Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

occupant wrote:
> It is not Wal-Mart.   Wal-Mart works within the laws of the countries
> they operate in.
>
> There are basically three kinds of shoppers, the very poor, the very
> rich and the middle class.  The rich and the poor must by nurture or
> nature shop at Wal-Mart.  The middle class have a choice and also 
> will likely shop at Wal-Mart.  That is why Wal-Mart is no. 1.
>
> I have been to Wal-Mart and it had nothing I needed or wanted but then I
> live a simple life.  
>
>
> > - Jobs are lost everyday because of Wal-Mart
>
>
> When the doors each morning at Wal-Mart people enter.  If no one
> entered, the business would change or close.  
>
>
> > - Factories / companies die because of Wal-Mart.
>
>
> If Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world then factories don't 
> close because of Wal-Mart, they increase production to meet the demands
> of Wal-Mart.

Exactly.  The more products sold at retail, the more factory production 
is needed to supply them.

Wal-Mart has the most sophisticated computerized ordering system in 
existence.  They order close to a billion dollars worth of factory 
products every day.


> > - Too much power is given to a single entity, Wal-Mart.
>
>
> Wal-Mart has no power.  Customers have all the power.  If customers
> didn't shop at Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart would go bankrupt.

Exactly.  Their only power is providing goods or services that customers 
want.

Bob