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Stay Home if You Have Swine Flu, Unless You Work at Wal-Mart

By | 11.04.09 | 9:07 am

During the summer, when swine flu was not yet a widespread reality in the United States, giant retailer Wal-Mart made the news for being in talks with the government about possibly distributing the swine flu vaccine through its extensive network of stores.

But now the swine flu has Wal-Mart More…

Retailers to Wage Psychological Warfare

By | 01.05.09 | 6:00 am

As the retail industry sifts through the rubble of its disastrous holiday shopping season, the next challenge begins: A struggle over the consumer psyche.

Despite hopes for a massive economic stimulus plan under a new Obama administration in January, consumer confidence plunged More…