Well, also take into account that Wal-Mart is like the Gorilla of sales. Take for instance a drug company wants to sell their drugs in wal-mart's pharmacy. Instead of the Drug company setting the price, Wal-Mart says : "You can only sell your drugs in our stores, if you sell it for this price, otherwise, you can take your drugs and shove it"
yea.. i can see the analogy now.. :) On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jack Coats <j...@coats.org> wrote: > > Wally World also teach locals how to compete and win against them, even > before they enter > a market. Basically, don't compete on price, you will loose. Compete on > support, service, > extras received, support after the sale, just not on base price. > > I am not giving them a halo or anything, but being the 500 lb element in > the room, any move > they make is amplified in its effect. > > ./aal wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Don Delp <nesma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I think the Big Lots analogy is pretty fitting, expect Big Lots > >> usually gives a discount when they sell you other people's stuff. Or > >> maybe the article was talking about the way Walmart kills local > >> businesses. > >> > >> > >> [snip] > > > > that makes sense > > Wally World does "embrace and extend" the local retailer > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Chris Faulkner 615-653-4400 (Skype: chris.faulkner615) Linux/Unix/Windows Network Engineer LinkedIn TeamNashville Group: 1100+ members: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=76329 BBS Enthusiast group: http://groups.google.com/group/80sbbs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
