Wal-Mart starts a holiday price war

People like you, For We the People, should stay out of conversations such as this one. Why. You are one sided and only believe what you "believe" you know to be fact, and that isn't saying much. You should get more political education so you don't make yourself look so bad in here.

As far as Wal-Mart. They are out there just as any business is. They will either survive or fail. It all comes down on how the company is run. People will still flock to Wal-Mart and Sam's Club no matter what anyone says in here. It's no different than going to Home Depot to purchase a Moen faucet. Ever wonder why Home Depot's Moen faucets come in a different color box than what a plumber can get from a supplier? That's because of the quality of the product. After all, Moen wouldn't want all those plumbers bad mouthing them. That's why when you purchase from a supplier the faucets are in a White Box. Check it out the next time you are in the store. What these type of stores have done is put a much cheaper product on their shelves that are defective. Believe what you want, but it's no different than buying a shirt from Wal-Mart and buying a Ralph Lauren Polo shirt from Macy's. So, what it comes down to is, if you want "Cheap" go to those discount stores. If not, stop going.

Walmart is a dead man walking. Their business model is already failing. Walmart needs to lower prices by developing an internet business; reduce real estate and other store expenses by shipping more and thereby require smaller and fewer stores while increasing volume.

The future of Walmart is Kmart.

It is interesting to read through the message chain and see ALL the other issues people seem to relate to Wal*Mart.

I have been, designing, costing, sourcing (in China) and selling goods for over 15 years, NOT just to Wal*Mart but ALL retail outlets.

I hate Wal*Mart, because they are big and so powerful. But ready for this... they are our MOST profitable account. We make more $ from Wal*Mart then any other retailer.

Wal*Mart will sell an item for 5%-10% profit if they feel the need and ask nothing from us, except make the item better... cheaper. That is the hard part, it is up to US how to make it cheaper. Easy way out... send it to China... or make the item crap. But in the end all they ask is make it better.

Target will sell the same item at the same price and comes back to us and asks for "advertising $" a retailers way of asking the manufacture for kick backs, so Target can retail that same item for only 10%... why not the manufacture just gave them 100k in "advertising dollars", and guess what ALL retailers do that except Wal*Mart and the dollar stores.

By the way item MAY not be manufactured in the USA now... but they are all designed & engineered here. Yes we shipped the $5.00 jobs to China and added 3 $50,000 jobs to our company.

ASK PEOPLE IN THE BIZ... THERE ARE A LOT OF US OUT THERE.

Okay, wally world is definitely not the lowest prices on big ticket items all the time, sometimes they are, and the fact that they are willing to price match makes them a viable option to at least research, which any consumer worth their salt or who values their money should, nay, MUST do with big ticket items anyways. 

That said, smaller ticket household type items can be found at pretty good prices there, not always the best but darn near most of the time unless you'd like to go to costco and get bulk which is the best way to get the cheapest price per unit, oz, liter, whatever.

Finally, yes, they've slashed prices but again, a consumer should do some research before purchasing, especially with the internet and high speed connections these days, you can at least compare a couple stores before walking out the door, so is a book that's a penny cheaper at wally world going to convince me to drive across town, heck no, but it's a nice gesture to the consumer even if it is backhanded. Is a flat panel TV that's $100 cheaper at wally world than costco going to get me to drive across town, probably...