The one thing that surprised me the most about Wal-Mart was how they discontinued another company’s product for a few years. Now that’s not the most surprising thing for discontinuing a product for no reason, but because of that Wal-Mart put a billion dollar company out of business. It really shows how much us as Americans rely on Wal-Mart product being sold inside their stores. It also shows the class of Wal-Mart to stopping selling another company’s with no explanations; it is just not the right thing to do. Which leads into the next question on what I think of Wal-Marts strategies. My opinion on Wal-Marts strategies is that it is fair but it is very unethical. It is great to be able to got to a place that prices are ridiculous low but it has taken away so many jobs in the U.S and has destroyed communities by making small company’s go out of business. In my eyes, Wal-Mart is a big bully that’ everyone likes to hang out with. Also with Wal-Mart outsourcing who knows what they could do to another country. With Wal-Mart going to another country I do not think it will make more job opportunities, they will need people to fill in as employees but that it. The only people that gain from Wal-Mart are the buys and the people who run the company and that is it. The reasons is because Wal-Mart will never change and there prices are so affordable and the people who run it will just be making more and more money. Now for me as a shopper I usually never shop at Wal-Mart unless I need backyard games but even then I still try to shop for quality. To me Wal-Mart is that place you go to if you are bored and just fool around the store. If you are trying to get a product started off then Wal-Mart is probably the best way to get it started because so many people go in and out of the store. Well Wal-Mart should give more benefits to there employees because they are such a big business that giving benefit would barely hurt them.
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I thoroughly enjoy reading Rory Fuller’s blog entry. I can relate to his blog because he brought up the same ideas as I did. It’s crazy how a company like Wal-Mart can take down a multi billion dollar company like Rubber Maid just by discontinuing their product. It shows how influential Wal-mart really is. Rory also brought up that their strategy is fair but every unethical, which is very true. The fact that they outsource is a good business move for them, but is considered very unethical because of the fact that they are almost screwing foreigners of money for their benefit. Lastly, we have the same thoughts about giving their employees more credit for their work. When I walk into the store I’m instantly greeted with a warm welcome from a happy, cheerful employee, and that’s the same with everywhere in the store. Wal-Mart is a very, very large business, I think they can afford to give their employees more credit.
I agree with you on this, Wal-Mart has the best prices, but they do it in a very unethical way. To buy very inexpensively from China and sell for the low prices in America, they still make a killing. It is a very unethical business that puts few out of jobs, but provides a great service to millions. From their low everyday prices, but also supplying jobs to seniors and handicap-able people.
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