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In reply to the discussion: The closed circle of Wal Mart economics [View all]MineralMan
(146,282 posts)2. Walmart is the New Company Store in Many Ways.
I don't shop there. I owe the company nothing, and wouldn't work for the company.
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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