Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
California Attorney General would like to kindly remind you to check your receipt
California Attorney General Jerry Brown - a former California Governor, CA Secretary of State, Mayor of Oakland, and President of the Patrick Stewart fan club - announced a settlement with Wal-Mart today in which the retailer was fined $1.4 million and ordered to implement a “get it free” program for California consumers. This after an [...]
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Wal-Mart Watch Responds To Lee Scott Stepping Down As Wal-Mart CEO
In response to Wal-Mart’s announcement today that Mike Duke will replace Lee Scott as the Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Watch Executive Director David Nassar released the following statement:
“Wal-Mart’s announcement today of Mike Duke as the new Chief Executive Officer must be viewed in the context of the recent election. It represents an opportunity for [...]
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Supply Chain Dysfunction, Wal-Mart Still Creepy
Wal-Mart Buyer Accepts 120,000 RMB Bribe, Retail Business Bribes top 1,000,000RMB [Daily Economic News via Sina]
The other day, a Wal-Mart buyer who received a supply trade bribe was arrested by the Shenzhen prosecutor’s office.
The buyer had been with Wal-Mart for many years, revealed the “Daily Economic News”, making known for the first time a large [...]
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
A Look At Michael Duke
Since becoming Vice-Chairman in 2005, Michael Duke has presided over Wal-Mart’s international division. Unfortunately, the company’s international track record during these three years has been less than stellar. While aggresively expanding into Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China and recently India, Wal-Mart has been accused of sourcing from sweatshops, selling dangerous foreign products on its shelves, union-busting, [...]
