The answer is yes they are and it's sad in many ways. Top management has made some bad mistakes, they have put into place a system that does not allow us to staff our stores properly and most importantly we are not taking care of our customers.
The current reorganization looks to be a unmitigated disaster all in the name of squeezing costs to the detriment of everything else. That will only get you so far.
If we are not doing the real basics which is keeping our stores stocked, keeping them clean and taking care of our customers then I could foresee Wal-Mart going the way of other past retailing giants and I believe that could happen.
Well at this pint I think Wal-Mart hit it's peak a few years ago so they need to regroup and assess their future and priorities.
Captain, from reading all of the comments (and watching my local Walmart) I agree with you.
Have the very top-level heads at Walmart realized also what a mistake has been made? I can’t imagine they would continue in this course for very long with so many unhappy customers...or are they no longer concerned for the U.S. stores and just want to concentrate on continuing their fast expansion in China and Mexico?
Seems their priorities have moved to those countries maybe?
Thanks for your replies. I’m enjoying this thread.