A CBS investigation has uncovered some Walmart and Macy's coats being sold at Burlington Coat Factor — disguised as more expensive designer brands. Apparently, some jackass at a coat supplier thought it would be a good idea to glue Perry Ellis labels on cheap coats. As you can imagine, both Bu...

Heavy equipment reduced the old First Baptist Church in downtown Raytown to a pile of bricks and metal. The demolition was a long-time coming. The City of Raytown bought the building in 2001 for $500,... Continue reading "Raytown shows Jesus who's boss, demolishes church"...

The other day, I went to Wal-Mart and was walking to the kids section when I noticed the guy marking down the bath wraps that I wanted!  I have been contemplating making it but knew the material alone would cost me $10.  They had them marked down for $2.50.  I was so excited that I bought mine wi...

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Columns Welcome to the 99th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions, and just a bit of everything else when it comes to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has had ...

It's official: 2009 is the beginning of a new era. Barack Obama is president, Detroit's Big Three are on the verge of becoming the Little Two (and A Half?), and Seventh Generation - a brand synonymous with sustainable values - is doing business with Walmart. It's no full-scale partnership - Seventh ...

Microsoft Corporation hired Walmart veteran, David Porter a its VP of retail stores and  almost immediately disclosed plans of opening its retails stores. This appears yet another we secretly admire Apple’s ways, as Apple itself has created a lot of awareness amongst consumers with its st...

Lisa says a Walmart greeter grabbed onto her cart and and wouldn't let her leave because she refused to let the greeter check her receipt. That, my friends, is not legal. Sure, it would make life a lot easier if people just acquiesced to the receipt-checking, but it's not the law. It is against the ...

  If it happened in a Kansas Walmart, you know it has to be good... Man Arrested For Masturbating In Shawnee Walmart Toy Aisle The complete story:  SHAWNEE, KAN. - A man was arrested Thursday night after witnesses said he masturbated in the toy aisles at a Shawnee Walmart. Lt. Bill Hisle w...

In an interview with The New York Times, Bruce Springsteen now says that it was a mistake to do a deal with Wal-Mart to market his greatest hits album. He made another promotional deal he now bluntly calls a mistake. On Jan. 13 a $10 collection of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's "Greatest ...

Bruce Springsteen has admitted that, on balance, he shouldn't have tied up with WalMart, telling the New York Times: Mr. Springsteen said the decision was made too hastily. “We were in the middle of doing a lot of things, it kind of came down and, really, we didn’t vet it the way we usually do,â...