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Originally Posted by roachboy
walmart's location strategies are a matter of public record, seaver.
they basically pick an area and draw a grid.
then they locate up to four stores within that grid.
the idea behind the grid is to force competition out of business.
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In the locations I am familiar with, when a Walmart opens other stores, restaurants and businesses follow. I have never seen a Walmart not surrounded by thriving competitors.
[quote}they do this because of their supply chain, which gives them economies of scale that older types of retail outlets simply can't compete with.[/quote]
Perhaps Walmart can't compete with better service from small retailers. Perhaps Walmart can't compete with a smaller retailers ability to meet changing market conditions with new inventory. Perhaps shoppers don't always want the cheapest product or the most common product and Walmart can't compete with that.
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their location pratices are predatory.
they are kinda slimy even, but within what is understood as acceptable, i guess.
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You call good clean competition "slimy". Walmart wants our business and is willing to work for it - You think thats bad?
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as for their employment practices, walmart's are also matters of public record.
they will hire more people than they've any intention of keeping at the outset: within the first 6 months, they whittle down the initial hires to a pool of folk they think profile the walmart way.
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On the first night of the NFL season, every football team does what you describe also. They bring in people, give them an opportunity, and cut those who are not good enough or those that don't fit into the culture of the team. What wrong with that.
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walmart prefers to keep their wages at the legal minimum and to schedule employees just under what would qualify them as fulltime.
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If people don't want to work at Walmart, they can work at Target...Sears...Penny's...Costco...Nordstrom's...etc, etc. Walmart is not the only retailer.