Buenos Aires Wal-Mart is a part of Argentina, but only a small part. In the grocery stores here, like Disco, where we went last night, there are hardly any American products actually. The occasional Lays brand of potato chips, American cigarettes and booze (not beer!), some personal products and so forth, but not much food. …
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Wal-Mart Woes
Miami When you are on a losing streak, it shows and everyone knows, and that’s the story of Wal-Mart these days on many fronts. Several months ago the behemoth company was forced to pull up stakes in South Korea, and over the last week the news broke that Wal-Mart sold all of its stores in …
The New Normal
New Orleans Frequently in the city these days people will talk about the “new normal” in New Orleans. It is recognition that the city is not going to be what it was in the past, and some things seem normal now that might have been unusual or bizarre before the storm. Here are three examples …