Remember the New Jersey teen who was recently busted for announcing over a Walmart PA system that “all the black people should leave the store now”? Well, you probably won’t be shocked to find out it wasn’t the first time he’d done it. [More]
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Worst Company In America 2010: Sears/Kmart VS Walmart
By 3.24.10
It’s a big box battle! Economic powerhouse and receipt checking enthusiast Walmart VS notoriously incompetent repair scheduling and pricing error specialist Sears/Kmart. [More]
Why Does Walmart Want To See ID To Buy WD-40?
By 3.24.10
Last week, we learned that Target is now scanning IDs of customers who buy canned air. Today, we’re hearing that Walmart needs to see some identification before it will sell you a can of WD-40. [More]
Study Finds Grocery Store Shoppers Are Honest Folk
By 3.24.10
The people on that People of Walmart website may wear some ugly t-shirts, but at least they’re honest when it comes to dealing with strangers. According to a new study that looked at how markets, religion, and the size of a community impact concepts of fairness and punishment, Walmart grocery shoppers in Missouri came out on top in terms of treating the other side fairly and punishing selfishness. [More]
As The Economy Improves, Shoppers Ditch Walmart
By 3.22.10
The NY Post says that they’ve found a correlation between economic growth and same store sales at Walmart. Their theory is that as the economy improves, people run away from the big blue box. [More]
Walmart Racist PA System Prank Culprit Arrested
By 3.20.10
The police in Washington Township, N.J. have tracked down and arrested the alleged perpetrator of last weekend’s unauthorized PA announcement of “Attention Walmart customers: All black people leave the store now.” It will surprise absolutely no one that the suspect is a 16-year-old boy. [More]
Walmart-Owned Store Delivers Sex Lube Instead Of Kids' Bubble Bath
By 3.19.10
Not even a week after Walmart-owned British retail chain Asda decided that “Fat Balls” might be an inappropriate name for bird food, they also managed to royally screw up an order for kids’ bubble bath and sent a bottle of lube instead. [More]
NJ Walmart To End Racism By Reducing Access To PA System
By 3.19.10
Remember that New Jersey Walmart where some fool used the store’s public address system to tell all the African-American shoppers to leave? They’re trying to prevent it from happening again by cutting back on the number of in-store phones that have access to the PA. [More]
Walmart Wants To Know Who Made The Racist Announcement Over Their PA System
By 3.17.10
This past Sunday, a male voice came over the public-address system at a Walmart in New Jersey and said, “Attention Walmart customers: All black people leave the store now.” Understandably, customers and employees were pretty offended. One of the shoppers made sure that store management and local media outlets were made aware of what happened, and Walmart apologized–over the PA system, fittingly–on Sunday evening. Store officials say they’re now reviewing security footage to find out who made the announcement. [More]
Walmart Adding 500 More MoneyCenters Nationwide In 2010
By 3.16.10
While banks have spent the last two years consolidating and closing, it looks like people have been turning elsewhere for their financial services. Walmart — you might have heard of them — just opened up their 1,000th in-store MoneyCenter and have announced they’re rolling them out to 500 more locations before the end of 2010. [More]
Grandpa Punched Kids In Head At Walmart For "Thrill"
By 3.15.10
A $150,000 bond has been set for the 68-year old man accused of punching kids in the back of the head at Walmart while their parents weren’t looking. [More]
Store Considering Name Change For "Fat Balls"
By 3.15.10
For years, avian enthusiasts in the UK have been able to get their hands on “fat balls,” bird feed in the form of spherical mixtures of suet and seeds intended for winter use. But now, thanks to a few snickering kids, that could all change. [More]
Walmart Fires Employee For Using Medical Marijuana
By 3.14.10
Warning: Even if medical marijuana is legal in your state and you have a valid prescription, your employer can still fire you for using it. A Michigan man learned this the hard way after failing a drug test given by his employer of five years, Walmart. [More]
Woman Attacked At Walmart, Says Security Didn't Stop Attacker
By 3.12.10
A Houston woman says she was attacked by a man wielding a knife inside her local Walmart and that the store security did nothing to stop the incident or to apprehend the attacker. [More]
Walmart Wins: Top 10 Most Valuable Retail Brands
By 3.11.10
Interbrand Design Forum– part of a global brand consulting firm– has ranked the top retail brands and guess what? Walmart is most valuable. [More]
Thief Gets Everything He Needs To Rob Walmart… At Walmart
By 3.11.10
It’s true — You can get everything you need at Walmart, including everything you need to steal thousands of dollars of Walmart merchandise. [More]
Judge Sues Sam's Club, Walmart, Alleging Bad Customer Service Led Him To Be Committed
By 3.5.10
It’s a story that sounds too odd to be true, but a judge in Brownsville, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against his local Sam’s Club, the store’s manager and the store’s parent company Walmart Stores Inc., alleging that a bad customer service experience led to his arrest and involuntary commitment to two mental health facilities. [More]
Why Was I Banned From Walmart For Not Showing My Receipt?
By 3.5.10
Consumerist reader Jeremy says he’s recently been barred from entering any Walmart store in the country. Why? Because he politely declined to show his receipt to a greeter. [More]
