So a few days ago I ended up watching the documentary “Is Wal-Mart really good for America” Now everyone has different answers to the title of the documentary itself. I usually don’t like watching documentaries but this was well worth watching.
I honest really love how Wal-Mart is taking advantage of the Information technology. That little barcode on products is not only able to tell the price and quantity available but allows knowing everything about the product the size, color, every single detail. It allows Wal-Mart to know what time the products are selling, what item exactly is being sold, the color that most people are buying and so on. Every single depth of information of the product is available which allows Wal-Mart to know much more of what there customer are looking for. So the way Wal-Mart is taking advantage of Information Technology is remarkable.
What I really hate about Wal-Mart is their use of Globalization and destroying the local economies. The Main purpose was to buy for cheap sell for cheap. Now the purpose of Wal-mart is to sell for the most profit possible. They are pretty much greedy people who pretty much don’t care about the local economies and the affect they have on them. I understand buying products from China is cheaper but your literally paying people in pennies which ridiculous. Your making people work in harsh conditions in sweat shops which is inhumane in my opinion. On top of that local companies can’t compete with China and end up having to close down leaving many jobless. But again everyone has their own opinions it’s a free market not much we can do about it but I really don’t like how they are using globalization.
Another really neat thing about Wal-Mart is there “Everyday Low Prices” you can walk through Wal-Mart and you see these signs everywhere between aisles and on the wall with absolute cheap products but stuff which usually people don’t buy. So pretty much people think “hey this place is pretty cheap here” but sadly its just a psychological way of making you think it’s cheap but if you go to go get the product you wanted its probably the same price it is anywhere or maybe even more at Wal-mart. So that is something pretty neat.
So what are you thoughts about Wal-Mart I asked on Twitter and got some of these responses?
neestaples@ArfanChaudhry I think Wal Mart is crappy to its employees–but in many small towns– its the biggest employer. Employees on welfare.
LesbianCafe@ArfanChaudhry My friends hate shopping at walmart…it is hard to not shop their when their prices are better than everywhere else
laplante_ent@ArfanChaudhry I dispise Wal-Mart on many levels for many reasons
theVAsays@ArfanChaudhry Thoughts about Wal-Mart? I don’t like the way they operate. I’m glad I live in an area where I have other choices.
applealia@ArfanChaudhry ruthless mom-and-pop-store murderer
aries33007@ArfanChaudhry ook yea, they dnt want to put a new in my hometown bc they were afraid of the other small business would fail
SpitBaby@ArfanChaudhry I think that’s called Free Market Enterprise. If Wal Mart doesn’t do it someone else will.
salomey5@ArfanChaudhry Walmart is evil. As well as McDonald’s and Bell Canada.
devinhedge@ArfanChaudhry They also allow opened OTC drugs to be returned and placed back on the shelf.
Raphaelmaj@ArfanChaudhry Walmart is an evil corporation and I can’t remember the last time… Read More: http://is.gd/xCqC
karmacakedotca@ArfanChaudhry Wal-Mart? As a rule I try 2 avoid big business – whenevr possible. It’s like fair trade – paying more helps the community.
dstillw@ArfanChaudhry Walmart hires a lot of people and their stuff is cheap
rtetreault@ArfanChaudhry Absolutely. Your money spent leaves your community immediately. Always buy local and support your local business owners.
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