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In reply to the discussion: The closed circle of Wal Mart economics [View all]Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)30. Not really.
My wife does a lot of the supplies for all the stores throughout Alaska.
Having a product in Walmart does not provide that much revenue to the companies doing business with them.
They have to sell it to them at steep dicounts because they don't have any other options. Walmart however gets to mark up the price and keep the profit.
How do you think they make all their billions.
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big brands sold at walmart are often of cheaper quality, manufactured especially
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#57
you have no idea how many companies go OUT OF BUSINESS when they get wal-mart as a customer.
unblock
Nov 2012
#60
Gets worst than that, when you find the section on the Hand of the Marketplace
nadinbrzezinski
Nov 2012
#24
THen you already accepted the premise that Sam Walton built his business on
nadinbrzezinski
Nov 2012
#44
Walmart has only 2.2 million employees out of 133.8 million non-farm employees. Your theory is BS.
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#62
Actually, the fact was wrong -- they only have 1.4 million employees in the US
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#72
You have described a form of parasite which usurps but does not kill its host.
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#66