by Amy Gillentine Published: April 26,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, food banks, Wal-Mart
One in seven Coloradans don’t know where their next meal will come from. But you can help, through Wal-Mart’s “fighting hunger together” campaign. The company has been holding a Facebook campaign in April. Visitors can go to their page and vote for one of 200 communities hardest hit by unemployment. Colorado Springs made the list [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: February 8,2012
Tags: Catholic Charities, Colorado Springs, community outreach, nonprofits, Wal-Mart
The Wal-Mart Foundation has awarded a $59,000 grant to Catholic Charities which allowed for the purchase of a new Marian House Community Outreach truck. The truck will have both Catholic Charities and Wal-Mart brands and will deliver food and other needed items to the rural communities in Colorado. They plan to deliver to five food [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: November 15,2011
Tags: Black Friday, Target, Toys R, Wal-Mart
Toys “R” Us stores will open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, one hour earlier than last year. It’s the latest in the Black Friday retail battle to one-up the competition. Wal-Mart moved its usual midnight opening to 10 p.m. this year, and Target stores bumped its opening up to midnight. Black Friday is the real [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: July 21,2011
Tags: interquest, Jobs, Wal-Mart
Wal-martconfirmed today that it plans to move forward with plans to build a 210,000-square-foot data center on a 24-acre site [...]
Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved a plan to offer a total of $2.3 million in tax-rebate incentives to Wal-Mart and Agilent Technologies to build data centers in the city. The money will come form of rebates in business personal property taxes, something Mayor Steve Bach said he wants to eliminate. Wal-Mart, wants to build [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2011
Tags: Supreme court, Wal-Mart
Christine Kwapnoski hasn’t done too badly in nearly 25 years in the Wal-Mart family, making more than $60,000 a year in a job she enjoys most days. But Kwapnoski says she faced obstacles at Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club stores in both Missouri and California: Men making more than women and getting promoted faster. She never heard [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 17,2011
Tags: Wal-Mart
A South African chain’s shareholders have overwhelmingly accepted Wal-Mart’s offer to buy 51 percent of their company, the chief executive said Monday, paving the way for the giant U.S.-based retailer to enter Africa. Massmart said the proposal was approved by 97 percent of shareholders who voted Monday – 75 percent had been needed. Wal-Mart offered [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 23,2010
Tags: Black Friday, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it will match competitor prices beginning on Thanksgiving Day and running through the weekend, one of the most popular holiday shopping periods of the year. Retailers traditionally compete for shoppers’ dollars on the Friday after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, with early hours and special deals. This year, many are [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 10,2010
The Colorado Springs Diversity Forum received a $25,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation’s state giving program. CSDF was established in 2005 to create opportunities for local citizens and businesses to acknowledge diversity in the Colorado Springs area. The National League of Cities awarded the program its city cultural diversity award last year. The grant will [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: July 10,2010
Tags: Real Estate, Wal-Mart
About half of the area’s Wal-Mart stores are in the midst of a remodel. On the list are five of its 11 Pikes Peak region stores (that includes three Sam’s Clubs), all part of a broader strategy to revitalize the retailer’s bricks-and-mortar image. The first makeover occurred at the city’s busiest store off East Platte [...] [...]
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