December 4, 2008
The Boy Genius Report / The Boy Genius
We just got a tip that in addition to the iPhone 3G actually making its way to Walmart, as we exclusively told you, there will be a 4GB model priced at $99 with a 2-year agreement.
December 4, 2008
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Wal-Mart iPhone training materials
Boy Genius Report first broke the story back in October that Apple would begin selling the iPhone at Wal-Marts.
December 2, 2008
Faultline USA / noreply@blogger.com (Faultline USA)
Jdimytai Damour, a temporary worker, was trampled to death by crazed shoppers on Black Friday at the Wal-Mart in store on Long Island, N.Y. Should Wal-Mart have had better crowd control?
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December 1, 2008
FOX News / foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey said an autopsy found a Wal-Mart worker died of asphyxiation related to his trampling at a store on Long Island, N.Y.
December 3, 2008
Advertising Age - Complete Feed
BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Security should have been better, but advertising also helped kill a temporary worker at Wal-Mart, according to a lawsuit filed by the estate and relatives of the ...
December 1, 2008
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias / Clay Waters
New York Times economics reporter Peter Goodman certainly can't be accused of dry writing.
December 1, 2008
TechCrunch / Robin Wauters
According to Hitwise, U.S. visit numbers across all tracked retail categories declined for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday 2008, with the exception of online-only shopping websites.
December 4, 2008
Consumerist / Meg Marco
Two neighborhoods in Milwaukee are considering printing their own currency, which could be bought with U.S. dollars, but would be only accepted at local businesses, in order to encourage people to...
December 2, 2008
Washington Post / Dana Milbank
When Barack Obama stood on the stage in Chicago yesterday with his "dear friend" Hillary Clinton at his side, it was the starkest evidence yet that change had come -- to the president-elect.
December 2, 2008
WSJ.com: Law
December 4, 2008
AppleInsider
A new rumor presents the possibility that discount chain Wal-Mart may carry a special run 4GB iPhone 3G as part of its agreement to begin selling the touchscreen handsets later this month.
December 3, 2008
TechCrunch / Erick Schonfeld
After a tepid start, online holiday sales seem to be picking up a bit. Online sales on Cyber Monday as measured by comScore were a healthy $846 million, up 15 percent from last year's Cyber Monday.
December 2, 2008
Washington Post / E. J. Dionne Jr.
There is a paradox at the heart of the proposed bailout of the auto industry. The rescue would have no chance of passing without the muscle of the Big Three's unionized workforce.
December 1, 2008
New York Times / By Tobin Harshaw
Pointing fingers at the media in the wake of the Mubai terror attacks and the Wal-Mart stampede.
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December 4, 2008
BusinessWeek Online - Blogspotting / stephen_baker (bakerblogspotting@gmail.com)
Over the years, we've blogged painfully bad pitches, but I don't any can compare with the one that just landed in Rob Walker's inbox.
December 4, 2008
Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog / Taylor (tleake@ufcw.org)
This December Wake Up Wal-Mart is going all out with our annual Holiday Campaign. Check our our press release and get involved!
December 4, 2008
QuicklyBored / Kyle
Wal-Mart will be selling iPhones. At a low price of course.
December 4, 2008
Strange: CBSNews
Two suspected shoplifters are arrested after one of them zapped a Wichita Wal-Mart employee with a Taser.
December 4, 2008
Sacramento Business News - Local Sacramento News | The Sacramento Business Journal
Macy’s Inc. posted a 13.3 percent decline in its same-store sales in November, below analyst expectations, as it recorded fewer post-Thanksgiving shopping days in the month.
December 4, 2008
APP.com - Sports
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and owner of seven stores in Monmouth and ocean counties, said November sales exceeded its projection, spurred by discounts on groceries, consumer ...
December 4, 2008
Gothamist / Jen Chung
Nassau County police offered more insights on what caused a restless Black Friday crowd of shoppers to trample Wal-Mart worker Jdimyati Damour to death.
December 4, 2008
Retailing Industry News - Retailing Industry News Headlines | Bizjournals.com
Wal-Mart plans to close its store at 600 Kemper Commons Circle in Springdale.