[Rhodes22-list] Fact(s) of the day...or not

[Brad Haslett]

Herb,

The book "The WalMart Effect" is still on my night stand, I recently
read it but will go through it again briefly at bedtime and check the
"facts".  The "most don't speak English" is certainly hyperbole.  The
book takes a balanced look at WalMart, and love them or hate them,
they've been a good deal overall for the American consumer (and
Mexican, Chinese, Canadian, etc.). No one is forced to shop there and
like Lowes, Home Depot, and other "big box" stores, they can't be all
things to all people.  I'm in the market for vent-free gas logs for my
fireplace and ended-up choosing a small vendor at twice the price of
the "big box" stores.  Viva la free market!

Brad

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Elle,
>
> I couldn't figure out from your post.  Are you for or against walmart or
> just posting this because you think it is incredible.
>
> By the way, if the numbers are correct, they are operating on a profit
> margin of slightly below 3.5 percent.  Pretty low, isn't it?
>
> Hank
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:16 PM, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I didn't bother to 'Snopes' this or vet it...we needed CHANGE.
>>
>>
>>
>> HOW BIG IS WAL-MART??
>>
>>
>> 1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.
>>
>> 2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
>>
>> 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th)
>> than Target sells all year.
>>
>> 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco +
>> K-Mart combined.
>>
>> 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer.
>> And most can't speak English.
>>
>> 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
>>
>> 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in
>> mind they did this in only 15 years.
>>
>> 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought
>> bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
>>
>> 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
>>
>> 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are
>> SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
>>
>> 11. This year , 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at
>> a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
>>
>> 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart
>>
>> 13. Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>>
>>
>>
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