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‘Work is a Beautiful Thing’: Mike Rowe Narrates a Powerful new Walmart Ad you Won’t Want to Miss” by Oliver Darcy at The Blaze. “Former “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe narrates a powerful new commercial released Thursday and it contains one powerful message: “Work is a beautiful thing.” Who’s it for? Walmart.” See the […]
“Walmart’s VP of Mobile/Digital: “We’re not just going after the shiny object” by Donna Tam at CNET. “We need to make sure we’re not just going after the shiny object,” Walmart Vice President of Mobile and Digital Wendy Bergh said when asked on Thursday about Amazon’s recently added image-recognition search feature. The feature, which […]
“Costco January same-store sales beat Street, up 4% vs. 3.3% estimate” at Reuters. “January net sales grew 6 percent to $7.99 billion. Excluding the negative impact of foreign exchange and falling gasoline prices, same-store sales rose 6 percent.” Read more “Costco’s Net Sales Up $48 Billion in January” (Company Release). “Costco Wholesale Corporation […]
New Details Emerge in “Shakedown” of Home Depot by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin” by Juliet Linderman at Times-Picayune. “Knutson, who took the stand after Price, responded to Blake that “most likely, it’s about Nagin’s son’s desire to be a vendor to Home Depot to install kitchens/countertops for us using a company that he and […]
“Wal-Mart to invest $500 million in Canada, create 7,500 jobs” at Reuters. “Wal-Mart said on Tuesday it planned to complete 35 supercentre projects in Canada by January 31, 2015, adding one million square feet of retail space. Wal-Mart’s store count in Canada will rise to 395 by the end of January 2015, including 282 […]
“In Shocking Upset, RadioShack Wins the Super Bowl” by Ken Wheaton at Ad Age. “This year, aside from star rankings — four stars being best, two being perfectly serviceable and below that, well, you know — we arranged them from best to worst, top to bottom. Are you surprised that RadioShack is in the […]
“Costco’s Annual Meeting Highlights; 112 Million Hotdogs & 69 Million Rotisserie Chickens” by Angel Gonzalez at Seattle Times. “Last year Costco sold 112 million hot dog and soda combos; 69 million rotisserie chickens and 114,000 carats of diamonds, including a $68,000 rock, Jelinek said…Jelinek said that in the three days before Thanksgiving, the company […]
“Obama’s Wish List at Costco: Snow Shovel, Dog Food, Tortilla Chips” by David Jackson at USA Today. “The president went on — and on — about the store’s variety. “You know, you can buy a sofa, chocolate chip cookies and a snorkel set, all in the same (place),” he said. “Now that was impressive,” […]