WEEK STOPGAP FUNDING BILL WILL GIVE THE POTUS ENOUGH TIME TO FLY DOWN TO MEXICO CITY and get “the Mexicans to pay” for
FORTUNE’S LIST OF THE TOP 50 WORLDS MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES: AMZN #2, Costco #12, Home Depot #21, WMT #25, Target # 32. Fortune started by
WALMART SAYS “CUSTOMERS LOVE OUR GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE,” BUT HAVE THEY READ THE FINE PRINT? “We will not provide you with a refund for certain
WALMART OFFERS TRUCKERS A 1 CENT/MILE RAISE & $1 FOR EVERY TRAILER LOAD DELIVERED, making the average salary $87,500. Amazon says its independent carriers can
AMAZON LOGISTICS & BEIJING JOYO SUBSIDIARY NOW LEASING SPACE ON CONTAINER SHIPS OFFERING CUSTOMERS IN CHINA DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE, a “seamless path” from Chinese factories/American ports/Amazon
AMAZON SELLS 100 M ITEMS ON ITS PLATFORM, but makes 80% of its sales revenue from 1% of its products—1M best sellers. Economist D.H. Taylor
Encourage Harvard to cut all ties with the Sackler family, which has grow rich off its dangerous, life-threatening drug: OxyContin: Sign the petition: Tell Harvard:
The growth of coop businesses in Madison, WI, my alma mater. When traditional economics fails, coops find a new path: Growth in Madison co-ops reflective
Hey Al. Happy birthday! Hope you doing well and life is good! All the best. Dan Happy birthday! Read more on Facebook
ANOTHER SMALL TOWN IN NEW ENGLAND REJECTS DOLLAR GENERAL On Jan.17 in Cummington, MA. 200+ people asked Town officials to reject a 9,100 sf Dollar
CLOUD FIGHT: MICROSOFT & WALGREENS SIGN 7 YEAR CLOUD COMPUTING DEAL, to compete with Amazon Web Services. Walgreens, Walmart & Kroger are all using Microsoft’s
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.