It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.

SEROQUEL, SERTRALINE, WHO KNEW…? Clearly the pharmacist at Todd Beathard”s Walmart had no George Bailey to watch over business. Should Beathard have been more careful? Have checked the label or even compared the pills against the picture in The Pill Book or an online source? Perhaps. Do you? Keep reading…

WILL WALMART SAVE THE SMALL FARM…? Cleveland is getting hammered by snow this morning, so I”m posting on the fly. I”ll read the entire Atlantic article at home and post more tomorrow. The Atlantic is a trusted publication, but I am skeptical. For now, here”s the accompanying video. Keep reading…

THE VIEW FROM A WALMART PARKING LOT… If you want to see and speak with a lot of people at any one time, you could a lot worse than standing in any Walmart parking lot as the anonymous Lexington did. Speaking with a lot of people, however, is not the same as speaking with a representative sample. Keep reading…

IS WALMART GETTING FOOD RIGHT…? I read The Atlantic story I posted about yesterday. Based on Cory Kummers words, I”d say he”s giving Walmart a C+/B- for its grocery aisles. I fault him for focusing so narrowly and not asking how Walmart helped to get us where we are today. Keep reading…

FABRIC, AMMO AND BOBBERS… Full-disclosure warning: there is no credible evidence that Walmart intends to stop selling fishing supplies in its stores. Having said that, in rural and small town America there is perhaps no more popular male pastime than fishing. Keep reading…

OH, YOU WANT STRAIGHT TALK…!
Marketers are famous for selecting names and phrases that they believe will inspire confidence and comfort among consumers of their products, and the strategy normally works. Walmart”s Straight Talk cell phone service, however, is blowing up. Keep reading…

THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO…? This story bears much deeper consideration than this video, but I want to get it out there so that we can all consider and commet. I don”t know how many ministers there are in Chicago, but 200 is not a number you lightly dismiss. Keep reading…

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