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October 28, 2009 at 8:26 PM #475833October 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM #474999
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Guest[quote=Trojan4Life] it was that Walmart did not fit culturally within the German society. They didn’t do their homework and it cost them. We have since gotten smarter and are in over 30 countries worldwide, sometimes not using the “Walmart” name.
[/quote]I haven’t been to Wal-Mart overseas yet. But I’ve been to Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
The world is increasing urbanized. I believe that if Wal-Mart is to compete worldwide, they need to find an urban strategy.
I think that a Wal-Mart downtown in the East Village stacked on two floors would work very well.
There would be a lot of opposition, but I think that there’s a large untapped market down there and such a store would be financially successful.
October 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM #475174Guest[quote=Trojan4Life] it was that Walmart did not fit culturally within the German society. They didn’t do their homework and it cost them. We have since gotten smarter and are in over 30 countries worldwide, sometimes not using the “Walmart” name.
[/quote]I haven’t been to Wal-Mart overseas yet. But I’ve been to Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
The world is increasing urbanized. I believe that if Wal-Mart is to compete worldwide, they need to find an urban strategy.
I think that a Wal-Mart downtown in the East Village stacked on two floors would work very well.
There would be a lot of opposition, but I think that there’s a large untapped market down there and such a store would be financially successful.
October 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM #475539Guest[quote=Trojan4Life] it was that Walmart did not fit culturally within the German society. They didn’t do their homework and it cost them. We have since gotten smarter and are in over 30 countries worldwide, sometimes not using the “Walmart” name.
[/quote]I haven’t been to Wal-Mart overseas yet. But I’ve been to Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
The world is increasing urbanized. I believe that if Wal-Mart is to compete worldwide, they need to find an urban strategy.
I think that a Wal-Mart downtown in the East Village stacked on two floors would work very well.
There would be a lot of opposition, but I think that there’s a large untapped market down there and such a store would be financially successful.
October 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM #475614Guest[quote=Trojan4Life] it was that Walmart did not fit culturally within the German society. They didn’t do their homework and it cost them. We have since gotten smarter and are in over 30 countries worldwide, sometimes not using the “Walmart” name.
[/quote]I haven’t been to Wal-Mart overseas yet. But I’ve been to Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
The world is increasing urbanized. I believe that if Wal-Mart is to compete worldwide, they need to find an urban strategy.
I think that a Wal-Mart downtown in the East Village stacked on two floors would work very well.
There would be a lot of opposition, but I think that there’s a large untapped market down there and such a store would be financially successful.
October 28, 2009 at 8:46 PM #475839Guest[quote=Trojan4Life] it was that Walmart did not fit culturally within the German society. They didn’t do their homework and it cost them. We have since gotten smarter and are in over 30 countries worldwide, sometimes not using the “Walmart” name.
[/quote]I haven’t been to Wal-Mart overseas yet. But I’ve been to Tesco, Carrefour and Metro.
The world is increasing urbanized. I believe that if Wal-Mart is to compete worldwide, they need to find an urban strategy.
I think that a Wal-Mart downtown in the East Village stacked on two floors would work very well.
There would be a lot of opposition, but I think that there’s a large untapped market down there and such a store would be financially successful.
October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM #475056temeculaguy
ParticipantDidn’t the supermarkets kill the bakery, the butcher and the green grocer a few decades ago? What makes them sacred now? They replaced family owned and operated businesses and they may get replaced by the walmarts and costco’s, in time walmart will be replaced by whatever the next concept is. Niche’s will flourish in their wake, trader joes does nicely where walmart isn’t looking. There’s no reason to hate one and like another, the Spanish Armada no longer rules the seas and I don’t see anyone crying about that, things change.
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. Maybe the grocery stores will adapt, maybe they wont, but if they don’t, they will be replaced. Have you ever needed some food and a light bulb. Why does the grocery store rape you for the lightbulb on price? Because they are banking on you being lazy. If anything, the superwalmart has forced my favorite grocery store to play along, my grocery bill is lower even if I don’t go to walmart.
It’s happening with television. Cable, dish, directTv, verizon fios, att. Throw them all in a room and let them fight it out, they don’t get my business because I think they are neato, they have to earn it with price and service. Who has ever switched to one television provider because they give their employees better benefits, when has that conversation taken place? 20 years ago I paid some horrible amount of money for long distance calls, calling a friend in the next county for an hour would cost more than dinner. Now it’s almost free, I’m not sure they even have itemized billing. Change isn’t always bad.
It also happened with real estate, we just had a buyers revolt, a big one. The consumers said No (or had to say no because prices got out of reach), and the prices changed as a result.
The invisible hand always wins.
October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM #475233ParticipantDidn’t the supermarkets kill the bakery, the butcher and the green grocer a few decades ago? What makes them sacred now? They replaced family owned and operated businesses and they may get replaced by the walmarts and costco’s, in time walmart will be replaced by whatever the next concept is. Niche’s will flourish in their wake, trader joes does nicely where walmart isn’t looking. There’s no reason to hate one and like another, the Spanish Armada no longer rules the seas and I don’t see anyone crying about that, things change.
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. Maybe the grocery stores will adapt, maybe they wont, but if they don’t, they will be replaced. Have you ever needed some food and a light bulb. Why does the grocery store rape you for the lightbulb on price? Because they are banking on you being lazy. If anything, the superwalmart has forced my favorite grocery store to play along, my grocery bill is lower even if I don’t go to walmart.
It’s happening with television. Cable, dish, directTv, verizon fios, att. Throw them all in a room and let them fight it out, they don’t get my business because I think they are neato, they have to earn it with price and service. Who has ever switched to one television provider because they give their employees better benefits, when has that conversation taken place? 20 years ago I paid some horrible amount of money for long distance calls, calling a friend in the next county for an hour would cost more than dinner. Now it’s almost free, I’m not sure they even have itemized billing. Change isn’t always bad.
It also happened with real estate, we just had a buyers revolt, a big one. The consumers said No (or had to say no because prices got out of reach), and the prices changed as a result.
The invisible hand always wins.
October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM #475597ParticipantDidn’t the supermarkets kill the bakery, the butcher and the green grocer a few decades ago? What makes them sacred now? They replaced family owned and operated businesses and they may get replaced by the walmarts and costco’s, in time walmart will be replaced by whatever the next concept is. Niche’s will flourish in their wake, trader joes does nicely where walmart isn’t looking. There’s no reason to hate one and like another, the Spanish Armada no longer rules the seas and I don’t see anyone crying about that, things change.
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. Maybe the grocery stores will adapt, maybe they wont, but if they don’t, they will be replaced. Have you ever needed some food and a light bulb. Why does the grocery store rape you for the lightbulb on price? Because they are banking on you being lazy. If anything, the superwalmart has forced my favorite grocery store to play along, my grocery bill is lower even if I don’t go to walmart.
It’s happening with television. Cable, dish, directTv, verizon fios, att. Throw them all in a room and let them fight it out, they don’t get my business because I think they are neato, they have to earn it with price and service. Who has ever switched to one television provider because they give their employees better benefits, when has that conversation taken place? 20 years ago I paid some horrible amount of money for long distance calls, calling a friend in the next county for an hour would cost more than dinner. Now it’s almost free, I’m not sure they even have itemized billing. Change isn’t always bad.
It also happened with real estate, we just had a buyers revolt, a big one. The consumers said No (or had to say no because prices got out of reach), and the prices changed as a result.
The invisible hand always wins.
October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM #475673ParticipantDidn’t the supermarkets kill the bakery, the butcher and the green grocer a few decades ago? What makes them sacred now? They replaced family owned and operated businesses and they may get replaced by the walmarts and costco’s, in time walmart will be replaced by whatever the next concept is. Niche’s will flourish in their wake, trader joes does nicely where walmart isn’t looking. There’s no reason to hate one and like another, the Spanish Armada no longer rules the seas and I don’t see anyone crying about that, things change.
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. Maybe the grocery stores will adapt, maybe they wont, but if they don’t, they will be replaced. Have you ever needed some food and a light bulb. Why does the grocery store rape you for the lightbulb on price? Because they are banking on you being lazy. If anything, the superwalmart has forced my favorite grocery store to play along, my grocery bill is lower even if I don’t go to walmart.
It’s happening with television. Cable, dish, directTv, verizon fios, att. Throw them all in a room and let them fight it out, they don’t get my business because I think they are neato, they have to earn it with price and service. Who has ever switched to one television provider because they give their employees better benefits, when has that conversation taken place? 20 years ago I paid some horrible amount of money for long distance calls, calling a friend in the next county for an hour would cost more than dinner. Now it’s almost free, I’m not sure they even have itemized billing. Change isn’t always bad.
It also happened with real estate, we just had a buyers revolt, a big one. The consumers said No (or had to say no because prices got out of reach), and the prices changed as a result.
The invisible hand always wins.
October 28, 2009 at 10:00 PM #475897ParticipantDidn’t the supermarkets kill the bakery, the butcher and the green grocer a few decades ago? What makes them sacred now? They replaced family owned and operated businesses and they may get replaced by the walmarts and costco’s, in time walmart will be replaced by whatever the next concept is. Niche’s will flourish in their wake, trader joes does nicely where walmart isn’t looking. There’s no reason to hate one and like another, the Spanish Armada no longer rules the seas and I don’t see anyone crying about that, things change.
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. Maybe the grocery stores will adapt, maybe they wont, but if they don’t, they will be replaced. Have you ever needed some food and a light bulb. Why does the grocery store rape you for the lightbulb on price? Because they are banking on you being lazy. If anything, the superwalmart has forced my favorite grocery store to play along, my grocery bill is lower even if I don’t go to walmart.
It’s happening with television. Cable, dish, directTv, verizon fios, att. Throw them all in a room and let them fight it out, they don’t get my business because I think they are neato, they have to earn it with price and service. Who has ever switched to one television provider because they give their employees better benefits, when has that conversation taken place? 20 years ago I paid some horrible amount of money for long distance calls, calling a friend in the next county for an hour would cost more than dinner. Now it’s almost free, I’m not sure they even have itemized billing. Change isn’t always bad.
It also happened with real estate, we just had a buyers revolt, a big one. The consumers said No (or had to say no because prices got out of reach), and the prices changed as a result.
The invisible hand always wins.
October 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM #475081paramount
Participant[quote=temeculaguy]
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. [/quote]
Are you kidding? It takes me 15 minutes just to walk from the Wal Mart parking lot to the milk section.
I don’t even need to work out on the days that I shop at Wal Mart!
October 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM #475257Participant[quote=temeculaguy]
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. [/quote]
Are you kidding? It takes me 15 minutes just to walk from the Wal Mart parking lot to the milk section.
I don’t even need to work out on the days that I shop at Wal Mart!
October 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM #475622Participant[quote=temeculaguy]
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. [/quote]
Are you kidding? It takes me 15 minutes just to walk from the Wal Mart parking lot to the milk section.
I don’t even need to work out on the days that I shop at Wal Mart!
October 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM #475698Participant[quote=temeculaguy]
On a personal note, I have a superwalmart near me, I like it. If I’m short on time, I can knock out a few errands in one place, use less gas and less time, novel concept. [/quote]
Are you kidding? It takes me 15 minutes just to walk from the Wal Mart parking lot to the milk section.
I don’t even need to work out on the days that I shop at Wal Mart!
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