SERIOUSLY FOLKS...

For those of you who like shopping at walmart(no caps for this crap) here's an eye opener for you. This is an article found on CBS.com from way back in August. Again I ask Why Minot, why?

Also here's a bit from VidNews. This is a trade magazine for video rentailers and retailers.

"...What's this? Wal-Mart had one of their worse Thanksgiving weekends, reporting sales as being 'disappointing.' Let's tell it like it is; sales were so far off they had to cut their yearned forecast and promised to drastically cut prices to spear sales. This caused a stock market decline for themselves and most of the S&P 500. One can't help but wonder how many vendors will now be required to give Wal-Mart an even sharper price, so they can cut their prices(meaning even smaller margins or possibly more job losses in the USA and more jobs gained in places like China). Did I mention Wal-Mart's biggest competitors reported really strong sales for the weekend?

There is an old saying, 'What you send around comes around.' Let's see...lots of labor lawsuits, public protest to prevent store openings, government investigation into any number of business practices, etc. etc. etc. Could it be people are waking up to find out that maybe, just maybe Wal-Mart is not the place to shop unless you want to shop yourself right out of a job? Now we are not saying Wal-Mart is in trouble again, what you send around comes around. You find find this ex-Wal-Mart shopper shedding a tear for them."

If you haven't yet guessed, I don't like wal mart very well. I've said it before and I'll say it again, They are a big evil corporation that sucks small town America dry. Why do we sit back and let them? I ask Minot again, how could you let this blood sucking corporate crap open up a supercenter? If you would've done a little research you would have found out that the Supercenters suck towns dry by forcing local business' to close resulting in loss of jobs within the community. The article from CBS was an eye opener, I suggest you take the time to read it. People, there are better solutions than wal mart out there. If you missed them the first time, check out the October 6th blog. I have some links to other reports there.

I think that if these guys continue to do business they need to play fair by not forcing vendors to sell to them at extremely low prices which in turn force the vendors to close plants and factories on American soil and open new facilities in China or other low paying countries. I remember when wal mart used to advertise that they sold only American products made on American soil. Those days are long gone if they ever were in the first place. Play fair wal mart and I might just start to capitalize your name.