Friday, March 21, 2008
The Many Reasons to Hate Wal-Mart
A Stand Against Wal-Mart and, for Now, a Victory details the efforts of people in the town of Monsey, New York who have successfully thwarted the infestation of their locality with an enormous Wal-Mart. The reason the people of Monsey do not want a Wal-Mart is because they fear the influx of outside influences (lovely turn of phrase there).
There are many reasons to hate Wal-Mart. From the Walton family being tightwad billionaires to the exploitation of global supply chains to foisting healthcare costs on the neighborhoods and states to forcing employees to work overtime for free to sending massive amounts of money into China for poisoned and just badly made pre-landfill junk.
Don't limit yourself to just one, take the variety pack and hate Wal-Mart for a whole bunch of good reasons.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Japanese Wal-Mart Bleeding Money
There are many reasons to hate Wal-Mart. From the Walton family being tightwad billionaires to the exploitation of global supply chains to foisting healthcare costs on the neighborhoods and states to forcing employees to work overtime for free to sending massive amounts of money into China for poisoned and just badly made pre-landfill junk.
Don't limit yourself to just one, take the variety pack and hate Wal-Mart for a whole bunch of good reasons.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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Life gets worse for Wal-Mart in Japan
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Wal-Mart Sucks, Officially
The world's largest retailer did have a tough time in the big Asian market last year. The operation there said "it now expected to post a group net loss of 20.9 billion yen ($196 million) for calendar 2007, instead of its previous forecast for a loss of 10.4 billion yen, " according to Reuters. Same-store sales for the year dropped just over 1%.Bad for Wal-Mart, bad for its shareholders but good for the universe in general.
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Wal-Mart Sucks, Officially
Wal-Mart Ranks Lowest Among Discounters in Survey and even lost ground over the last year.
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Customers may be increasingly dissatisfied with the goods Wal-Mart is carrying, said Claes Fornell, the professor who led the study. Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott has turned the company's focus back to groceries and household items after an ill-fated attempt to boost sales by luring fashion-conscious shoppers with silk camisoles and distressed jeans.Which made no sense since nobody ever thought of Wal-Mart as the place to go for high quality (read that, high margin) items. Wal-Mart is the bottom of the barrel, is in lockstep with Chinese manufacturers and delivers low cost, low quality pre-landfill crap. Oh yeah, with crappy customer service and, usually, really messy and disgusting stores.
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