Tuesday Tipsheet: Mike Rowe’s Fiery Defense of Walmart | CVS & Dick’s Up

    “Mike Rowe Defends Walmart Ad in Fiery 2,648-Word Facebook Response:  ‘Who Gives a Crap About Your Feelings Towards Walmart?’ “ by Jonathon Seidl at The Blaze.  “Honestly Kevin, who gives a crap about your feelings toward Walmart?” Rowe asked one man who questioned Rowe’s decision to partner with Walmart, often a major target […]

Monday Tipsheet: Wmart’s ‘Work is Beautiful’ Ad | Can. Tire Beats Back Target | Costco Miffs Seniors

  ‘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 […]

Friday Tipsheet: Costco: Aerosmith in / Insecticide out | Power: Sam’s CEO #39 | Walbucks/Targetcoin

  “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 […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Costco Comps Up 4% | HVAC Problems @ Target | Nagin’s Memory Loss

  “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 […]

Wednesday Tipsheet: CVS Kills Cigs | Home Depot Shakedown | Mike Duke Reflects

  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 […]

Tuesday Tipsheet: Wmart Invests $500 Mil in Can. | Target CFO Grilled Today | Lowe’s “needs more stores”

  “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 […]