OT Wal Mart Health Insurance

"dizzy" <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:ccg4m2dom9qdbbbsq2896vrn4eq3ahliu6@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Cite, please, because I think you're full of it.
>
> Wal-Mart is the market leader. Them being "no worse than their
> competitors" is unimpressive. Wal-Mart is the one who everyone must
> follow in order to survive in the market. If Wal-Mart drives-down
> product costs by buying everything from China, it's competitors must
> also. If Wal-Mart drives-down labor costs, it's competitors must
> also.[/color]

Very few other retailers can follow Wal-Mart in terms of being a low cost
retailer (cost of doing business). Wal-Mart is the most technologically
advanced retailer in the world, and their automation allows them to hire
less skilled people who would not be hired at most of their competitors. It
is hard to justify the cost of automation unless a company has a very large
scale to spread the cost over many stores.

Hiring less skilled employees sometimes works to Wal-Mart's advantage, but
sometimes the more intelligent higher cost workforce works for other
retailers who want to provide better customer service.

In terms of competition and automation, internet retailing has also had a
very big impact on the competitive landscape.

In article <hOCcnaA1E-w76v_YUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote:
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> He must have skipped economics 101. As usual our good friend dizzy AKA
> Troll, Moron, Idiot, Dumbass, Bumbshit, Twit, Bigot, Engineer and proven
> pathological liar gets it wrong once again. The folks that once worked in
> the Mom and Pop store, that Wal Mart put out of business because they could
> not compete, are now making more money and getting better benefits
> than when they worked in the M & P stores LOL
>
> mike hunt[/color]


He could have flunked it.


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>
>
> "dizzy AKA Troll, Moron, Idiot, Dumbass, Bumbshit shit, Twit Bigot Engineer
> and proven pathological liar" <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ccg4m2dom9qdbbbsq2896vrn4eq3ahliu6@4ax.com...[color=green]
> > Mark A wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>But the question is whether Wal-Mart is any worse than its competitors
> >>(large retailers and the small shops that frequently go out of business
> >>when
> >>a Wal_mart is opened). The answer is that for retail workers, Wal-Mart has
> >>above average benefits.[/color]
> >
> > Cite, please, because I think you're full of it.
> >
> > Wal-Mart is the market leader. Them being "no worse than their
> > competitors" is unimpressive. Wal-Mart is the one who everyone must
> > follow in order to survive in the market. If Wal-Mart drives-down
> > product costs by buying everything from China, it's competitors must
> > also. If Wal-Mart drives-down labor costs, it's competitors must
> > also.
> >[/color][/color]
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dbu' wrote:
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> dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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>> Mark A wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >But the question is whether Wal-Mart is any worse than its competitors
>> >(large retailers and the small shops that frequently go out of business when
>> >a Wal_mart is opened). The answer is that for retail workers, Wal-Mart has
>> >above average benefits.[/color]
>>
>> Cite, please, because I think you're full of it.[/color][/color]

Note: no reponse.
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>> Wal-Mart is the market leader. Them being "no worse than their
>> competitors" is unimpressive. Wal-Mart is the one who everyone must
>> follow in order to survive in the market. If Wal-Mart drives-down
>> product costs by buying everything from China, it's competitors must
>> also. If Wal-Mart drives-down labor costs, it's competitors must
>> also.[/color]
>
>Wake up diz. Everything is made in China,[/color]

Thanks to Wal-Mart.
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>and points West/East. Makes
>no difference who sells it here. We're in a world market.[/color]

Yeah, but Wal-Mart drove it. Maybe it was inevitable anyway, but they
drove it.
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>Walmart is not the market leader around these parts.[/color]

"Your parts" are not really the issue. They are, by far, the world's
largest retailer, and the clear market leader.
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>I can show you top brand
>stuff made in China, electronics, clothing, you name it and NOT sold in
>Walmart. You really should look at tags and underside of electronic
>goods when you shop. I suspect you will be shocked.[/color]

I suspect you missed the point entirely.