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  6. Scott, 2005 Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I (October 25, 2005).

  7. Ann Zimmerman and Kortney Stringer, “Wal-Mart Forces Out Coughlin,” Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2005.

  8. “Tom Coughlin to Retire As Wal-Mart Vice Chairman,” December 6, 2004, www.walmartfacts.com/newsdesk/article.aspx?id=579.

  9. The company’s case against Coughlin and an alleged confederate, Jared Bowen, is spelled out in a July 14, 2005, filing by Wal-Mart outside counsel Eugene Scalia in Jared Bowen vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case 6-2320-05-902, U.S. Department of Labor.

  10. James Bandler and Ann Zimmerman, “A Wal-Mart Legend’s Trail of Deceit,” Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2005.

  11. Zimmerman and Stringer, “Wal-Mart Forces Out Coughlin.”

  12. 2005 Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I (October 25, 2005).

  13. Kris Hudson, “Wal-Mart Investors Fret Over Costs,” Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2005.

  14. Wal-Mart Stores, Second Quarter Earnings Call 2006, August 16, 2005. http://walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=48&contId=4974.

  15. Tracie Rohzon, “Wal-Mart Is Going Upscale. Well, at Least a Little,” New York Times, April 8, 2005.

  16. Castro-Wright, 2005 Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day 1.

  17. Andy Serwer, “Bruised in Bentonville,” Fortune, April 18, 2005. “I look at it this way,” said Jay Allen, Wal-Mart’s ranking executive in public and governmental relations. “Thirty percent of the country don’t care one way or the other about Wal-Mart. Thirty percent love us. Thirty percent have sincere questions about us. And 10% hate us.”

  18. “Wal-Mart Tries to Win Over Consumers,” Associated Press, October 24, 2005.

  19. Lee Scott, “Twenty-First Century Leadership,” October 24, 2005. http: walmartstores.com/Files/21st%20Century%20Leadership.pdf.

  20. Devin Leonard, “‘The Only Lifeline Was the Wal-Mart,’” Fortune, October 3, 2005.

  21. Michael Barbaro and Justin Gills, “Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief,” Washington Post, September 6, 2005.

  22. Greg Levine, “Scott Warns China Wal-Mart Suppliers Re ‘Standards,’” Forbes.com, October 20, 2005.

  23. 2005 Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I.

  24. Ibid.

  25. Susana Schrobsdorff, “Vogue-Mart,” Newsweek.com, October 26, 2005.

  26. 2005 Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I.

  27. Claire Watts, 2005 Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I.

  28. Wendy Zellner, “How Well Does Wal-Mart Travel?” BusinessWeek, September 3, 2001.

  29. “Wal-Mart draws ridicule and anger in Germany, but fails to make profits,” UNI Commerce, April 12, 2004, www.union-netowrk.org.

  30. Hank Gilman, “The Most Underrated CEO Ever,” Fortune, March 3, 2004.

  31. Clay Chandler, “The Great Wal-Mart of China,” Fortune, July 25, 2005.

  32. “Wal-Mart Concedes China Can Make Unions,” Associated Press, November 23, 2004.

  33. Wal-Mart Twelfth Annual Analysts’ Meeting Day I.

  34. Scott, “Twenty-First Century Leadership,” 13.

  35. Robert Berner, “Wal-Mart’s Scott: We’re Not ‘Anti-Union,’” BusinessWeek.com, September 23, 2005.

  36. Susan Chambers, “Supplemental Benefits Documentation, Board of Directors Retreat FY06, 7.

  37. Michael Barbara, “A New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room,” New York Times, October 27, 2005.

  38. Ann Zimmerman, tk, Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2004.

  39. Remarks of Lee Scott to the 2005 Wal-Mart Shareholders Meeting, General Session, June 3, 2005, 7. www.walmartfacts.com/docs/1193_leescottshareholders2005_339291970.pdf.

  40. Berner, “Scott: ‘We’re Not Anti-Union.’”

  41. Ann Zimmerman, “Wal-Mart Sets Seminar to Assess Economic Impact,” Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2005.

  42. Scott, “Twenty-First Century Leadership.”

  43. Michael Barbaro and Felicity Barringer, “Wal-Mart To Seek Savings In Energy, New York Times, October 25, 2004.

  44. Harold Meyerson, “Trouble in Wal-Mart’s America,” Washington Post, October 26, 2005.

  INDEX

  * The following items may be used as a guide to search for information in this eBook.

  A&P (Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.)

  Adams, Gretchen

  Adams, Phil

  Adasek, Jonathan

  Aires, Sister Barbara

  Albertsons

  Allen, Jay

  Ally, Arthur

  Alma, Québec

  Amalgamated Meat Cutters

  Amazon.com

  America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction (Steward and Karlin)

  Apple Valley, California

  Arnold, Paul

  Asda stores

  AT&T

  Aurora, Indiana

  Bahan, Delia

  Baldwin Hills, California

  Bardstown, Kentucky

  Barnes & Noble

  Barrett, Reva

  Basker, Emek

  Baum, Charlie

  Belmont, North Carolina

  Belmont Abbey and College

  Ben Franklin Stores

  Benton, Thomas Hart

  Bentonville, Arkansas

  David Glass Technology Center

  Sam Walton and family in

  Saturday morning meetings in

  vendors in (“Vendorville”)

  Wal-Mart collective firing, executives

  Wal-Mart Distribution Center

  Wal-Mart Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

  Wal-Mart headquarters and upper management. See also Chambers, M. Susan; Coughlin, Thomas; Glass, David; Scott, H. Lee; Walton, Sam.

  Wal-Mart Visitors’ Center,

  Wal-Mart “war room”

  Berryville, Arkansas

  Bicycle Retailer

  Big-box stores

  lean retailing and

  ordinances

  See also Costco; Sam’s club.

  Bigg’s

  Billingsley, George

  Birdsall, David

  Bishop, Steve

  Blank, Paul

  Bluffton, Indiana

  Bolduc, Louis

  Bonaminio, James O.

  Boyce, Richard

  Brimmer, Frank

  Brown, Derekshawn

  Buchanan, Bob

  Buck$ Dollar Stores

  Buffett, Warren

  Bush, George H. W.

  Bush, George W.

  Business Week

  Butler, Missouri

  Butler Brothers

  Carlin, George

  Carolina Mills

  Carrefour

  Carroll Ed

  Cassil, Alwyn

  Castro-Wright, Eduardo

  Celina, Ohio

  Central American Retail Holding Corp.

  Chambers, M. Susan

  Champagne, Sister Esther

  Chernow, Ron

  Chicago, Illinois

  China

  abusive working conditions in

  iconic American products made in

  labor unions in

  Shenzhen

  Tiajin

  wages in

  as Wal-Mart market

  as Wal-Mart supplier

  China Inc.

  “China price”

  Christensen, Julia

  Christian Brothers Investment Services

  Christianity Today

  Cincinnati, Ohio. See also Bigg’s; Jungle Jim’s International Farmer’s Market; Kroger

  Cincinnati Machine

  Claremore, Oklahoma

  Clarksville, Kentucky

  Clinton, Bill

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham

  Clinton, Missouri

  CMS Cleaning

  Cobain, Kurt

  Collingsworth, Terry

  Collins, Jim

  Colony, Texas (Wal-Mart)

  Columbia
, Missouri

  Comer, Kim

  Confessions of a Union Buster (Levitt)

  Cooper, Abraham

  Corpus Christi, Texas

  Costco

  Coughlin, Thomas

  embezzlement scandal

  Coulter, Ann

  Cox, Sue

  Crow, Sheryl

  Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

  Cullum Companies

  Currie, Neil

  CVS pharmacies

  Dach, Leslie

  Daggett, Becky

  Dallas, Texas

  Daniels, Cora

  Dateline NBC

  Davis, Gray

  Deaver, Michael

  “Deliver Us from Wal*Mart” (Christianity Today)

  Dellaire, Herman

  Desbiens, Joanne

  Deschamps, Yvon

  Dickens, Frank

  Dicker, John

  Diggins, Missouri

  DiIenno, Donna

  Dillman, Linda

  Dillon, David B.

  Dobbins, Steve

  Domini 400 Social Equity Index

  Dorel Industries Inc.

  Dorgan, Byron L.

  Dority, Douglas

  Dorn, Roosevelt

  Douglas, Dawn

  Dreher, Bill

  Dry Ridge, Kentucky

  Dukes, Betty

  Dukes v. Wal-Mart

  Dumas, André

  Dunkirk, Maryland

  Edelman Public Relations

  “Effect of Wal-Mart Stores on Businesses in Host Towns and Surrounding Towns in Iowa, The,” (Stone)

  Ehrenreich, Barbara

  Eichelbaum, Stan

  El Dorado Springs, Missouri

  Elliott, Becky

  Embry, Harold

  Employees, Wal-Mart

  anti-fraternization policy

  black workers

  Chambers’ “benefits strategy” memo

  computerized monitoring

  computerized work schedules

  Customer Service Managers (CSMs)

  discontent after Walton’s death

  financial incentives

  grievance procedure under Sam Walton

  handbook

  health plan

  Hurricane Katrina, company response and

  illegal immigrants, use of

  Jonquière, Québec, worker rebellion and unionization

  lawsuits by

  lock-ins

  management training program

  new hires

  part-time status

  racial homogeneity of

  reform initiatives

  replacement by technology

  retirement plan

  screening applicants

  senior management. See also Bentonville, Arkansas.

  shrinkage bonus

  stock ownership (profit-sharing)

  store managers

  surveillance of

  turnover

  understaffing policy and

  unfair labor practices and labor violations

  unionization efforts

  wages

  women at

  working conditions for

  Enfield, William

  Euromarché

  Everingham, Lyle

  Farmington, Missouri

  Farris Fashions

  Fayetteville, Arkansas

  Fields, Bill

  Fisher, Herbert

  Fishman, Ted C.

  Flagstaff, Arizona

  Fleming, John

  Fleming/Baker’s supermarkets

  Flickinger, Burt

  Fort Smith, Arkansas

  Fort Wright, Kentucky

  Fortune, Stan

  Frazier Engineering

  Fred Meyer Inc.

  Gastonia, North Carolina

  Gates, Bill

  Gatineau, Québec

  Gault, Stanley

  Gearity, James

  Germany, Wal-Mart in

  Gibson, Herbert

  Gibson Discount Stores

  Gillan, Brian

  Gladpeer Garment Factory

  Glass, David

  Glass, Myrtle

  Global Insight

  Goldberg, Danny

  Gonzalez, Lupita

  Good Jobs First

  Good to Great (Collins)

  Grapevine, Texas

  Greenwald, Robert

  Grunewald, Fred

  Gu, Amy

  Guelph, Ontario

  Gynetics Inc.

  Hamilton, Gary

  Hamquist, Beth

  Hansen, Joe

  Harrington, Leann

  Harris, Don S.

  Harrison, Arkansas (Wal-Mart No. 2)

  Haworth, Jim

  Herne, Texas

  Hodge, Robert

  Home Depot

  Honesdale, Pennsylvania (Wal-Mart No. 2480)

  Hong, Sok

  Hong Kong Garment Company

  Honolulu, Hawaii

  Hormel Foods

  Houston, Texas

  Howard, Melissa

  HSBC Securities

  Huffman, George P.

  Huffman, Horace

  Huffy Corp.

  Husson, Mark

  Hutchinson, Earl Ofari

  Hypermart USA

  Icaza, Ricardo

  Independence, Iowa

  Inglewood, California

  Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)

  International Brotherhood of Teamsters

  International Labor Rights Fund

  In Utero (Nirvana)

  Issaquah, Washington

  “It Came from Bentonville” (Moreton)

  J. C. Penney

  Jackson, Darian (DJ)

  Jackson, Eric

  Jackson, Jesse

  Jacksonville, Texas (Wal-Mart No. 180)

  unionizing effort and

  Japan

  Seiyu and Wal-Mart

  John, Norman

  Jones, E. Fay

  Jones, Joann

  Jonquière, Québec

  UFCW unionization of Wal-Mart

  Jordan, Jim

  Joye, Billy

  Jungle Jim’s International Farmer’s Market

  Kanelos, Peter

  Kannapolis, North Carolina

  Kansas City, Missouri

  Kaplan, Erin Aubry

  Karlin, Ben

  Kenner, Louisiana

  Kernaghan, Charles

  Killingly, Connecticut

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  Kingfisher, Oklahoma

  Kingman, Arizona

  KLD Research & Analytics

  Kmart

  Kostek, Stanislaw

  Krehely, Jeff

  Kroger Co.

  Labor unions

  anti-Wal-Mart coalition and pressure groups

  California grocery chain strike

  California pro-union sympathies

  Canadian unions, members, and rules

  Catholic Church and

  in China

  Costco and

  Germany and

  Huffy Corp. pay cuts and

  Jonquière, Québec, unionization efforts

  Kroger concessions

  Las-Vegas Wal-Marts, unionization efforts at

  Louisville Wal Marts, unionizing effort

  Meijer stores and

  Wal-Mart butchers and

  See also Lehman, Jon.

  Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co.

  Lamine, Missouri

  Landry, Bernard

  Langlois, Noella

  Las Vegas, Nevada

  Sam’s Club No. 6382

  UFCW unionizing efforts in

  Laurie, Elizabeth Paige

  Lavoie, Sylvie

  Lee, Simon

  Lee, Yoon

  Lehman, Gary

  Lehman, Jill Brown

  Lehman, Jon

  Leis, Clarence

  Lemieux, Marie-Josée

  Leonard, Michael

  Levitt, Martin
r />   Lichtenstein, Nelson

  Louisville, Kentucky

  Hillview Wal-Mart

  UFCW unionizing effort

  “Love Is a Good Thing” (Crow)

  Loveland, Colorado

  Loveless, Ron

  Lowe’s

  Macke, Jeff

  Mackenzie, Roderick L.

  Macy’s

  Made in America (Walton)

  Madison, Wisconsin

  Magnolia, Arkansas (Wal-Mart No. 83)

  Manager’s Toolbox to Remain Union Free

  Manufacturing sector

  abuses, sweat shops, and child labor

  “China price” and

  textiles

  Third World factories

  Wal-Mart, impact on

  See also China.

  Marshall, Missouri

  Mayer, Ron

  McAdam, Robert

  McKay, Kay

  McKeever, Peter

  McKinsey Co. study

  Meijer stores

  Memphis, Tennessee (Wal-Mart No. 950)

  Merrill, A. William

  Mersman Brothers Corp.

  Mexico, Missouri

  Mexico, Wal-Mart division in

  Miles

  Miller, Maurice

  Mixon, Vidette Bullock

  Monroe, Jonnie

  Morales, Eloy, Jr.

  Moreton, Bethany

  Moroney, Kate

  Morrilton, Arkansas (Wal-Mart No. 8)

  Morristown, Indiana

  Mountain Home, Arkansas

  Munger, Charlie

  Naijar, Leila

  Nashville, Tennessee

  National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy

  National Labor Committee

  National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

  National Organization for Women (NOW)

  Neighborhood Markets

  Nelson, Terry

  Neron, Carol

  Neumark, David

  Newell Co.

  New England Consulting Group

  New Orleans, Louisiana

  Newport, Arkansas

  New York, New York

  Rego Park Wal-Mart resistance

  Wal-Marts encircling

  Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (Ehrenreich)

  Noble, Joshua

  Nowata, Oklahoma

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  Olympia, Washington

  Omega, Oklahoma

  O’Reilly, Bill

  Orr, Everett

  Ortega, Bob

  Ozarks and Ozarkers

  anti-union sentiment and right-to-work law

  labor market in

  See also Walton, Sam.

  Page, Leonard

  Paris, Texas

  Parks, Bernard

  Pawhuska, Oklahoma

  Pelletier, Andrew

  Penegar, Richard

  Penney, John Cash

  Pennzoil

  Peterson, Coleman

  Petrovic, Misha

  Phoenix, Arizona

  Pichler

  Pickens, Fran

  Pillowtex Corp.

  Pinellas Park, Florida

 

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