I don't get the racist rant. If the narrative was that 92% of product sold was made in America, does that mean the author is prejudiced against Americans? No. Regardless if the % is accurate or not, that's an economic factoid not a racial one.
The numbers of Walmart. Shocking!!
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# 5 is what is racist ... and they do speak English ..........................and I'll bet some workers in the Walmart in Mexico speak English also. It's a foolish remark, especially as we have members from Mexico, and it would also be foolish if we didn't.
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Right on 44070 dart
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#9 is false. Kroger is the largest supermarket chain based on sales. Larger than WM.
WM is the largest retailer.
WM is the largest retailer.
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I've been avoiding that place like the plague for years! Cheap crap for the masses. Although, I remember the people that shop there late at night to be quite amusing!
Walmartians!
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Here's how walmart won
if you could go to the grocery (which you likely go to every week) and also buy tools and toys (which you may go to monthly)........
you'd likely say "fck yeah"
...and if it was cheaper.....
K Mart, previously king of the hill in retail other than grocery tried to add grocery but was too late.
if you could go to the grocery (which you likely go to every week) and also buy tools and toys (which you may go to monthly)........
you'd likely say "fck yeah"
...and if it was cheaper.....
K Mart, previously king of the hill in retail other than grocery tried to add grocery but was too late.
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Grocery has a lot of overhead and "spoilage", something that K mart and Sears never had to deal with.
However, spoilage is kind of a mixed blessing, as it can be simply thrown away and written off.
This can occur at a shockingly high rate.
Wal-mart had this whooped before they entered their massive expansion stage.
However, spoilage is kind of a mixed blessing, as it can be simply thrown away and written off.
This can occur at a shockingly high rate.
Wal-mart had this whooped before they entered their massive expansion stage.
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Dollar General-
Has started beating wal-mart at their own game.
Smaller stores (and a lot of them) carefully positioned on most shoppers routes between their homes/workplaces and heavily trafficked wal-mart locations.
...and careful attention to stocking what people are likely to "go to walmart" for.
At least food and convenience wise.
Pliers or compressor fittings- no, OK, pliers maybe.
Has started beating wal-mart at their own game.
Smaller stores (and a lot of them) carefully positioned on most shoppers routes between their homes/workplaces and heavily trafficked wal-mart locations.
...and careful attention to stocking what people are likely to "go to walmart" for.
At least food and convenience wise.
Pliers or compressor fittings- no, OK, pliers maybe.
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So do you go elsewhere and pay more for the same cheap crap?
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Exactly slap stick... even our "Canadian Tire Corp" stores stuff is all made in China.
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Not all. They sell some Canadian made tires. They sell Canadian tools, such as Picquic (made in Vancouver) or Garant hammers and gardening tools (made in Quebec and New Brunswick). Don't forget Frank's Campfire Sticks.
You have to look at the labels.
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..so not much in the grand scheme of the store, like everywhere else.
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Crazy amount of money...
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Yer jealous!
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Hell yes I am!!!
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I don't think things are racist if they are true. Does China manufacture most of our day to day products? Yes. Has there been a huge influx of Mexicans illegally entering the US in the last 20 years? Yes. Are African-Americans overly represented in the NFL? Yes. That's not being a racist. That's just seeing the true facts.
Are blue-eyed Norwegians considered to be the most beautiful people on earth? Sorry, I had to throw that in because I'm Norwegian.
Are blue-eyed Norwegians considered to be the most beautiful people on earth? Sorry, I had to throw that in because I'm Norwegian.
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