More folks buying American made goods...
Geez, according to some other threads here, Walmart is the only company hiring, and that's why our employment numbers were up 274,000 last month. It looks like they hired a few too many workers -- probably should have hired only 250,000 new employees last month or so, so they'd make their unjust billions by selling Chinese goods to the sheeple while putting mom and pop shops out of business and not giving their own employees adequate healthcare.
Walmart is too big. Not much room to grow.
Good for Walmart. Helping to build a strong Chinese middle class and simultaneously providing Americans with good-quality goods at very reasonable prices.
Wal Marts stock has been flat for some time. It may well be that they have reached a plateau. Opening new stores can carry you only so far.
WalMart has a bunch of problems. Shopping there invariably means standing in long lines because they open as few registers as possible.
You also have to hunt all over for someone to help in departments like paint or garden.
A lot of the merchandise is priced low but falls apart quickly.
At least in our area WalMart has overbuilt. As soon as a new store opens up everyone goes there because it's clean and well-stocked and business falls off at the "old" one.
They have the shopping carts that lock the wheels five feet from the store entrance so you better find a place to park close.
The people who work there are almost always nice but seem overwhelmed.
"Our results were not up to Wal-Mart standards," Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott said on a recorded message, citing steep oil prices
Live by buying foreign...Die by buying foreign.
WalMart is indeed start to show signs of its weakness and decline.
They have become nothing more than KMart circa 1984.
Cluttered Isles, not enough checkers on duty, dirty dingy stores, cheap poorly made merchandise... Folks will only put up with it for so long before they realize a few pennies more saves them tons of frustration, faster shopping and better products.
Growth by expansion only happens for so long, and then you have to remember what business you are in.. happened to Wendy's happened to Krispy Kreme, and looks like WalMart is in that space now... Will be interesting to see what happens.
The PRC will be very unhappy that Chairman Mao's General Store profits are low.
There seems to be a certain undercurrent of incivility on this thread. Please be careful everyone. You all know the rules.
What ever happened to the idea of buying well-constructed, classic, timeless items, having less stuff, that lasted longer, and rewarding craftsmanship? I'd rather have one really beautiful ______ (name your item) than have 3 pieces of junk...
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