Wal-Mart
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- March 26, 2007
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Woman suffers from chemical burns from sandals purchased at Walmart
shiftdesign
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
A Florida woman purchased some flip flops from Walmart, only to find that they chemically burned her feet. She’s tried to contact Walmart at their headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, to inform them of the sandals, but they did little to appease her and replied “contact the manufacturer in China.” [read more]
- -4.1
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Is Walmart's Global Security Division going too far?
matt
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
Walmart is hiring intelligence and data mining specialists for its corporate security operations. Their notion of corporate security goes beyond simply guarding their facilities and into the realm of intelligence operations. [read more]
- -3.7
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Walmart Spreads Like a Virus
mehrvarz
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
Walmart still sells offensive and other questionable items… [read more]
- -3.4
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Stop Chinese brutality by pressuring Walmart
pamb
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
Walmart is the 8th largest trading partner with China by some accounts. Its direct and indirect procurement of more than $25 billion from China not only cause a massive trade imbalance but also builds latent pressure in the money markets. Several Americans and people from all over the world shop for inexpensive goods. [read more]
- -2.8
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Wal-Mart Must Face Class-Action Discrimination Lawsuit
ryan
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
According to an Associated Press article published today, “a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest private employer, must face a class-action lawsuit alleging as many as 1.5 million former and current female employees were discriminated against in pay and promotions. [read more]
- -2.6
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Does Wal-Mart Hurt Communities?
trmitchell4
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
This is not a new topic, but I think a very important one about Wal-Mart. There is a very real tension between the rights of free commerce and consumer choice, and the impacts of Wal-Mart on local businesses and labor markets. [read more]
- -2.4
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Walmart.com Hangs Up the Phone
signaltonoise
11 months ago about Wal-Mart
Walmart.com recently (and quietly) launched an initiative dubbed “customer contact reduction” where they intend to deprive online customers of any way to connect with a live customer service agent should they have any questions about their online sale. [read more]
- -2.4
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Should Wal-Mart Drop Left Behind Game?
perpetualmotion
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
I hate to pick on Wal-Mart twice in one week, but this was too good to resist.. from today’s San Francisco Chronicle article entitled ‘Convert or Die’ Game divides Christians; Some ask Wal-Mart to Drop Left Behind: [read more]
- -2.0
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Wal-Mart creates good jobs, period.
ryan
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is receiving as many as 25,000 applications for its 325 job openings. [read more]
- -1.8
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Wal-Mart accused of ignoring claims of selling mislabeled "organic" products
ryan
about 1 year ago about Wal-Mart
A recent Fast Company post titled Is Wal-Mart Really Organic? reveals that Wal-Mart, the largest seller of organic products, is facing heavy criticism for selling products that claim to be organic, but in fact are not. [read more]