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Amazon believe it or not is Walmarts biggest competitor. Amazon has now started Sunday deliveries in many areas of the country. After Amazon look at Ebay. I have recently bought socks, batteries, tv, etc. through Amazon or Ebay. No need to go to Walmart or Costco.
Keep a sharp eye out on Amazon prices....delivery and ordering may be convenient...there prices are no longer the lowest in many cases.
I'm not so sure that it's an issue with not "paying them to water". Every time I go into WM I see little groups of 3-4 people in WM "uniforms" standing around chatting, while only 1-2 checkout lines are open. And the ones that are open have the slowest moving cashiers in the city.
"Pay peanuts, get monkeys" - this really should come as no surprise.
Wal-Mart cut staff to the bone a few years ago. They stopped promoting from within. Any employee who could leave did -- including those who ran the stores. They got rid of the greeters, though they are fast enough to check your receipt when you leave.
Customers started to notice that, despite 20 registers, only 2 were ever operational. There'd be a line a dozen plus deep and they wouldn't call for backup cashiers. People would walk away, rather than wait any longer. Management experts told Wal-mart that they were losing more than they were gaining by staff cuts. It took them this long to listen.
The Wal-Mart heirs (6 of 'em) own more wealth than 40% of the country. Sam Walton was an okay guy who stressed service and 'made in America'. As soon as he was dead, the heirs started selling nothing but 'made in China' and they started treating people badly. If their stores are losing now, I call it karma.
As an aside, you do realize you do NOT have to stop and show your receipt to anyone at Walmart. Walmart is a public store, not a membership club (Sams,Costco) so unless they want to accuse you of shoplifting and detain you there's nothing they can do if you just walk on by.
I'm also perplexed by those who despise Walmart, but have no problems shopping with Amazon who no different. Not only does Amazon work their employees much harder, they're also the driving reason behind the demise of the book publishing industry. How many people have lost their jobs thanks to the Kindle? They're also putting pressure on other jobs like fulfillment (robots) and delivery (drones).
Amazon and Google are progressing us to the future predicted in Wall•E.
It's technology in general.
Is anyone willing to pay a premium for products made, inventoried, fulfilled, delivered and serviced by less productive humans?
Instead of adapting, we blame government. Politicians/political parties have no solutions palatable to the general public , so they blame the other guy/party.
My biggest complaint with WM in regards to cloths in particular is the limited selection of sizes in stock. Go to pick up men's jeans and they have either 28 waists or 48s, little in between. The other is the that they are always out of stock when things are in season. Tried to pick up a spring jacket in March...no luck, either there, Target, Freddies or Sears. But you could get swimsuits. In north Idaho...in March. Sorry, I don't want to chop ice to go swimming, but could use a d*mn jacket. Speaking of that, every try to buy a swimsuit or pair of shorts in August? Good luck with that, but winter coats are on the racks. That's not just a WM thing, seems common in most retail stores. Stopped in at our local WM yesterday-Halloween stuff is on all the front shelves.
I'm also perplexed by those who despise Walmart, but have no problems shopping with Amazon who no different. Not only does Amazon work their employees much harder, they're also the driving reason behind the demise of the book publishing industry. How many people have lost their jobs thanks to the Kindle? They're also putting pressure on other jobs like fulfillment (robots) and delivery (drones).
Amazon and Google are progressing us to the future predicted in Wall•E.
I'm in the publishing business. Kindle and other e-books (which make up about a 3rd of the book purchases made in the USA) haven't really damaged the traditional publishing industry. Most books are either *both* e and paper or just e because publishers either didn't want them in the first place or gave the rights back to the authors. They are charging as much for an e-book as for a paperback in many cases -- more profit for less outlay.
Books are still be produced in tremendous numbers, but they are badly marketed, all except the big bestsellers. It's a multi-billion dollar industry that still claims with a straight face that 'word of mouth' is the best marketing.
Most people have lost their jobs due to massive consolidation rather than the advent of the e-book. We went from 70 major publishers when I started 30 years ago to 5. Soon Bertelsmann will own everyone. Never fear, however, small indie presses are springing up like mushrooms after a rain.
My biggest complaint with WM in regards to cloths in particular is the limited selection of sizes in stock. Go to pick up men's jeans and they have either 28 waists or 48s, little in between. The other is the that they are always out of stock when things are in season. Tried to pick up a spring jacket in March...no luck, either there, Target, Freddies or Sears. But you could get swimsuits. In north Idaho...in March. Sorry, I don't want to chop ice to go swimming, but could use a d*mn jacket. Speaking of that, every try to buy a swimsuit or pair of shorts in August? Good luck with that, but winter coats are on the racks. That's not just a WM thing, seems common in most retail stores. Stopped in at our local WM yesterday-Halloween stuff is on all the front shelves.
Toyman -- That's retail for you. They are always 3-6 months ahead. So by the time you need something, like a swimsuit, they are all out of your size, only have mis-matched pieces, etc. But you can buy that kid a snowsuit, no problem -- even in Florida.
In the last few days Ebay held a big gathering in China for the 100 biggest Chinese product sellers on Ebay. John Donanhoe announced that Ebay would start building warehouse fulfillment centers in the US so that these China based firms could ship their Ebay products directly from US locations. This does not bode well for either Walmart or the US
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