Wal-Fart Tries again for New York

[NinjaPoodle]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/ny...egion&emc=ura1

New York Times:
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Published: December 12, 2010

The New York City Council was supposed to hold a hearing this Tuesday about a renewed campaign by Wal-Mart to open its stores in the city.
But it had to be rescheduled, for January.

“We needed a bigger room,” the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said. “We heard from unions all across the city, small business leaders from across the city. It’s a growing list of people.”

Wal-Mart, an inescapable part of the retail landscape just about everywhere except in New York City, twice retreated on efforts to open stores in the city after fierce community opposition.

Now it is back, and mounting an aggressive campaign to crack the country’s largest urban market. Wal-Mart is looking at properties in each of the five boroughs and has hired Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s former campaign manager, Bradley Tusk, to help coordinate its lobbying efforts. ***Go to link to read the rest***

[DrPhil]

Yes, Wal-Fart! LOL.

I hate Wal-Mart.

A city without Wal-Mart = Heaven

(Super)Target is better if you insist on superstores.

[Kevin]

Wal-Mart in Okieland is truly a thing to behold.

People who are too fat to walk around the store and thus must use motorized scooters are practically a dime-a-dozen.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Wal-Mart in Okieland is truly a thing to behold.

People who are too fat to walk around the store and thus must use motorized scooters are practically a dime-a-dozen.

It's totally true but I couldn't help but to LOL. It's like that in Floriduh as well.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Wal-Mart in Okieland is truly a thing to behold.

People who are too fat to walk around the store and thus must use motorized scooters are practically a dime-a-dozen.

Yes--That is common in Kentucky too. I can also bet on having to pass by someone who's B.O. smells like they havent showered in weeks each and everytime I am in there.

I try to stick with Kroger or Target whenever possible just to avoid longer lines and less riff-raff.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Yes--That is common in Kentucky too. I can also bet on having to pass by someone who's B.O. smells like they havent showered in weeks each and everytime I am in there.

I try to stick with Kroger or Target whenever possible just to avoid longer lines and less riff-raff.

Yeah. Every time I read those polls taken in my fine state making us appear to be a bunch of backwoodsy hillbilly types, I wonder where those people are, because I never actually see those folks anywhere I go.

Then I go to Wal-Mart.

I swear there must be some alternate universe out there where these folks come from and Wal-Mart is the only location their world and ours has in common. Well--maybe Bass Pro Shops as well.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Yeah. Every time I read those polls taken in my fine state making us appear to be a bunch of backwoodsy hillbilly types, I wonder where those people are, because I never actually see those folks anywhere I go.

Then I go to Wal-Mart.

I swear there must be some alternate universe out there where these folks come from and Wal-Mart is the only location their world and ours has in common. Well--maybe Bass Pro Shops as well.

Real Americans (TM) can only shop at Wal-Mart and Bass Pro Shops (when they're high-fallutin, they shop from the Cabela's Catalog).

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by agzg

Real Americans (TM) can only shop at Wal-Mart and Bass Pro Shops (when they're high-fallutin, they shop from the Cabela's Catalog).

Amurrrrricans!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Kevin

People who are too fat and lazy to walk around the store and thus must use motorized scooters are practically a dime-a-dozen.

FYP.

[knight_shadow]

Haven't read the article, but where are they going to put a Wal-Mart? In order to get enough space to stay true to their business model, they'll have to pay out the ass. That's going to get passed down to the customers, which will nix their "always low prices" spiel.

#RetailFail

[Senusret I]

DC is getting FOUR Walmarts. I am so disappointed.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

DC is getting FOUR Walmarts. I am so disappointed.

WTF? Dumb, DC, dumb.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

DC is getting FOUR Walmarts. I am so disappointed.

Dallas is a LOT larger than DC and NYC (land area), and the closest locations are 5-10 miles outside of the city center. I don't know how the company plans to put these stores up in the cities and keep prices low.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

DC is getting FOUR Walmarts. I am so disappointed.

The problem with Wally Worlds is that they spread like cancer once they taste even marginal success. Those four Walmarts in DC could end up becoming 9 Walmarts by 2020......


I'm not a fan of Walmart myself, but they are extremely popular here in El Paso, TX. There is a Walmart about a mile and a half east as well as one about a mile and a half west of me. Both on the same street.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

The problem with Wally Worlds is that they spread like cancer once they taste even marginal success. Those four Walmarts in DC could end up becoming 9 Walmarts by 2020......


I'm not a fan of Walmart myself, but they are extremely popular here in El Paso, TX. There is a Walmart about a mile and a half east as well as one about a mile and a half west of me. Both on the same street.

I can SOMEWHAT understand the abundance of Wal-Marts in Sunbelt states, but that's ridiculous. Are you near DT EP? Or on the outskirts?

There's a WM less than a mile from my apartment, and probably 4-5 within a 10 mile radius. I live in one of the larger suburbs, though, so I get it. I would be highly upset if they built one in DT Dallas, FW, or in Las Colinas.