The school is located in a mixed industrial-retail area near a Wal-Mart and a Toyota dealership and across a freeway from the O.co Coliseum, the home of the Oakland Raiders football team and A's baseball club that used to be known as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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Nevertheless, a spot-check of a Wal-Mart store by journos at the Hollywood Reporter found the discs to be in scant supply, with just a handful stacked haphazardly among the PSPs.
In the e-mail a Wal-Mart exec noted that people were not spending at the mega store and that the company was trending the worst February in years.
"To be a Wal-Mart supplier is a badge of honor, " says Robert Lamb, a management professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.
They range in age from early 20s to 70s and include a Wal-Mart worker, a high school teacher, a retired school bus driver and a student in his junior year at Penn State who has ties to the football team and knows some witnesses in the case.
Two days later all 17 workers of the car-maintenance department at a Wal-Mart in New Castle, Pennsylvania voted against joining the union.
Even though the Hollywood Reporter finds it manages to retain a certain goofy appeal, thanks to the stand-up effort of its comically adept cast members, the New York Times thought Employee of the Month was more tired than a Wal-Mart greeter at the end of a Saturday shift.
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" Or as a Wal-Mart spokesman puts it: "If a supplier chooses to become a retailer, they will become a competitor.
Among those living near a Wal-Mart, the Pew study found 81% said it was a good place to shop.
Like a Dell Computer or a Wal-Mart, McDonald's realizes that success depends not on a superior product, but on a superior process.
Basically, when you pay for stuff with a debit card, at say a Wal-Mart or Home Depot, the banks whack the retailer with a 2% fee for pleasure of offering debit card transactions.
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Since Wal-Mart claims to be a value oriented chain, it is interesting that Wal-Mart is not offering a similar plan for Nokia high-end phones.
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The garden variety bars would be used to, say, hold up the roof at a Wal-Mart.
And yes, there is no shortage of snobs who would not be caught dead in a Wal-Mart.
He finally quit his job at an electronics company and opened a mini-mart inside his cramped living room.
Recent town hearings on property rezoning for a Wal-Mart expansion drew fierce debate.
Work at your current job until you drop dead or look forward to a second career as a Wal-Mart greeter.
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"We are cooperating with the Indian government and the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, " a Wal-Mart India spokeswoman said by email Friday.
She "cringed, " she said, as she visited a Wal-Mart store around July 4th this year and saw school supplies on display.
Looks like all those rumors and conspiracy theories regarding a Wal-Mart download store actually counted for something this time around.
The opening of a Wal-Mart store reduces these by only about 1%.
The question is, What is this going to change, and how will the world and its customers adapt themselves to a Wal-Mart world?
"We are cooperating with the Indian government and the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, " a Wal-Mart India spokeswoman said, responding to an email seeking comment.
But for every efficient logistical enterprise like a Wal-Mart, Dell or Zara, there are dozens struggling with the growth and complexity of global trade.
That's the reason Juanita Williams, who went to school with Beale, voted for him Tuesday, saying he helped bring a Wal-Mart to the area.
In Middle Island, a Wal-Mart remained unofficially open long past midnight to accommodate more than two dozen motorists who were stranded on nearby roads.
The study shows that between 1985 and 2003, personal income, overall employment and retail employment grew faster in counties with a Wal-Mart than in those without one.
Top scorers get forwarded to a Wal-Mart buyer for further evaluation.
If you happened to drive by a Best Buy or a Wal-Mart last night, you might have seen the crowds of people lined up to buy one.
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