This week in Walmart news:
A Canadian court rescinded union certification given to Walmart workers, keeping alive a five year old battle between Walmart and the union.
The Orange County Planning Commission will soon vote on whether to allow Walmart to build near an important Civil War battlefield. The controversial store has drawn opposition from historians, politicians, actors and local activists.
It looks like yet another older rock band is going to do an exclusive deal with Walmart. Kiss's Gene Simmons has confirmed that a deal is in the works to sell their upcoming album only at Walmart.
Walmart ended a long review and has hired three PR agencies who will compete against each other for specific projects.
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus took issue with some of Walmart's ads that claimed a shopper could save more than $700 a year buying groceries in its stores. Walmart responded by defending the claim but pulled the ad off the air anyway.
Walmart opened up a few more walk in medical clinics and the media is still writing about how they failed in their initial attempt to open hundreds of clinics.
Finally, we released a new report this week detailing how Walmart sources its much-touted $4 prescription medications from Ranbaxy, a disgraced Indian drug maker. The report generated quite a bit of media coverage.
Posted by Taylor - June 26, 2009 02:25 PM - In The News