While executing a solid strategy is of course a good thing, Wal-Mart is simply too big to execute its way to sustainable growth.
We assumed that most small businesses would rather shop online than work through one of the "contract" divisions, which offer volume deals to larger companies. (Wal-mart may offer some good deals on office supplies, but you can't buy them readily online.) Full disclosure: Forbes.com gets a vast majority of its supplies from Weeks-Lerman in Queens, N.
Wal-Mart vendors are forced to adhere to strict environmental guidelines if they want to be an approved supplier and as a result Wal-Mart is doing a tremendous amount of good for our environment.
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In fact, they get twice as much protein as their government says is good for them, which is why the Wal-Mart near Mr Banks sells such enormous jeans.
Worryingly, as well as selling subsidiaries that have nothing to do with retailing, Seiyu has also got rid of part of Muji's owner, Ryohin Keikaku, and Family Mart, a convenience-store operator, both good businesses.
"The more people learn about who we are and how we strive to do better every day, the more they know that we are good for America's working families, " says Wal-Mart Corporate Affairs Vice President Bob McAdam , adding that the company picked up the health insurance tab for 150, 000 people with its latest initiative.
Among those living near a Wal-Mart, the Pew study found 81% said it was a good place to shop.
While you can argue whether this has been good or bad, prices would likely increase in most markets with Wal-Mart gone, at least in the long term.
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Wal-Mart is the one where cheery souls are employed solely to bid you good day as you enter?
It was a good idea but a decade early: Amazon is doing the same thing, and Wal-Mart is now giving it a try.
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Nike (NYSE:NKE), Target (NYSE:TGT), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and TJ Maxx (NYSE:TJX) still look good.
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Wal-Mart (PDF flier) - lots of crappy low end gear and not-so-good deals on HDTVs.
Mark Husson, a stock analyst who follows Wal-Mart for HSBC, thinks the fact that consumer tastes gradually change over time makes the product additions a good idea.
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