Wal-Mart Stores: Articles & Commentary from 2006

The following are articles & commentary related to the main page Wal-Mart Stores.

• Michael Barbaro, "Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in P.R. Campaign," New York Times, March 7, 2006.
• Michael Barbaro, "Wal-Mart Tries to Enlist Image Help," New York Times, May 12, 2006.
• PR Newswire audio news release, titled, "Health Insurance Mandate Bill Could Dampen Vacation Plans]," June 2, 2006. Also see related Spin of the Day, "Wal-Mart Fights Healthcare Bill with Fake News," June 2, 2006.
• Aaron Blake, "Weekly Wal-Mart shoppers are midterms’ NASCAR dads," The Hill, June 20, 2006.
• Matthew Creamer, "Exclusive Look Inside Wal-Mart's Advertising RFP: Retailer's 'Dream Team' of Agencies Will Focus on Nontraditional Media," Advertising Age, July 2, 2006.
• "Hentges Handles Wal-Mart's Critics", O'Dwyer's PR Daily,July 19, 2006. (Sub req'd).
• "Wal-Mart's liberal push a step in the right direction: Wal-Mart seems to be pursuing with gusto its strategy of liberalizing its public image," PR Week (sub req'd), July 19, 2006.
• "Wal-Mart Gets Dach," O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), July 24, 2006.
• Jonathan Birchall and Holly Yeager, "Wal-Mart takes the fight to its critics," Financial Times, August 16, 2006.
• "Wal-Mart Distances Itself from Cain," O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), August 24, 2006.
• Michael Barbaro, "Wal-Mart Counters Criticism With a Political-Style Ad Campaign," New York Times, August 29, 2006.
• Jack Neff, "Wal-Mart Retools Stores With Hispanics in Mind: Using Music as Example, Retailer Looks to Master Latino Merchandising," Advertising Age, October 2, 2006.
• Mya Frazier, "Wal-Mart Shuts Down the Hub: Retailer's Foray Into Social Networking Closes After Less Than Three Months," Advertising Age, October 4, 2006.
• Jim Goodman, ""A National Pattern of Disregard": So What's the Big Deal, If Wal-Mart Makes a Mistake?", Counterpunch, December 18, 2006.
• "Wal-Mart bias case goes to trial," BBC News, February 6, 2007. "Wal-Mart will face a lawsuit claiming pay discrimination against more than a million female US employees after a court approved the action."
• Naomi Snyder, "Meet Wal-Mart's man in Tennessee: Retailer hires lobbyist to change company's image with politicians and the public," The Tennessean, February 25, 2007.
• Jeffrey Goldberg, "Selling Wal-Mart: Can the company co-opt liberals?", New Yorker, April 2, 2007.
• Ann Zimmerman and Gary McWilliams, "Inside Wal-Mart's 'Threat Research' Operation," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), April 4, 2007.
• Gary McWilliams, "Wal-Mart Apologizes to Groups That Were Focus of Surveillance," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), April 5, 2007.
• Ann Zimmerman and Gary McWilliams, "Wal-Mart's Firing of a Security Aide Bites the Firm Back: He Knew of 'Project Red,' Secret Plan Mulling Ideas Like a Sam's Club Spinoff," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), April 9, 2007.
• Carol Pier et all, "Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of Association," Human Rights Watch report, May 1, 2007.
• Ylan Q. Mui, "Wal-Mart Extends Its Influence to Washington: Under Siege, Retailer Engages Opponents," Washington Post, November 24, 2007.
• Kimberly Morrison, "Wal-Mart Takes Image Hit From Shank Case," The Morning News (Northwest Arkansas), November 30, 2007.
• "Membership required: Global firms operating in China are being pressured to sign up with a government-affiliated union now, or pay more later" The Economist, July 31, 2008.
• Bruce Einhorn, "China Makes Wal-Mart Toe the Labor Line: Beijing got the biggest big-box to go union. It's a sign the government is paying attention to employees' issues, but it doesn't mean the workers are on easy street]," BusinessWeek, July 25, 2008.
• Jean-François Bertrand, "Gatineau Wal-Mart workers awarded contract" The Ottawa Citizen, August 16, 2008.
• "A Grassroots Union's Struggle with Walmart" (pdf), Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo; translated from the Chinese), September 17, 2008.
• Press release, "Wal-Mart Canada commits to making a difference in its second Corporate Social Responsibility Report," Wal-Mart via CNW Newswire, September 23, 2008.
• Terry Kosdrosky, "The Greening of Wal-Mart: Retailer's marketing director of sustainability says company is on track to becoming a more responsible corporate leader," University of Michigan Ross School of Business, January 27, 2009.
• Miguel Bustillo and Kris Maher, "Wal-Mart Election Probe by FEC Comes to a Close," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), May 20, 2009.
• Desiree Evans, "Wal-Mart vs. Corporate America? Health-care reform makes for strange bedfellows," Facing South / Institute for Southern Studies, July 14, 2009.