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Wal-Mart stories: 149 news summaries

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RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Retailers Sell Flicks Online at Less Than Cost

Big-box giants drop price of 10 hottest
DVD titles to $10

Nov 6, 09 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Wal-Mart has spurred an online DVD price war by dropping prices on 10 must-have movies to just $10, which analysts agree is below wholesale cost. “We remain committed to offering our customers the lowest prices online at Walmart.com, and will continue to adjust our pricing accordingly,” a... More »

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online retailers • price war • Target • holiday shopping • Wal-Mart • movies • Amazon.com • DVDs

H1N1 OUTBREAK

Wal-Mart Sick Policy Creates Flu 'Threat,' Say Critics

Report: Ill workers are pressured to report for duty

Nov 5, 09 5:59 PM CST
(Newser) - WalMart is taking heat for a restrictive policy that critics say pressures sick workers to go to work, swine flu be damned. Employees who take absences for an illness or a child’s illness rack up “points," and four points within a certain period can lead to termination.... More »

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public health • Wal-Mart • H1N1 virus

 Wal-Mart Enters 
 Coffin Biz 

Funeral homes face competition from discount caskets

Oct 30, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's leading big-box store is now also a pine box store. Wal-Mart has started selling a range of discount coffins on its website and plans to expand its death products to include pet urns and memorial jewelry. Prices start at just $895 for a steel coffin. Funeral home owners say... More »

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coffin • casket • retail sales • Wal-Mart • funeral home

Suit Wants Pharmacies
to Bust Drug Abusers

Lawsuit blames stores for zonked driver's accident

Oct 28, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a driver, high on painkillers, ran her car into two guys fixing a flat tire on the side of the highway, killing one of them, the victims' families filed a lawsuit—against the pharmacies that sold the painkillers. That case, pending before the Nevada Supreme Court, will be the... More »

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prescription drugs • drug abuse • CVS • Walgreens • Wal-Mart • prescription painkillers • pharmacy

Wal-Mart Takes on Amazon
in Book Price War

...in bid to become biggest online retailer

Oct 16, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for readers, but maybe not for the publishing industry: Wal-Mart has launched an aggressive price war against Amazon. The retailer is slashing the online price of 10 big-buzz books to $9 each. The company initially cut the price to $10, then lowered it further after Amazon quickly matched... More »

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publishing • price war • Wal-Mart • Amazon • online sales • publishing industry • Dean Koontz • books

pop culture

 Taylor Swift: 
 Finally, a 
 Feel-Good 
 Teen Idol 

It's OK if your kids like her—she's no Miley, Britney, or Paris

Oct 16, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine-year-old girls can get thong underwear at Wal-Mart, and the hypersexualized antics of Miley et al. rule the headlines. So Hans Eisenbeis was understandably concerned when his ultrasheltered 11-year-old took a shine to Taylor Swift. “Is she too grown up for Phoebe?” he writes for DoubleX. “Is Swift... More »

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entertainment • pop music • celebrity • country music • Wal-Mart • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Prince Charming

NEW POLL

Most Americans Favor 'Soak
the Rich' Tax

Populism is in, and half think Wal-Mart best symbolizes America

Sep 28, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if tea parties weren't screamingly pointing to its existence, there lurks a deep vein of populism in recessionary America, and a wide-ranging Vanity Fair/60 Minutes poll ran into it. Some 48% of respondents chose Wal-Mart, though the mag notes an element of cynicism, as the firm that 'best symbolizes... More »

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health care • Michelle Obama • Vanity Fair • poll • recession • 60 Minutes • George Clooney • Wal-Mart

MARKETS

 Dow Off 42, Wrapping Up 
 Down Week for Stocks 

Disappointing data drives indices lower; RIM falls 17.1%

Sep 25, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks fell today after reports of a smaller-than-expected rise in new home sales and a drop in orders for durable goods over the last month. Blue chips Alcoa, Amex, and Wal-Mart all fell at least 2%, and RIM dropped 17.1% after issuing a disappointing earnings forecast. The Dow dropped... More »

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Research In Motion • Dow Jones • Alcoa • American Express • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • Wal-Mart

 Toys R Us 
 Pumped Up 
 for Holiday 
 Offensive 

Chain plans to open 80 temporary stores in time for holiday shopping season

Sep 15, 09 1:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toys R Us is getting ready to go on the offensive in the battle for holiday sales, the Washington Post reports. The company—which snapped up the KB Toys and FAO Schwarz brands earlier this year—plans to open 80 temporary "Holiday Express" stores in malls across the country,... More »

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toys • Toys 'R' Us • mall • retail sales • holiday shopping • retail stores • Wal-Mart

In War on STDs, NC Tries New Weapon: Bribery

Syphilis outbreak sparks offer of gift card in exchange for test

Sep 14, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The incidence of syphilis is spiking in the economically hard-hit South, and health officials have lit on a novel preventative measure, MSNBC reports: Wal-Mart gift cards. Syphilis tends to rebound in tough times, and a program in North Carolina induces patients to submit to a test in exchange for the... More »

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McDonald's • public health • North Carolina • syphilis • STD • gift card • Wal-Mart • testing • Southern United States • sexually transmitted diseases • economic incentive

OPINION

How Should Wal-Mart Handle Blog Ridicule? Ignore It

No right move on 'People of Walmart' pics of fashion misses

Sep 9, 09 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A wildly popular new blog mocks Wal-Mart and its customers, and encourages others to join in by uploading their own photos and comments. So what should the retail giant do? Nothing, writes BL Ochman in Advertising Age. The site—People of Walmart—isn't “likely to do lasting damage... More »

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social networking • humor • photograph • website • retail stores • Wal-Mart • shoppers • People of Walmart

Man Charged With Striking Stranger's Child

Annoyed by crying,
Ga. shopper pledged
to 'shut her up for you'

Sep 3, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia man is being held on charges of felony cruelty to children after he slapped a stranger’s crying child in Wal-Mart, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Roger Stephens, 61, approached the mother and said, “If you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up... More »

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shopping • Georgia • children • child abuse • strangers • crying • Wal-Mart • criminal charges • Roger Stephens • slap

 Your Lowly Penny 
 Can Actually Buy 
 Something 

Retailers lure back to school shoppers with 1¢ gimmick

Aug 19, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Retailers, scrambling to connect with the fragile consumer psyche, have turned to the lowly penny for a boost, offering everything from clothing to crayons for a single cent, the LA Times reports. Nearly taken out of circulation three years ago, the penny may be a lousy coin, but it’... More »

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retail • Staples • promotion • back to school • sale • Wal-Mart • OfficeMax

 New Kiss Disc 
 to Land at Wal-Mart 

Group becomes latest classic band to move merch through retailer

Aug 17, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The deal was sealed with a Kiss: the heavy metal band is joining the ranks of classic bands releasing their music through Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, the AP reports. Their new collection, “Sonic Boom,” comes out Oct. 6 only at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club; it... More »

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music • retail • Kiss • Sam's Club • heavy metal • Wal-Mart • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Retailers are seeing the slowest back-to-school season in many years as consumers cling to their cash, the New York Times reports. Estimates on sales, an early indicator of how stores will fare in the holiday season, show declines of 3 to 8% from last year, which saw a 1% increase.... More »

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shopping • marketing • Staples • back to school • retail sales • Wal-Mart

(Newser) - Wal-Mart appears to be rolling out cheap knockoffs—well, “Great Value” replicas—of Girl Scout cookies, and that has one former “Cookie Mom” hopping mad. “The exclusivity of Girl Scout cookies is what makes the cookies really sell,” CV Harquail writes on Authentic Organizations. And now... More »

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nonprofit • knockoff • Wal-Mart • Girl Scout cookies • retailers • fundraising • copy

health care reform

Business-World Divisions May Ease Path to Plan


Jul 23, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign this week opposing health-care reform, but businesses are hardly united against the administration's proposals, the Washington Post reports. Wal-Mart was a high-profile defector, as was temp firm Kelly Services; both back an employer mandate. And many small and medium-sized businesses... More »

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health care • Arkansas • business • Maine • Kelly Services • health care reform • Wal-Mart • L.L. Bean • Maine Chamber of Commerce • Arkansas Chamber of Commerce • US Chamber of Commerce

(Newser) - Wal-Mart plans to begin asking suppliers to provide info on the environmental impact of their operations so the store can put so-called green rating labels on its products, the Wall Street Journal reports.The first cards probably won't appear for a few years, but given Wal-Mart's clout as the world's... More »

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climate change • environment • retail • consumer products • label • Wal-Mart • greenhouse-gas emissions • carbon-neutral

Book Review

That Cheap Bookshelf Has
a Global Cost

But new book finds it's not all China's fault and IKEA is a hypocrite

Jul 12, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though you might have hand-crafted antiques handed down from your grandparents, chances are your grandkids aren't getting their mitts on that wood-veneer bookshelf you just schlepped home from IKEA, writes Stephanie Zacharek for Salon. The modern desire for cheap, replaceable goods is a cause and a symptom of a global... More »

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China • consumer goods • cheap • Ikea • Wal-Mart • craftsmanship

(Newser) - Ben Stein loves Wal-Mart—just don’t put one smack-dab in the middle of a historic Civil War battlefield in Orange, Va. The 1864 Battle of the Wilderness was a turning point in the conflict, Stein writes in the American Spectator, and the “battlefield is incredibly important environmentally and... More »

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United States • America • Virginia • development • Civil War • Ben Stein • Wal-Mart • national park • Ulysses Grant • Battle of the Wilderness • Robert E. Lee

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