Wal-Mart, a company once considered among the least press-friendly operations, has just gotten a lot savvier.
As its foes have started extensive online movements like "Wal-Mart Watch" and "Wake Up Wal-Mart," the retailer has started its own support group, "Working Families for Wal-Mart," to show its warm and fuzzy side.
The group reeled in a surprise heavy hitter as its chairman: Andrew Young, former Atlanta mayor, United Nations ambassador, and Martin Luther King Jr. comrade. Young argued in his coming-out editorial ...