ikea and trader joes are coming to memphis

double whammy of city living. merry christmas memphis! via via

in other news, two new walmarts are coming to murfreesboro

UPDATE:

details emerge

NeRd aLeRt!!!

Ummmm, have you heard about this fancy new Walmart (with neighboring Publix and retail center) that is about to open up next door to The University of Tennessee campus? Part of a new old-looking development called University Crossing. You might remember the actual-old industrial plant called Fulton Bellows that operated on that site until 2005. At least all those students aren't going to have to drive to Turkey Creek anymore.

Here's another pic of the huge selection of UT gear at the @Walmart in the University Commons. #CollegeColors #Vols pic.twitter.com/WR7rbG1jIB

— KeepTennesseeOrange (@KeepTNOrange) August 6, 2014

"You can go buy your own ketchup, and I promise to God, you can put as much as you want on it and nobody's going to say nothing."

a guy at a subway in a walmart in florida was menaced by the subway employee when he asked for ketchup on his philly cheese steak sub.

does subway have ketchup? via

"I noticed, like, legs and a hand print"

This lady in Florida found a cute little pink froggy friend in her salad bag that she bought from Walmart. Isn't that fun? via

Walmart says: "Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This fails to meet our high standards of quality food at every level."

how sad.

oh god.

A group of Knoxville developers has inked a deal to bring a Walmart and a Publix grocery store to the former Fulton Bellows site near the University of Tennessee campus.

A development group that includes Budd Cullom, Jim Harrison and Mike McGuffin said in a statement that a project called University Commons will be built at the property located between Volunteer Boulevard and AlcoaHighway. The project will include 211,000 square feet of retail and parking space.

"With the commitment from Publix, we will provide a grocery and supermarket service not currently available and one that is much needed in this area," McGuffin, a partner with CHM, said in the statement. "Downtown residents, students on campus, residents from Alcoa Highway and other local neighborhoods will all greatly benefit from the convenience University Commons will provide."

The "distinctive multistory structure will revive the look and feel of a turn-of-the-century factory, adapted for an urban shopping and dining experience for visitors," according to the statement. (via)

yikes.

silly skill game

what happens when two british kids discover walmart?

starla's half-birthday wishlist

a state-of-the-art floatin' lounge!

your fortnightly boat.

i didn't see this ship in new jersey (i wish!), i just got a fwd from my dad about it. i have no way of verifying the information that was attached (without a minimal amount of internet research), but i'll sum up anyway.

according to the email, this is one of three giant freight ships contracted by walmart to be built by maersk of denmark (remember?). each ship will travel exclusively from china to the US, containing products made in china to be sold in walmarts across america. they then return to china empty, because china doesn't want any of our fine american goods to sell to their poor people.

isn't that interesting?!

thx dad!

wal-marchitecture

this is the best article written about wal-mart that i have ever read. it doesn't stoop to demonizing, and seeks instead to suggest that wal-mart and the architectural designer both have much to learn from each other

walmart's at it again...

they're trying to open one in brooklyn! gmaB!

don't worry. the last couple times they tried to do this, the city's labor unions have shut them down. so it probs won't happen.

U of bama to display national championship trophy at only place that makes sense...

wal-mart [via]

p.s. this is why everyone hates you UA.



image brought to you by those theiving c-bags over at people of wal-mart ;(

2Pz gets ripped off

i noticed on one of carly's posts, that the blog, people of walmart, has adopted 2Pz trademark, the winking frown, as its logo.

i demand reparations! ;(

sweeeeet!

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that it expects to hire more than 22,000 people to staff its new or expanded domestic stores this year. "During this difficult economic time, we're proud to be able to create quality jobs for thousands of Americans this year," Eduardo Castro-Wright, vice chairman of Wal-Mart U.S., said in a statement. (cnn)

recession branding

The world economy is in mid-swan dive. Wallets are in lockdown. So how does a company get people to feel just a little bit better about buying more stuff? (And perhaps burnish a brand that has taken some public relations lumps?)

Behold the new breed of corporate logo — non-threatening, reassuring, playful, even child-like. Not emblems of distant behemoths, but faces of friends. (nytimes)