Posted on 05/02/2005 9:34:06 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
...and the Roomful Express is just 1 mile away too boot.
We'll start with the toy section. It probably has 85-95% made in china and it takes up about 20-25% of the store.
Even the toy industry admits almost all the toys are made in china.
BTW is not Walmart one of the largest retailers of toys in the country and have put a hurt of Toys RUs.???
Probably and about. Those are 2 of your biggest problems.
In recent years, the No. 1 retailer has managed to corner 20% of the market...Snip... As a result, even as parents snap up armies of Bratz dolls and Hokey Pokey Elmos as holiday gifts this year, the $23 billion toy industry is having trouble passing go.
So, if WalMart had 20% of a $23 billion dollars industry, that's $4.6 billion in toy sales. Am I going slowly enough for you to follow? If 2004 sales were $288 billion, toys would be 1.6% of total sales. Still following?
1.6% is a little less than 20%-25%, still following?
You still want to claim that 65%-75% of WalMart sales are of Chinese goods?
Quote: You still want to claim that 65%-75% of WalMart sales are of Chinese goods?
Yep! You saw the B&D room posted by the guy from China on another thread.
Quote: 1.6% is a little less than 20%-25%, still following?
I said the toy section takes up 20-25% of the store.
You realize how silly you sound? WalMart, the best managed retailer in history is going to use 20%-25% of their store for products that make up 1.6% of their sales. Please, take the $1000 bucks you owe me and use it to take some math classes at the community college.
My local WM is not a supercenter nor does it sell food. The toy section is very large and comprises a very large segment of the store. It is the third largest department in the entire store with clothing being number one and the household items #2. It's bigger than hardware and automotive etc.
My WM is an older store and is an a smaller building. A new supercenter is being planned.
I would also venture to say the departments are based upon local demographics at each location to a degree. I've been in some WM with a huge garden center and have seen at some WM th garden center only takes up a small corner.
So you never answered my question. When you were counting your Chinese items, how high did you get before you stopped counting?
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