Walmart.

[Sapphire Dragon]

Yeah; it's bad for the business that want to charge more for their products than they are worth. Who else is going to complain about low prices?

If people want that kind of variety, they will shop at those stores. If they don't want it, then maybe they are selling stuff nobody wants! maybe they shouldn't be in business.

How do they siphon money out of the local economy? Of anything they add to the local economy. People travel far and near to go to a Walmart. When they do this they also visit the local business near the Walmart as well.

Startup and small businesses have to charge a certain amount in order to earn their investment money back within a reasonable time. They also have to have money to live, like everyone else... it's not that they always want to charge more, but at the start, they have to. Walmart being able to offer low prices makes their business suffer and possibly collapse. You could argue that this is just the nature of business, though, too.

People tend to shop where the best prices are if they don't have a disposable income. Maybe it's not that they don't want variety, but simply can't afford it.

They can siphon money out of local economies by causing similar stores in the area to close down due to Walmart having the best prices. I didn't say that they always will siphon money, though, only that they can. It is true that people will visit stores around Walmart more often, but if the majority were stores that sell what Walmart sells, they will take a big hit.

Overall, I think the biggest issues for people revolve around the treatment of workers, which some would say are unethical, the Chinese dependence on goods, and suppressing of local stores that sell similar goods. Regardless of how long someone works at a place, they deserve to be treated like another human being. Chinese dependence is often blamed on being a factor of the national debt. Local stores promote business leaders but Walmart limits what they can productively sell.

The biggest issue overall though, at least to me, is that workers deserve fair treatment, union or not.

 

[Ken-1122]

Startup and small businesses have to charge a certain amount in order to earn their investment money back within a reasonable time. They also have to have money to live, like everyone else... it's not that they always want to charge more, but at the start, they have to. Walmart being able to offer low prices makes their business suffer and possibly collapse. You could argue that this is just the nature of business, though, too.

People tend to shop where the best prices are if they don't have a disposable income. Maybe it's not that they don't want variety, but simply can't afford it.

They can siphon money out of local economies by causing similar stores in the area to close down due to Walmart having the best prices. I didn't say that they always will siphon money, though, only that they can. It is true that people will visit stores around Walmart more often, but if the majority were stores that sell what Walmart sells, they will take a big hit.

Overall, I think the biggest issues for people revolve around the treatment of workers, which some would say are unethical, the Chinese dependence on goods, and suppressing of local stores that sell similar goods. Regardless of how long someone works at a place, they deserve to be treated like another human being. Chinese dependence is often blamed on being a factor of the national debt. Local stores promote business leaders but Walmart limits what they can productively sell.

The biggest issue overall though, at least to me, is that workers deserve fair treatment, union or not.

As long as Wal-Mart is in the community, it doesn’t matter how many stores close down; if people spend their money at the Wal-Mart in that community, the money remains in the community.

As far as the treatment of workers, just because the Wal-Mart in your neighborhood is guilty of mistreating workers doesn’t mean that Wal-Mart’s in every community is guilty of this! Any franchise business can be accused of having an outlet that has mistreated someone.

Ken

 

[Nithavela]

As long as Wal-Mart is in the community, it doesn’t matter how many stores close down; if people spend their money at the Wal-Mart in that community, the money remains in the community.

Not really, it goes to the CEOs of that multinational conglomerate, as well as sweat shop workers in china, logistic workers...

 

[bhsmte]

Not really, it goes to the CEOs of that multinational conglomerate, as well as sweat shop workers in china, logistic workers...

It goes to the CEO's and sweat shop workers? I think your smarter than this.

 

[Nithavela]

 

[Ecowolf]

I refuse to shop at Walmart for many reasons.

I can only stand so much of having to wait 30 minutes for assistance, while numerous employees wander around with blank stares and then being told to "wait a minute" while the employee dicks around chatting with another employee.

Too many times I have held my tongue instead of giving the employee a lecture on how to properly assist a customer in a courteous and appropriate manner.

I couldn't get a job at Walmart even if I tried (I did once just for kicks. I wasn't what they were looking for, even told me this), even with over 7 years of customer service experience. As a retail sales associate I regularly had customers ask for me by name.

Its obvious Walmart does not want ambitious and professional sales associates.

 

[babylonisfalling]

Most of us shop there but have mixed feelings about the ethics of it. Walmart is like a vacuum cleaner sucking up dollars from local economies.

Is there any store that doesn't "suck up dollars from local communities"

Walmart actually sucks up less dollars for what it sells. The stuff is generally cheaper, you can buy more in one trip, and save on gas money and have more personal time left over.

So, we who complain are actually left in a position of have more time and money with which to help the poor. But are we?

 

[bhsmte]

Thanks for posting that I was unaware of it. You're right that's all a person needs to know.

I spoke to a good friend about this, who has been in human resources for large companies for over 20 years.

They stated, it is common practice, for employer health plans to have language that states; if they pay out medical expenses related to an accident and money is recovered from the responsible party for the damages, the company will indeed recoup money that was paid out in medical expenses.

Here is the key, you would have to know what the settlement or verdict was composed of. Verdicts on injury cases typically include; medical expenses, pain and suffering and future loss of wages if they are debilitated. If this women's attorney, asked the jury to award money for medical expenses (which walmart paid for), it is common practice for companies to recover the money they paid out, if courts award money related to the medical expenses, which the victim didn't pay for anyway.

 

[Ken-1122]

Not really, it goes to the CEOs of that multinational conglomerate, as well as sweat shop workers in china, logistic workers...

The profit goes to the shareholders as with any other corpration; the employee pay is spent in whatever neighborhood they live in just as with any other business.

Ken