[servo1969]

Why have a few Hornady products been seen in some Walmarts recently?

"From what we understand, each Walmart store manager has the power to bring in products they feel are applicable to the marketplace, and so in markets there places where they can purchase from distributors. We do business with a lot of wholesalers who distribute our products, and so, what has happened is in certain areas Walmart managers have opted to bring in merchandise through distribution. And, we wouldn't necessarily know about it; There's no way for us to track that, but we do not have any direct accounts with Walmart or Walmart.com. We have no interest in doing business with them."

Recoilweb.com

[I cannot think of a name]

And in a strange twist of fate..........

Every one of the cartridges in every carry gun I have seems to say Hornady on the head.

[vetvetdoug]

There are five gun shoppes in my immediate area and I am more than pleased that Wal Mart has gone this direction as the local gun shoppes keep the money in the area, spend their money in the local area, support the local economy, and are positive members of the church and community. I see it as a plus for the community as this helps build local business.

[ASA Vet]

My Glock 27 is loaded with Hornady Critical Duty ammo.

I haven't been in a Walmart since they went Commie.

[Jeff Chandler]

AMMO EQUITY

[Georgia Girl 2]

We never buy ammo at walmart anyway.

[RightGeek]

Also from the article

We don’t believe that they [Walmart] were going to be good long run customers. And it turns out we were right. We feel the same way about other companies- we don’t sell to Gander Mountain direct. I believe the person in charge there is anti-gun. Until he calls my father and me and says he’s not, we choose not to sell to them direct. We chose not to do business with Sports Authority because of the same thing; they weren’t good partners. We chose not to do business with the state agency of New York after Andrew Cuomo came out and said he was going to try and break the firearms industry. We’re lucky that we can choose people that we think see the world the way we do.

[Ancesthntr]

1. Good on Hornady for sticking to its, and its customers’, values.

2. Doing business with Walmart sounds tempting - it is, after all, the single largest retailer on the planet. However, its management has long been aware of that fact and has utilized it to utterly screw with its suppliers. Here’s what they do: if you can overcome all of the hurdles and bureaucracy to get your product approved, you must sign a contract with them. That contract mandates that you open up all of the books and records of your business to them, so that they can see exactly what your production costs and profit margins are. They will then gradually but inexorably, reduce your profit margin to the barest minimum for you to stay in business. So, in the immortal words of Republic Admiral Ackbar: “It’s a trap!!!

[zeugma]

After reading through the article, it sounds to be like Hornady is a well run business that considers the best interests of its customers, as well as itself. Pretty smart. Goodwill is invaluable.

[Ancesthntr]

I find it more than a little ironic (if not utterly hypocritical) that WM has stopped selling certain guns and certain ammo to everyone because some criminals and some demented individuals have killed and wounded innocents with those products...but, at the same time, WM continues to sell cigarettes, beer and wine, given that cancer and alcoholism kill dozens of times more people. Further, they are also still selling prescription drugs, and a pretty strong case can be made that most of the demented perpetrators of mass killings (whether WM customers or not) are demented because of the side effects of some of those drugs.

Yeah, screw WM! Poor Sam, though - they guy thought he was finally at piece, and now suddenly he’s got to be spinning at about 10,000 RPM.

[smokingfrog]

Walmart customers typically want cheap stuff, and Hornady doesn’t really look to sell in that marketplace.

Walmarts’ decision is some pretty weak-@ss virtue signaling, but to be fair, other large retailers like Target don’t sell much of anything related to shooting or hunting. I don’t think Target even sells BB guns.

[Impy]

I remember the primary for the 10th district in 2000 that Mark Kirk won.

One of the a-hole RINOs bragged that he stopped selling ammo at his Dick’s Sporting Goods store or whatever, a genius strategy for a GOP primary even at the height of Columbine-mania. He came in 4th, I think.