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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    Target's cheesy employee training script (and Amazon fears) leaked to Gawker

    Right now our local big box chain looks like this: Its reds are vivid, its sky is blue. The only shadow in sight comes from its own logo. But Target's corporate higher-ups are worried, apparently, that the rise of online retailing -- specifically, Amazon -- could turn their empire into this:See also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Walmart faces rejection by feisty little town of Chanhassen

    Walmart, the biggest company in the world, is losing a fight with Chanhassen.​Walmart has thousands of gigantic stores across America, and dozens of them in the state of Minnesota. It employs millions of people, and sells tons of Chinese products to hundreds of millions more.Chanhassen is a town o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    The largest employer in Minnesota is Minnesota

    Mark Dayton, Barack Obama: Minnesota's greatest bosses.​We have officially entered phase three of the plan to turn America into a socialist country: Everyone in Minnesota works for Mark Dayton or Barack Obama.Well, not everyone. But the top two employers in the state of Minnesota are the state gov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Ticketmaster and Walmart join forces to make your life even more convenient

    ​Know what'd be really convenient? Like really, really convenient? If everything in our lives was completely automated and available from one giant place. Need your oil changed? Walmart! Need Fig Newtons? Walmart! Need Lady Gaga tickets? Walma-- wait, what?In a deal announced today, corporate  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Bradlee Dean lied to Walmart about his church, is now banned from parking lot

    Bradlee Dean, kicked out of Walmart.​It's been a rough week for Bradlee Dean. On Friday the gay-baiting minister was universally denounced by just about every state lawmaker who could get near a microphone. Now it turns out that not only is Dean permanently unwelcome in the state legislature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Deadly spider in Wisconsin fruit

    An arachnid with robustitude.​Sheila Terry bought a bunch of bananas at the Wal-Mart in Superior the other day, unpacked them along with the rest of the groceries, and then put up her feet on the sofa. Next thing she knows, she's damned near caused her husband Dan to have a heart attack.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    100-year-old Wal-Mart greeter Lois Speelman shoved to the ground

    Photo: Rick HarrisAttention Wal-Mart shoppers, there's a Scrooge in your midst.​The post-Thanksgiving retail orgy always produces at least one shameful story of human idiocy. Our winner comes from -- where else? -- Wisconsin, where some Scrooge put a damper on 100-year-old Lois Speelman's holi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Kanye West's 'banned' cover art: Let's rap

    ​Well!Hmmmm.Soooooo.How about that George Condo, right? Does he actually live in a condo?The first reaction that the purported initial album art for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy inspires is complete, abject silence - a stunned quiescence.

  • Music

    July 28, 2010

    5ingles

    ​Well!Hmmmm.Soooooo.How about that George Condo, right? Does he actually live in a condo?The first reaction that the purported initial album art for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy inspires is complete, abject silence - a stunned quiescence.

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Walmart vs. Cub: Which is better? A Battle of the Midway

    ​You may have heard that the Cub Foods and Walmart stores in St. Paul's Midway area, which face each other across a common parking lot, are engaged in a nasty corporate catfight. According to a Pioneer Press story this week, Cub's parent company, Supervalu, based in Eden Prairie, has sued Walm ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    Open Wide and Say WTF

    A trip to the dentist gets weird in Plymouth

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2009

    KISS

    A trip to the dentist gets weird in Plymouth

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Mischke show notes: Oct. 1, 2009

    Join the conversation with TD Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 4p.m.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Recession has USDA prime steak selling cheap

    Steakhouses are serving fewer prime steak cuts, allowing home cooks to score some sweet deals.

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Target duking it out with "activist shareholder"

    A Target investor wants the retail giant to Wall-Mart-ify itself more by, among other things, expanding its grocery selection.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Target looks to food to improve its profit margin

    Target is struggling to keep up with its monster competitor Wal-Mart.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Target falls flat, fourth-quarter profit plummets 41 percent

    More bad news for Minneapolis-based Target. We're still shocked how much people love Wal-Mart.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Wal-Mart tapped for $6.5 million due to Minnesota malfeasance

    More bad news for Minneapolis-based Target. We're still shocked how much people love Wal-Mart.

  • News

    April 30, 2008

    Hunger Strike

    Snub leaves protest group wanting answers—and breakfast

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Hillary Clinton is in Wal-Mart's pocket

    Snub leaves protest group wanting answers—and breakfast

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    In Defense of Rollback Smiley

    Wal-Mart gets support from an unlikely ally: Target's hometown

  • Columns

    September 26, 2007

    Free Will Astrology

    Wal-Mart gets support from an unlikely ally: Target's hometown

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2007

    The Dutchman is halfway to New York

    Wal-Mart gets support from an unlikely ally: Target's hometown

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    Tim Pawlenty would be a dentist today...

    Wal-Mart gets support from an unlikely ally: Target's hometown

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Mass Consumption

    A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    8/17 Morning Communiqué

    A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2006

    6/7: Morning Communique

    A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2006

    5/26: Morning Communique

    A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2006

    The Wal-Mart Effect: a Q & A with author Charles Fishman

    A once-local author talks about the perils of big-box retailers

  • Columns

    November 30, 2005

    I'm Happy When I'm Purchasing Things

    Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2005

    I am so boycotting you!

    Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2005

    Allegory in the Making

    Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2005

    Wal-Mart's latest marketing strategy: philanthropy

    Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    New Orleans: Survivor Stories

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2005

    Nickled and Dimed

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2005

    G-Unit spent $6,000 at Wal-Mart

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2005

    Wal-Mart and Target: The color of their money

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2005

    Wal-Mart Welfare

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2005

    Wal-Mart fights disclosure of how much it's costing Minnesota taxpayers

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2005

    Monday morning news cruise

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2005

    Friday 3/17 news cruise

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2005

    Thursday morning news cruise

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2005

    Forbes 20 richest

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2005

    Corporate Welfare

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    Latest Criminal Scourge: Wal-Mart Openings

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

    As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    The Invisible Recovery

    Author and economist Doug Henwood on jobless recoveries, the two Americas, and the "Wal-Mart effect"

  • Books

    July 17, 2002

    Little Houses, Big Boxes

    Wal-Mart politicizes Inver Grove Heights

  • Movies

    November 7, 2001

    True Stories

    A Festival of New Documentaries Presents a "Reality" Where More Is at Stake Than Who Gets Voted Off the Island

  • Books

    November 25, 1998

    Bad Rap

    The Hennepin County library system just wanted good clean fun on its CD rack. What it got was a free-speech debate that won't quit.

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