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Customers Weigh in on Wal-Mart’s Marketside Stores

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wal-Mart seems to be capitalizing on the very holes its own business model has left in the retail landscape.

Wal-Mart’s Shoppers Less Loyal Than Other Retailers’, Study Says

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

Looking for a silver lining in the economy? It’s shining brightly from Bentonville, Ark.

Friday Blog Round-Up: Christmas in October Edition

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

Wal-Mart shuts down DRM music downloads, managers make up their own rules and 210,000 toasters get recalled all in this week’s round-up of the Wal-Mart blogs.

Wal-Mart Kicks Off Christmas 85 Days Early

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

Christmas decorations usually start showing up in stores starting in early November. By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, shallow panic sets in and consumers start acting like starving hyenas hungry for merchandise.

Wal-Mart Attempts to Address Labor Problems In Its Supply Chain

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Gathering cotton in the autumn has been considered the most important part of life for an Uzbek citizen since Soviet times. But the hefty dollar revenues reaped by the government from its monopoly export and processing business are made on the backs of children who provide cheap labour.

Wal-Mart Announces Changes to Employee Health Benefits

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

Wal-Mart announced today that it will be expanding its health care plan, but the changes don’t address many of the fundamental problems with the company’s plan.

• Wal-Mart Shoots for Good PR at the Cost of Worker's Health - Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog

Both Parties Pursue ‘Wal-Mart Mom’ Demographic

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

Millions of people shop at Wal-Mart’s stores each week, and they all have a vote come November. So what are Wal-Mart Moms thinking now?

Tom Mars on Equality in the Workplace: A Self-Fulfilling Parody

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

Mars’ speech reveals a dichotomy within Wal-Mart: store employees and corporate employees are separated by a wide gulf, and different rules and benefits and salaries are applied to each.

Wal-Mart Shuts Down DRM Music Service; Users Take to the Internet

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

One of the unique drawbacks of offering poor digital download services is that digital downloaders are, by definition, computer savvy and will not hesitate to lay the smack down about you on the internets.

Wal-Mart Downsizes in Japan

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

After years of struggling in one of the world’s most competitive retail markets, Wal-Mart announced today that it is downsizing operations in Japan.

• Wal-Mart Needed More Flexibility to Fire Workers, Close Stores - Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog

Illegally-Logged Wood Used in Products Sold at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

Taking six years to eliminate illegal logging seems like a long time for a company that can get Procter and Gamble to sell concentrated laundry detergent in a matter of months.

Friday Blog Round-Up: Call Your Mother Edition

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

Wal-Mart Moms, exploding gas cans, and plastic bags all in this week’s round up of the Wal-Mart blogs.

Wal-Mart Moms: Concerned with the problems caused by Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal reports Wal-Mart recently conducted a survey of its shoppers to “test the voting preferences of men and women who are shopping at its stores.”

Site Fight Of The Week: Estero, FL

Wal-Mart Watch (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

Wal-Mart is coming back with a second presentation for Estero - take action now and urge the County Commission to vote no!

Wal-Mart Watch Says Wal-Mart Can Help 'Wal-Mart Moms' By Changing Its Policies Today

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wal-Mart Watch Executive Director David Nassar issued the following statement in response to today's Wall Street Journal story, "Wal-Mart Political Poll Shows Candidates Even Among Women:" "Wal-Mart is right to believe that its shoppers will play a key role in this year's election. The basic economic problems Wal-Mart Moms face - decreasing wages, poor...