Fezmid Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 username: joey421 password: joey421 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/business...html?oref=login "The New York Times covers Wal-Mart's obsession with collecting sales data. Fun fact: 'Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on Teradata mainframes, at its Bentonville headquarters. To put that in perspective, the Internet has less than half as much data, according to experts.' That much information results in some interesting data-mining. Did you know hurricanes increase strawberry Pop Tarts sales 7-fold?" CW
Navy Chief Navy Pride Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 its Wal Mart are you suprised?
Corp000085 Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 I'm not too keen on their censorship policies, but hey, they're a great grocery store in my town. I'm sure they have loads of info on frozen chicken breasts for me.
drnykterstein Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 I boycott Walmart. They are bad for local economies everywhere.
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