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Apr 2, 2015, 05:07 PM
#2971
Originally Posted by
Jeannie
Walmart pays a fair wage and offers excellent insurance and retirement plans. My only quibble with them is their overuse of parttime employees.
Their lower prices and wide variety of merchandise do bring a higher standard of living to many lower income families than they might otherwise afford.
On the negative side, those same lower prices can cause difficulties for smaller local stores in direct competition to Walmart who cannot match them on price.
Jeannie
The biggest issue with Walmart that I have is that they have too much power as a buyer. Any retailer with so much power that they can dictate price points with manufacturers to the point of almost putting them out of business really messes with competition in the market.
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Apr 2, 2015, 05:14 PM
#2972
Original Gangsta
Originally Posted by
Raza
The biggest issue with Walmart that I have is that they have too much power as a buyer. Any retailer with so much power that they can dictate price points with manufacturers to the point of almost putting them out of business really messes with competition in the market.
Free market. Target is their competition, and has forced them to reconsider some of their practices (not to mention quality).
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Apr 2, 2015, 05:18 PM
#2973
Originally Posted by
M. Montaigne
Free market. Target is their competition, and has forced them to reconsider some of their practices (not to mention quality).
Free market my ass. What you're talking about isn't the free market anyway. Sellers aren't supposed to dictate demand, which is what Walmart has the power to do (or at least did 10 years ago when I studied them and when they almost put Rubbermaid out of business).
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Apr 2, 2015, 05:22 PM
#2974
Original Gangsta
Originally Posted by
Raza
Free market my ass. What you're talking about isn't the free market anyway. Sellers aren't supposed to dictate demand, which is what Walmart has the power to do (or at least did 10 years ago when I studied them and when they almost put Rubbermaid out of business).
I don't disagree with you on Walmart's questionable business practices; however, that is the reality of globalization and scale.
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Apr 2, 2015, 06:48 PM
#2975
Originally Posted by
geoffbot
Meh - duplication of some stuff is inevitable.
I agree
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Apr 2, 2015, 07:34 PM
#2976
Here's what now looked like, 30 years ago
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Apr 2, 2015, 08:07 PM
#2977
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Apr 2, 2015, 09:42 PM
#2978
Originally Posted by
geoffbot
30 years ago was 1985...
Well, actually 31 years as it is the cover of a book from 1984 (and it's not definitely 2015, but probably around now)
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Apr 3, 2015, 12:43 PM
#2979
68 high, but it's supposed to rain. Still, should get some top down time in.
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Apr 3, 2015, 08:42 PM
#2980
Hold on a minute, where's Der Amf?
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