In 2013, Whole Foods posted $12.9 billion in net sales. This was over $4 billion more than in 2009. Since 1999, with the exception of the Great Recession year of 2008, Whole Foods has posted identical store sales growth rates of at least 4% annually. Most years have seen growth rates of at least 7% over the previous year, while 2004 saw 15% growth.
What attracts the media to woman-on-woman (WOW) bullying is the fact that women are targeted at a higher rate by female bullies (71%) than by male bullies (46%). Yes, women are crueler to women than they are to men, and that must be explained. But donât forget that 60% of all bullies are men.
It is true, however, than women tend to abuse men differently than men abuse women. Women generally favor emotional abuse tactics, making the abuse much more difficult to detect. Examples of the ways women perpetrate emotional abuse include: Extreme mood swings; Constant anger or displeasure; Withholding sex; Name calling; Public humiliation