Walmart Makes An Interesting Multi Faceted Case

Rocky, that's all well and good, but a company is under no obligation to manufacture a product to those standards, as you pointed out.

You phrase it as "they demand it be built for them to buy".

In my opinion, the correct way to look at is "we will sell your product if you make it this way".

Many companies find it more profitable to meet the standards and prices offered by the world's largest retailer, because it means more sales.
 
I liked Wal Mart better when the old man made sure guns were sold in his stores and he pushed for USA made. I can't remember who but Hollywood types didn't like his guns so he told them not to come to his stores then. Hard to put into words how that made me feel after seeing the anti's run guns out of all other department stores. Nice to see they contributed to the election but the anti's won in this state after the old man died. Screw-em.
 
Check out the history of Remington 870 express and how it came into being.If walmart can't get what they want made they sometimes buy enough shares in controlling companies to get what they want.Walmart,may be coming to a company near you.With the kind of money walmart makes they could be a much better citizen if they wanted to.I don't want walmarts shut down,I just wish they would be better citizens on their own.
 
I read in the newspaper yesterday that Walmart was building 4 new "Neighborhood Market" stores in Colorado Springs.

If I understood the news article correctly, these stores will be geared towards mainly or only grocery items and will be about the size of a Safeway, Albertsons or King Soopers.

Never heard of these Walmart "Neighborhood Market" stores before yesterday. Any of you guys have them in your areas?
 
I know 1 guy who was a manager at Lowes, quit and went to work at our Walmart distribution center. He's not a manager there, makes more money, makes full benefits instead of partial, works 3 days a week opposed to 6. Talking to other who have done the same thing, he's not a fluke or special as far as employees go.

How many folks here would buy a deer rifle, with all the bells and whistles, for $3k? Quite a few. How many would do the same if you could only buy that deer rifle and had no other options? Compared to those that will buy a 'lesser' model for less money. Most. They have specific needs/requirements and don't want to spend a ton extra for things that while nice, don't fit them.

That's the walmart business model. Build X so I can sell it for Y. If you say you'll only do Z, you don't get the business. That doesn't make them 'evil', if I had to guess roughly 99% of the people complaining about the model practice it in their own lives. That is they do what is required of them, they don't always do everything they possibly can.

One of my hobby business' is remodeling houses. I make nice places, I always have the bottom line in mind. So you get drywall instead of solid gold walls, $100 porcelein poopers instead of $10k solid gold, carpet instead of woven alpaca hair... and it lets me sell the house at a price I need to make a profit. I do consider myself evil, but not because of this
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I know it sounds like my only intent in my posts was to bash walmart.That is not the way I originally intended to post.I worked at Walmart a short time and left on good terms.I have relatives that work there now.I have friends that work there.I can not explain what I was trying to get across I guess,especially to walmart fans.After all there is only one side to every issue,right.
 
Originally Posted By: doggin coyotesI read in the newspaper yesterday that Walmart was building 4 new "Neighborhood Market" stores in Colorado Springs.

If I understood the news article correctly, these stores will be geared towards mainly or only grocery items and will be about the size of a Safeway, Albertsons or King Soopers.

Never heard of these Walmart "Neighborhood Market" stores before yesterday. Any of you guys have them in your areas?

Yeah doggin we have one in our town. It is a "medium" sized store, which sells grocery items (and very limited non-grocery items the same as any grocery store). It has a drive up pharmacy too. The prices are on average better than the other stores in our area.
 
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