These nine women made it to the top of their organizations, many of them making history as the first to do so. Check them out!
You go girl! Rosalind Brewer is the first African American woman to lead one of Wal-Mart's three business units.
(Amsterdam News) — “Not in East New York and not in New York City,” said Council Member Charles Barron while speaking with the AmNews inside City Hall. “We’re declaring it a Wal-Mart free zone.” Joining Council Members Inez Barron and Melissa Mark-Viverito and members of NYC Communities for Change, Charles Barron spoke to reporters about […]
(New York Times)–The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in the biggest employment discrimination case in the nation’s history, one claiming that Wal-Mart discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women in pay and promotion. The lawsuit seeks back pay that could amount to billions of dollars. The question before the court is […]
(Money Control) — Walmart, the world’s largest retailer by sales, has offered USD 2.4bn for a majority stake in the South African company Massmart, as it looks to enter the fast-growing African consumer market. Massmart is the third-biggest retailer in South Africa, with 288 stores including outlets in 13 other African countries. Walmart revealed its […]
(Ad Age) — In a new addition to its benefits package, retail giant Wal-Mart is offering its U.S. employees a way to obtain discounted college degrees through an online university, The New York Times’ Stephanie Clifford and Stephanie Rosenbloom report. Executives from Wal-Mart told the Times that the point of the program was to help […]
(Midlands Connect) — A retail chain is giving back to some South Carolina students in a big way.Tuesday, Walmart presented Columbia’s Urban League with a hefty check in the amount of $85,000.The money will help support the Urban League’s Youth Empowerment Initiative.Twenty-four 8th graders from several counties around the state will go on a trip […]
(BusinessWeek) –Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), the world’s largest retailer, has become famous and at times infamousfor the power it wields over its suppliers. With its $408 billion in sales for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, the retailer has plenty of clout to persuade makers of goods sold in its big-box stores to create environmentally friendly […]
(NYTimes.com) — The Wal-Mart Corporation announced plans Wednesday to contribute $2 billion in cash and food to the nation’s food banks, one of the largest corporate gifts on record. Over the next five years, the giant retail company will distribute some 1.1 billion pounds of food to food banks and provide $250 million to help […]