IS WALMART LOSING THE HI-TECH FOOD FIGHT? “Investors see Walmart as worth only 1/4 of Amazon’s market valuation. Walmart’s operational costs are astronomical. It’s growth
TARGET WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS A MORE UPSCALE CUSTOMER BASE THAN WALMART—BUT THIS STORY FROM A CA. TARGET SUGGESTS THAT THE SAME
WALMART PARTNERS WITH A MASSACHUSETTS TECH FIRM TO BEGIN OFFERING “ALPHABOTS” TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING FOR CUSTOMERS TOO LAZY TO PICK OUT THEIR OWN FOOD:
SMALL INNOVATIVE GROCERY STORES ARE HELPING COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT THE VIG BOX STORES CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE: Local control is the key ingredient for community
AMAZON TRIES TO DISMISS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT SAYS THEY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OLDER WORKERS IN EMPLOYMENT. The lawsuit was filed by the communications workers of
WALMART PLAN TO HAVE ITS EMPLOYEES DELIVER PACKAGES TO CUSTOMERS ON THE EMPLOYEES’ WAY HOME—FAILS TO DELIVER. Walmart tried to use Lyft and Uber to
TWO WOMEN IN NEW TORK STATE FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST WALMART FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THEM FOR MISSING WORK AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY-RELATED
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN campaign banners for the 2016 Trump campaign being made in a Chinese factory. American flags being produced too: They couldn’t find
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TIRED OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SKYROCKETING COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS? HERE’S A WAY WE CAN GIVE THE PRIVATE DEUG COMPANIES SOME REAL COMPETITION: We Need
TOYS R US SHUTS DOWN BABIES R US STORE, SO WALMART NOW WANTS TO MAKE IT “WALMART R US.” Hopefully politically savvy shoppers will say
SUPERVALU, ONE OF THE LARGEST GROCERY STORE OPERATORS IN AMERICA, AND WALMART’S COMPETITOR, SAW ITS STOCK SOAR 63% ON NEWS THAT IT HAS BEEN PURCHASED
WALMART HAS BEEN LOCKED OUT OF NYC, BUT THE NEW TARGET STORE IN THE BIG APPLE’S EAST VILLAGE CONTINUES TO ATTRACT CRITICS. Gabba gabba, huh?
OLDER BLACK WORKER WHO WAS FIRED BY HOME DEPOT FOR STANDING UP TO A RUDE, RACIST CUSTOMER, HAS BEEN OFFERED HIS JOB BACK—BUT HE DOESN’T
THE WALMART FOUNDATION, WHICH IS REALLY THE HEIRS OF SAM WALTON, IS TRYING TO CURRY GOOD WILL ON CAPITOL HILL BY SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
BLACK FEMALE SOFTWARE ENGINEER SUEs WALMART FOR JOB DISCRIMINATION. This is the kind of headline that drives Human Resource people at Walmart crazy: Walmart sued
A CIRCUIT COURT IN CALIFORNIA HAS REINSTATED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING WALMART’S USE OF IN-STORE OPTOMETRISTS—WHICH WAS AGAINST CALIFORNIA LAW. Here is background on
AMAZON NOW DELIVERS TO LEH, INDIA, 11,500 FEET ELEVATION IN THE HIMALAYAS, using a local adventure guide. They can do this, and yet they screwed
ANALYST SAYS WALMART’S FUTURE GROWTH DEPENDS ON ITS INTERNATIONAL DIVISION, BECAUSE IT HAS PLATEAUED IN THE U.S. SAM’S CLUB IS A “DRAG” ON THE COMPANY.
IS WALMART STOCK STARTING TO RECOVER FROM ITS -26% DROP SINCE LAST JANUARY? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GROWTH IN ITS E-COMMERCE SALES. Walmart has
HOME DEPOT FIRES EMPLOYEE WHO WAS VERBALLY INSULTED BY A RACIST CUSTOMER. Home Depot should hire this employee back and criticize the customer who verbally
WALMART IS PLANNING TO OFFER AN $8 A MONTH “SUBSCRIPTION VIDEO ON DEMAND” SERVICE IMITATING AMAZON AND NETFLIX. Not much new or different—just trying to
TARGET CONTINUES TO RELY ON INNOVATIONS CREATED BY ITS COMPETITORS: Target offered special deals at its stores this week, RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF Amazon
ONE INVESTMENT FIRM SAYS WALMART IS THE “LAST BRICK AND MORTAR STORE TO SURVIVE AMAZON’S COMPLETE AND TOTAL DOMINATION OF THE DIGITAL RETAIL SPACE,” and
CEO OF MICROSOFT SAYS HE WANTS TO HELP COMPANIES LIKE WALMART “BECOME DIGITAL COMPANIES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.” Walmart has “an amazing lead today when
WALMART IS EXPERIMENTING IN TEXAS WITH ADDING GAS STATIONS/ CONVENIENCE STORES IN THEIR PARKING LOTS. THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA. It’s environmentally stupid given the
AMAZON IS CRUSHING WALMART IN ONLINE SHOPPING, BUT WHATEVER AMAZON IS DOING, WALMART WANTS TO DO ALSO. Now it’s online streaming of movies. Walmart is
Trump should invite Putin to campaign in America for Trump candidates in the midterms.Trump should invite Putin to campaign in America for Trump candidates in
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ARE WALMART AND MICROSOFT CONBINED BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE ON AMAZON’S CLOUD COMPUTING CAPACITY? These two companies—Microsoft and Walmart have announced a 5 year agreement
JEFF BEZOS’ PRIME DAY DEALS, by McFadden, reprinted from the Daily Kos: Read more on Facebook
IF YOUR POLITICAL TEAM WAS FACING PROSECUTION FOR CONSPIRING WITH RUSSIA, WOULDN’T YOU SAY YOU BELIEVED RUSSIA WASN’T MEDDLING?IF YOUR POLITICAL TEAM WAS FACING PROSECUTION
WALMART BODY COUNT: WANT TO SHOOT YOUR BOYFRIEND? DO IT AT WALMART! A 28 y.o, woman followed her estranged boy friend to a Walmart in
WHEN YOU HEAR WALMART BOAST OF ITS RAPIDLY GROWING E-COMMERCE SALES, KEEP IN MIND THAT IN 2018 WALMART CAPTURED LESS THAN 4% OF ONLINE SALES.
JD POWERS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY OF APPLIANCE RETAILERS SHOWS HOME DEPOT AND SEARS GET BELOW AVERAGE RATINGS. Best Buy and Lowe’s came in first and
AMAZON’S “PRIME” DAYS THIS MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE COMPETING WITH BLACK FRIDAY, FORCING OTHER RETAILERS TO OFFER DEALS. eBay and Target are offering deals that
WALMART BODY COUNT A 23 y.o. man has died after an encounter with police in a Walmart in Kenner, LA. The man was sniffing a
AMAZON’S BUSINESS TIES WITH THE CIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: SECRETS IN THE CLOUDS. And you thought Amazon was just an e-commerce marketplace: What’s
AMAZON WORKERS IN SPAIN SET WAREHOUSE STRIKE DURING “PRIME” DAYS NEXT WEEK. Employees at one of Amazon’s largest “fulfillment” centers in Spain are calling on
A 70 YEAR OLD DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN BASED IN MINNESOTA, WITH 43 STORES IN 7 MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST STATES, IS MOVING INTO DEAD WALMARTS. Runnings,
WALMART WALKS BACK ANY TALK OF ITS LEAVING JAPAN. Yesterday the media in Japan announced that Walmart was selling 335 of its Seiyu stores in
TRUMP IMPOSES $200 BILLION MORE IN ADDED TARIFFS ON CHINESE PRODUCTS. The irony is that it is American companies, like Walmart, Target and Home Depit,
JO COMERFORD WANTS TO BE YOUR NEXT STATE SENATOR. Here’s where she stands on elderly issues: Caring for our elders – Jocomerford Read more on
RETAIL ANALYSTS SAY “AMAZON PRIME DAY” on JULY 16th IS MOSTLY HYPE. It’s a chance to get sometimes cheaper prices on items you oftentimes don’t
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WALMART IS GETTING INTO NEW YORK CITY THRU A BACK DOOR. Not with a huge store, but online grocery delivery through it’s front company, jet.com,
LATEST RETAIL BUZZWORD:”FRICTIONLESS SHOPPING.” It refers to shopping with no cashiers, no salespersons, just you and a pile of merchandise. AMAZON GO stores are the
IS AMAZON GOING TO PUT OUT A TOYS CATALOGUE IN TIME FOR XMAS? Now that Toys R US is dead, reports surfaced that Amazon will
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.