http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/walmart The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. xx http://www.fastcompany.com/event/wal-mart-annual-shareholders-meeting Call it what you will: a pep rally, an old-fashioned Arkansas revival, a Peoples Temple brimming with Kool-Aid and those creepy Wal-Mart smiley faces. We still can't wait to see what kind of hoopla the WMT annual meeting generates this year, with the company's investors and employees expected to pack an 18,000-seat arena near its Bentonville headquarters. Sure, company executives will talk about revamping stores and boosting sales at a time when Wal-Mart's low- and middle-income customers are enduring rising gas prices and plunging consumer confidence.<div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/group/leadership" class="og_links">Leadership</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/event/wal-mart-annual-shareholders-meeting">read more</a></p> 2008 arkansas shareholders walmart Leadership Management 861524 Leadership Tue, 20 May 2008 16:43:30 -0400 Gloria Sin 861524 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/terry-tamminen/green-guru/what-does-walmart-know <p class="MsoNormal"> <span>Last week I visited Walmart’s annual sustainable packaging conference in </span><span>Bentonville</span><span>, </span><span>Arkansas</span><span>. I learned that the first such meeting took place in a conference room in Walmart’s<p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/terry-tamminen/green-guru/what-does-walmart-know">read more</a></p> alternative california environmental protection agency energy Green Innovation Innovation investment pegasus recycle schwarzeenegger social responsibility sustainability Sustainable walmart Leadership Social Responsibility 849198 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:17:32 -0400 Terry Tamminen 849198 at http://www.fastcompany.com