San Francisco August 9th in India is an important marker of the independence of the country and its fight against colonialism. This year it also has become the rallying cry to stop the efforts to modify foreign direct investment in retail and the block the invasion of big box retailers like Wal-Mart. The …
Category: WalMart
Wal-Mart Redux
Dallas On the ground I know we are beating Wal-Mart! Our WARN project in Florida has prevented the new construction of any Wal-Mart Superstores for the last more than 28 months. We have the bottled up throughout central Florida. We are increasingly optimistic that we can stop them in Merced, California with our coalition …
Not Fendi, Maybe Coke?
New Orleans Wal-Mart recently settled a suit brought by Fendi, the fancy couture and fashionable handbag outfit, because Fendi caught Wal-Mart selling counterfeit, bogus bags at Sam’s. Of course there was a huge discount involved, Sam’s being Sam’s, and counterfeit not being real. The settlement seems to have been fairly minimal, all things considered, …