Thanksgiving is Dead
blog.milesfranklin.com / By Andrew Hoffman / November 13th, 2013 I have never had a problem with Wal-Mart per se; that is, until now. In my view, they have simply been the largest benefactor of the...
View ArticleWal-Mart Misses Revenue, Guides Below Expectations: FX, Slow Economic Growth...
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / 11/14/2013 07:53 -0500 It’s deja vu time for Wal-Mart. Spot the trend: Q1: Wal-Mart Misses Revenue, Guides Below Expectations: Weather Among Factors Blamed Q2:...
View ArticleCollecting Donations For Wal-Mart Employees That Cannot Afford Thanksgiving...
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder /November 18th, 2013 You may find what is happening at one Wal-Mart in Ohio very hard to believe. At the Wal-mart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton, Ohio...
View ArticleWal-Mart Asks Workers To Donate Food To Its Needy Employees
businessinsider.com / By Ashley Lutz / Nov. 18, 2013, 11:31 AM A Cleveland Wal-Mart store is holding a food drive — for its own employees. “Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy...
View ArticleWal-Mart Plagued By The “Wrong Kind” Of Lines On Black Friday
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / 11/29/2013 09:37 -0500 Yesterday, it was fast-food workers explaining that a 100% minimum wage rise “would do just fine” and today it is Wal-Mart employees pressing...
View ArticleWal-Mart Responds To Striking Workers And Assorted Hangers On
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 11/29/2013 14:31 -0500 From a Press Release issued by America’s (and the world’s) largest employer (except the US government of course) in response to sporadic...
View ArticleBlack Friday: A Shameful Orgy Of Materialism For A Morally Bankrupt Nation
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder / November 29th, 2013 It has been called “America’s most disturbing holiday”. Black Friday is the day when millions of average Americans wait outside...
View ArticleBattle for $15 minimum Wage; Should Companies Pay Workers More? Wal-Mart a...
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com / By Mike “Mish” Shedlock / December 02, 2013 1:55 AM On Friday, Salon reported Breaking: Massive Black Friday strike and arrests planned, as workers defy Wal-Mart....
View ArticleWhat the Really Bad Black Friday Numbers This Year Mean
investmentcontrarians.com / By George Leong / Dec 4, 2013 Black Friday was an afterthought, to me at least. Yes, I bought a few items from the MLB store, but that’s it. But according to newly released...
View ArticleWalmart’s Latest Chinese Food Scandal: Diluting Ass With Fox
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 01/02/2014 08:55 -0500 “We are deeply sorry for this whole affair,” said Wal-Mart’s China president after the world’s largest retailer recalled donkey meat sold at...
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ericpetersautos.com / by Eric Peters / January 11, 2014 Ah, the people of Wal-Mart. The kids, too. According to an article in the peer-reviewed journal, Pediatrics, about one out of every six children...
View ArticleCrisis In West Virginia: Wal-Mart Calls In Police To Guard Bottled Water...
countdowntozerotime.com / January 13, 2014 The Federal Emergency Management Authority has confirmed that it will deliver more than 1 million liters (264,172 gallons) of clean water to residents of the...
View ArticleRetail Sales Cannibalization
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / Friday, January 24, 2014 9:40 PM Retail firings continue. Today, Wal-Mart announced a 2% Reduction in Sam’s Club Employees to thin...
View ArticleHere We Go: Wal-Mart Cuts Guidance, Blames Foodstamps, Weather
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 01/31/2014 08:02 -0500 That didn’t take long. Moments ago the world’s largest retailer (sorry AMZN) WoeMart (sic) just confirmed what everyone who is not an economist...
View ArticleWal-Mart makes official its reliance on food-stamp recipients for profits
blogs.marketwatch.com / By Steve Goldstein / March 24, 2014, 10:28 AM Wal-Mart Stores WMT filed its 10-K late on Friday after the market closed, and the world’s largest retailer added some new...
View ArticlePresident Obama To Explain Why Wal-Mart’s CEO Is Wrong; Economy Is Doing...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 07/09/2014 12:15 Stocks at record highs… Unemployment rates at multi-year lows… magical job creation ‘impressive’… President Obama has a lot to proclaim “mission...
View ArticleSecond Company Admits “It’s Not The Weather”– It’s The Economy, Stupid
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 07/10/2014 11:00 On the heels of Wal-Mart’s dismissal of the “great” jobs report, The Container Store CEO yesterday explained how Q1 weakness was “not just the...
View ArticleWhy Is Wal-Mart Preparing For A Major Earthquake On The New Madrid Fault?
endoftheamericandream.com / By Michael Snyder on July 23rd, 2014 Buried in a Wall Street Journal article from about a week ago was a startling piece of information. According to a Wal-Mart executive,...
View ArticleWal-Mart Cuts Guidance Again, Blames Obamacare
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 08/14/2014 07:35 -0400 Remember this chart from November, when everyone was predicting a surge in global GDP and “escape velocity” growth for the US economy on the...
View ArticleCould the Alibaba Model Undo the Wal-Mart Model?
charleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2014 These are questions that arise as a consequence of the digitization of the global/local supply chain in the peer-to-peer...
View Article7 Things The Middle-Class Can’t Afford Anymore
zerohedge.com / by Erika Rawes / 10/27/2014 16:45 -0400 Though there is some debate over the exact income a middle class household brings in, we do have an idea of who the middle class are — most...
View ArticleFrom “Black Friday” To “Black Five-Day”
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden on 11/12/2014 14:15 In an effort to create a “calming effect across the store,” the world’s biggest retailer Walmart has decided to abandon the chaotic one-day-only...
View ArticleWal-Mart Beats On Tax Rate Fudge And Buybacks, Guides Below Consensus On...
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / 11/13/2014 07:28 -0500 Wal-Mart’s Q3 earnings, reported minutes ago, were a masterclass in bottom-line fudgery. While the company reported a slightly better US comp...
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