Special Reports

Wal-Mart Watch Annual Report 2005
Low prices at what cost?
For the first time, the staff of Wal-Mart Watch answers this important question. Drawing on a wide range of research, the 2005 Wal-Mart Watch Annual Report tells the whole story behind the largest corporation the world has ever seen.

Shameless: How Wal-Mart Bullies Its Way Into Communities Across America
This special report reviews Wal-Mart’s bullying tactics through a series of local case studies. Using highly publicized examples like Inglewood, California and Chicago, Illinois alongside less well-known stories from cities like Stoughton, Wisconsin and Lewiston, Maine, the findings reveal patterns: Wal-Mart’s use of local front groups, their reliance on a SWAT team of corporate mouthpieces, aggressive litigation tactics, outright bait-and-switches, and a trail of broken promises. Today, as more American communities rise to fight back against the retail giant, this report offers a strategic map of the company’s tactics.

Health Care Watch
Who Really Pays for Wal-Mart Workers' Health Care?
Despite Wal-Mart's mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us -- taxpayers -- with its workers' health care costs.  In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care.

Down & Out In Bentonville
Your Guide to the Revolving Door of Wal-Mart Insiders
Troubled times at Wal-Mart. Struggling with mounting business, legal and public relations problems, a number of familiar faces in Bentonville have been shoved out the company’s proverbial open door. Wal-Mart Watch offers you this guide to who’s down and who’s out in Bentonville.

Wal-Mart 2010?
Five Years & $500 Billion Later, Expect Double Trouble from the World's Largest Corporate Offender
Think Wal-Marts are everywhere you turn today? Just wait five years. Industry analysts predict that by 2010, Wal-Mart estimated sales will exceed $500 billion dollars a year. Read what the future holds.