8/22 Weird Walmart News

Fla. Mom Abandons Infant In Walmart With Man She Met On Facebook – Can’t wait to hear what she was doing while her kid was at Walmart with a total stranger.

Why I’m standing up to Wal-Mart – I keep hearing about how hard it is to live on minimum wage (and it definitely is) but here is someone making almost $5 over minimum wage and still complaining.  Entry level jobs make entry level pay, it’s pretty simple economics.

Wal-Mart’s free layaway launch foreshadows a competitive holiday to come – I told you about this new layaway policy yesterday but this article points out that it will probably lead to further innovations in other stores’ policies to stay competitive.  All good news for us!

Wal-Mart set to hold ‘made-in-America’ meeting – Walmart wants to make products made in America have a higher profile in their stores.  I really like this.

8/22 Weird Walmart News