corporate-america

The Most Successful Industry of the Past Century

Hamilton Nolan · 02/16/15 02:03PM

What do you think the most successful industry in America has been in the past 100 years? A hint: it's home to the most successful company of the past 50 years.

Elegy for a Bad McDonald's CEO

Hamilton Nolan · 01/29/15 12:15PM

Let us all bow our heads and say a prayer for Don Thompson, fired this week as CEO of McDonald's merely because he was bad at his job, and his company is bad, and performing badly.

Target's Dumb Internal Guide to Millennials (and Other Generations)

Hamilton Nolan · 01/09/15 12:27PM

Retail monster Target has more than 360,000 employees. Some of them are oldies; some of them are Gen Xers; and some of them are the dreaded millennials. Fortunately, the company has a neatly stereotyped training guide for managers to navigate this generational minefield.

Christmas at Amazon: One Man's Story

Hamilton Nolan · 12/30/14 11:15AM

What is it like to work at an Amazon warehouse during the annual holiday rush? One Amazon warehouse employee kindly narrated the "nonstop chaos" for us over the past month.

Hamilton Nolan · 12/11/14 05:15PM

The CEO of Sea World has resigned, after one little documentary called Blackfish led to a nonstop onslaught of protests and a plummeting stock price and a storm of outrage that continues to this day. Hopefully the next step will be the company's bankruptcy.

Walmart Dodges Taxes While Its Employees Starve

Hamilton Nolan · 11/20/14 12:24PM

Two new reports today about Walmart, the world's top provider of crap. One points out that Walmart is a tax dodger; the other points out that Walmart worsens our national hunger crisis. A banner day for Walmart!

What Whole Foods Employees Think of the Company's "Values"

Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/14 02:32PM

Whole Foods has just launched its first national advertising campaign, featuring the slogan "Values Matter." It emphasizes not just quality food, but also the company's "fair labor practices." How do Whole Foods employees feel on that point?

America Rewards the Deserving

Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/14 11:24AM

The business world is giddy and agog at the rip-roaring return of mergers and acquisitions. M&A is back! Just yesterday, two mega-deals worth $100 billion were announced. Some people are getting very, very rich. The deserving people, that is.

Hamilton Nolan · 11/13/14 02:52PM

Here you will find a live feed of an ongoing sit-in by Los Angeles Walmart workers who are seeking higher wages from a company that has made its founder's children zillionaires.

Whole Foods Employees Ask For a Union

Hamilton Nolan · 11/07/14 12:54PM

Whole Foods has had a pretty bad year. Its stock cratered in 2014, as lower-cost competitors undercut its prices. But now earnings are up, the stock is on the rise, and the company has a new problem: some of its workers would like a union.

Alice Walton, The Villain

Hamilton Nolan · 10/16/14 03:15PM

Alice Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, is worth $35 billion. Today, a lot of poor people stood outside her house and yelled at her.