Wal-Mart to use Scheduling-Optimization

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

In my city we have 2 Super Walmarts, 4-5 Krogers, a Cubs and a few small grocery stores that survive due to being conveniently located or having a full service meat counter. Those local stores aren't threatened by Walmart so much as the Krogers. And the Super Walmarts haven't harmed Krogers either, in fact it has grown as well. (Eagles went out of business and Krogers bought them up) Schnucks tried to move in to town but blamed Walmart on their store's failure... when a Kroger was closer.

Rambling here, but the point is that Walmart does not equal destruction of a city, here at least it functions very well.

What is Cubs?

Do you have another discount store? (Kmart, Target or a similar local store)

Do you have a department store? (Walmart is not a true department store.)

Do you have a variety store?

Do you have stores that sell clothing?

Do you have stores that sell CDs?

I'm sorry, but "Walmart didn't hurt us, we have 2 of them and lots of Krogers!" is in the top 5 of really silly statements I've heard where Walmart is concerned.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

What is Cubs?

A non-union chain supermarket

Do you have another discount store? (Kmart, Target or a similar local store)

A super Target, at least one Kmart, plenty of dollar stores as well.

Do you have a department store? (Walmart is not a true department store.)

The mall is just north of the actual city. Several large department stores and a Kohls. Downtown I worked at a small dept. store that does office/gifts/toys/books/wicker/christmas. So there are locals as well.

Do you have a variety store?

Not sure what you mean, but the answer is likely yes. We have a LOT of the chain stores though I swear they're sucky in comparison with the next city over.

Do you have stores that sell clothing?

See said mall as well as stores downtown such as Talbots and locals.

Do you have stores that sell CDs?

BB, CC, and locals. Suncoast/Sam Goody dropped our store (and most of them in the area) when they got bought out.

I'm sorry, but "Walmart didn't hurt us, we have 2 of them and lots of Krogers!" is in the top 5 of really silly statements I've heard where Walmart is concerned.

The majority of stores that close or leave our area are due to corporate issues. Our downtown started struggling when the city said "we don't need the mall" and let it go outside of the city limits. To be fair, at the store I worked at downtown, everyone would have earned more money (except the owner) working at Walmart. That said, they made most of their money off of selling wicker furniture and Christmas trees anyway so Walmart wasn't much of a competition.

Grocery stores are just one example because I felt like I was already rambling. Supermarkets put many local grocers out of business years ago. Yet most people now shop at the nearest supermarket, even if they shop around for a few special items. Walmart isn't much more than a continuation of that trend. People just keep getting what they want.