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Wal-Mart has launched a personal finance website at walmart.com/savemore. It offers tips and saving advice, while also pushing Wal-Mart's own money services and weekly specials. [Wal-Mart]

11:13 AM on Tue May 20 2008, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 10 comments

NYC Anti-Wal-Mart Protesters Are, In Reality, Anti-Wal-Mart Protesters

This has been going around "the blogosphere" lately (like "the Information Super Highway," I expect that this term will become increasingly embarrassing to most of us as we get older and Al Gore claims to have created it) and it's not quite what...

2:20 AM on Wed May 24 2006, by consumerist.com, 0 views, 5 comments

Wal-Mart Planning Its Own "Geek Squad"?

MarketWatch says that Wal-Mart is "very interested in expanding into installation and repair services in its fast-growing electronics segment."

12:24 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 45 comments

Wal-Mart Will Now Sell Satellite Broadband Internet Access

Today, Wal-Mart announced that it will start re-selling HughesNet satellite broadband Internet access, starting at 700Kbps for $59.99 a month, through 2,800 of its stores "including locations throughout most of rural America where terrestrial...

9:49 AM on Tue Oct 9 2007, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 13 comments

Majority Of New Yorkers Love/Hate Wal-Mart... In The Same Poll!

According to this Quinnipiac University poll, over 50% of New Yorker's supported Wal-Mart infilitrating Gotham. But the Neighborhood Retail Alliance picks apart thier findings and comes to the opposite conclusion: most New Yorkers don't want...

3:20 PM on Thu Feb 9 2006, by consumerist.com, 0 views, Comment

Wal-Mart is cutting down its inventory (fewer clothing styles) and remodeling its older stores (lower shelves and clearer signage) to spur more shopping. [Reuters]

1:02 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 23 comments

A pregnant woman and her cousin used a U-Haul to steal clothing, baby goods, groceries, and Halloween decorations from three different Wal-Mart stores over the course of a single afternoon. [AZCentral.com]

2:55 PM on Mon Sep 17 2007, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 10 comments

Walmart's 32 Year Viral Proliferation

From The University of Minnesota's Thomas Holmes' paper The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density. Via Box Tank.

7:05 AM on Mon May 8 2006, by consumerist.com, 0 views, 12 comments

Wal-Mart Takes Layaway Behind The Chemical Sheds

And, just in time for Christmas, Wal-Mart officially slits the Layaway Service's throat.

12:17 PM on Thu Oct 5 2006, by consumerist.com, 0 views, 11 comments

Blue Redbox Experiencing A Severe Identity Crisis

Chris spotted this Blue Redbox at a Wal-Mart. Poor, confused box.

10:00 PM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by Laura Northrup, 0 views, 34 comments