Skip to content

Tag Archives: wal-mart

Today’s Cognitive Dissonance

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Sinead O’Connor’s (see here and here) Nothing Compares 2 U playing store-wide in the Oxford, Maine Wal-Mart. American commercial culture co-opts everything eventually. Sphere: Related Content Related posts Going Mainstream (0) BigLaw Economics (0)

Filed in Pop Culture | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

BigLaw Economics

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Two posts from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Wal-Mart Memo to Law Firms: No More Rate Hikes! Drawing a line over regular increases in hourly billing rates that it believes are linked to increases in associate salaries (now $160,000 for dewy-eyed law school grads) Wal-Mart notified outside counsel ““[w]e are today announcing a moratorium [...]

Filed in Legal Profession | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Going Mainstream

Monday, May 14, 2007

The AP reports that Wal-Mart is adding Skype-specific handsets, headsets, and webcams to the electronics departments of 1,800 stores and will sell the first prepaid Skype calling cards in the US. O ye weary giants of flesh and steel . . . Sphere: Related Content Related posts You, Wonderful You (0) You’ll Never Walk Alone [...]

Filed in Internet Culture, eCommerce | Also tagged | Comments (0)