Wal-mart hurts economy in other countries?

Generally, Big Box Stores (BBS) will offer lower prices...but also lower wages. They don't hire as many workers, either. So while the smaller local shops might have employed a total of 100 workers, and paid them an average of $10 an hour, the BBS that replaced them might hire somewhere between 60 and 80 workers, and pay them an average of $7.50 an hour.

So there are fewer workers, AND they are getting less money as individuals and as a group. These lower paid workers tend to be less knowledgeable and dedicated, as well. Now, this makes no difference to the shopper who just wants some toilet paper, but the shopper who wants to buy a camera has to do his/her own research.

The BBS also extract tax breaks from the local governments where they build, whereas the local shops paid the full amount of taxes. The BBS tend to send most of the profits to corporate headquarters, and the local shops tend to keep the profits in the community. Manufacturers who deal with WalMart know that WM will insist on lower prices...and to hell with quality.

There are quite a few manufacturers who used to be known for their good quality, but now, after having to cut wholesale prices again and again for WM, are known for having gone downhill. WalMart has a corporate policy of opening a store in a new area, seriously undercutting the local competitors, and then, when it's run all of the local hardware stores or fabric stores out of business, they jack the prices back up. Back when Sam Walton was alive, he insisted on trying to find American manufacturers when he could, and he also insisted on quality as well as price.

Nowadays, though, the people in charge are only looking at today's bottom line. I don't shop at WalMart any longer. Sure, SOME of their merchandise is good, but too much of their stuff is made so cheaply that it will fall apart long before it should.

If something isn't suited for its intended purpose, it's no bargain, no matter how little it costs. For instance, I bought a shirt at WM. The first time I washed it, it fell apart.

I didn't pay much for the shirt, but clearly, I didn't get my money's worth.

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