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With the nation's largest seller of guns refusing to speak out on its pivotal and complex role in the retail reality of firearms, gun-control advocates are holding a rally Tuesday outside a Walmart just eight miles from Newtown.
Less than a day after Walmart said it was too busy to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and his commission on gun-legislation proposals, the nation's largest gun seller has had a change of heart.
Joe Biden is getting his task force on gun violence off the ground this week and inviting folks to White House for some informational meetings. It's hard to imagine anyone would say no, right?
As if Walmart wasn't already having a rough day in the media, The New York Times just published a devastating piece on the company's habit of paying off Mexican officials to get what it wants.
Just as an investigation went to print Monday afternoon — about how the chain is selling in large numbers the same .223-calibre Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six adults in Newtown — the big-box chain removed its big seller.
Hope exists and prayer works. Hostess is going through the bankruptcy motions, and one of the rumured parties interested in saving our precious Twinkies is the big blue retail box store Wal-Mart.
We feel for you, burger-line cooks and retail workers of America. You do hero's work. But the men who run your giant employers, well, they make an alarming amount of money — especially when you put it in the context of your own paycheck.
Don't get too used to the instant online shopping gratification that abounds this holiday season, as super-quick deliveries might prove too expensive for companies like Walmart, eBay, and Amazon to keep going for much longer.
You know what, Walmart employees? Things could be worse. You could be working in, say, a flammable factory in Bangladesh.
If there's anything that Walmart didn't need on Black Friday weekend, it was a jaw-dropping headline about somebody dying in their parking lot after a run-in with a couple of employees.
Walmart employees were threatening to bring holiday shopping to its knees by striking on the busiest shopping day of the year to show their demand for a better working conditions. So, how did it go?
A Reuters article out today looked at the undecided voter — you know her as a white, under-educated female or perhaps, the "Walmart mom." Let's take a look at some other descriptors.
Walmart, America's favorite purveyor of affordable clothing and military-grade weaponry, is currently struggling with a couple of troubling labor disputes.
Today in books and publishing: Emma Thompson hurls Michel Houellebecq across the room; Books-A-Million exec says he was wrongly fired; out-of-print books are an untapped e-goldmine.
Retail behemoth Walmart released earnings Thursday, and many have used the report as a way to gauge how the American consumer feels. Take a look at this animated GIF map by Excel Hero that illustrates the wildfire-like spread of Walmart stores that led to its domination of the United States.
Today in books and publishing: A new edition of A Farewell to Arms includes Hemingway's alternate endings; The Sound and the Fury gets color; an abandoned Walmart becomes a library; R.L. Stine's ideas for summer reading.
Amazon already has its hand in the online clothing shopping game, with the flash sale site MyHabit.com and its shoe version Endless.com, but The New York Times's Stephanie Clifford tells us today that the "Walmart of online shopping" wants to go high end.
Well this sounds familiar: The New York Times publishes a damaging story on a (arguably) well-loved and (not arguably) successful brand, their public reputation wanes, and then the investigations surface.
If we had to pick one brand to represent the values of the Occupy movement — or more broadly, America's disdain for big banks — Walmart would definitely not be it.
Today in literature and publishing: God's memoir won't be sold at Walmart, the rise of the giant novel, and Kurt Vonnegut's cautionary tale.
A settlement for a backroom deal with Netflix turns into a marketing win
The world's largest retailer is using social media to boost their e-commerce business
Amazon and Walmart are challenging the companies oppressive new rules with cloud sites
The court rejected a class-action lawsuit combining many discrimination complaints
The retail giant is looking to break into the market
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