Wal-Mart takes aim at hitting the Target

Reuters ^ | 6/16/05 | Emily Kaiser

[LowCountryJoe]

I'm sayin'

[itsahoot]

If Wallyworld has no competetion...they'll take over the world!

I guess you use a Macintosh, instead of a PC too<(•¿•)>

[Labyrinthos]

Can you really imagine a world where we strive to be self sufficient?

Yes.

it would be rather inefficient, would it not?

No.

[adam_az]

"Actually Walmart s*cks."

It does not - I like being able to do my grocery shopping and pick up shotgun shells all in the same place. :)

[Labyrinthos]

Don't get me going. LOL.

[devane617]

After reading through all the posts, I could not believe I am on FR. All the negative stuff about WMT amazes me. For years I have blasted WMT for the way they do business and the cheap junk they sell, and have been flamed on almost all posts.

Anyone else but me notice a change on attitudes toward WMT, or have I slipped into the Twilight Zone.

[AxelPaulsen]

Funny the Target I was just in tonight must think it is a Wal-Mart. The odor of popcorn was very strong in the store.

[discostu]

Last year I became one of those people that pop into the store for a banana. Decided to dramatically alter the diet part of which was replacing most of my unhealthy snack like doritos with healthy snacks like fresh fruit, but fresh fruit doesn't last real long so that means hitting the grocery store every three or four days.

Yeah I think now that stores are getting so huge optimizing for a forced lap might be on the way out, some stores are starting to optimize for convenience already sticking those popin items right up front, and they're catching on. New waves are coming.

[ozzymandus]

I got a few laughs reading the remarks of the anti-Wally snobs, but all the eltism gets old after a while.

[paudio]

I wonder if Wal-Mart will have a different store for the higher-end product. Just like when they use Sam's Club to compete with Costco, they may open a new line of chain store...

[superfluousdude]

By the way... WalMart sells some pretty good Tropical loung shirts for $14.99. I have one that's black and covered in a pattern of Birds of Paradise.

[lmr]

I am in the solid-waste business.

We are beating our biggest competitor in our local market in terms of overall growth. Even though they have the largest market share, they are shrinking. We have tripled our market share and have taken over the #2 spot in our market. We are a local company, and we are on the verge of becoming a regional player. We are looking for markets outside of ours in our region. All of this and we are 50 times smaller than they are. Bigger isn't better. If you can find a niche and you are hungry, you can beat anybody.

[Porterville]

If they sell good affordable product I will be there.

[investigateworld]

"Bingo. I am half redneck and I hate going to Walmart. The only time I go there is to buy fishing lures."

Walmart sells dynamite?

[JamminJAY]

Well Target is out gunned by Walmart. Walmart sells guns, Target won't.
Maybe it's the name.

Jammer

[LowCountryJoe]

Try it then! Just you against the rest of the world and see how well it works. Then get back with me. Of course that'll mean that you'll have to walk to visit me. Can't purchase gas for a car you own, nor can you buy a plane or train ticket, nor could you log onto the Internet because someone else is providing the service. You get the picture now, don't you? We live in a world that damned near requires interdependence and many times cooperation. If you cannot see this, you're not very wise.

[two23]

Walmart here, between Thursday and Sunday is to be avoided. It's horrible. And even more so at the beginning of the month when the gov't checks are out.
BUT >> Walmart does sell ammo and hunting gear, whereas Target supports anti-2nd Amend. Another down side to walmart is they sell the bottom line in tools, small appliances and linen/bath items, the meat they sell in super-walmart is loaded with "a solution of up to 15%" (caveat emptor) and treated to last 2 weeks in the case, and WILL turn green when it comes in contact with heat.
Target is better lit, cleaner, and has slightly better quality items, but they don't get very much business from us because they are not in our area. We shop online, and buy better quality tools and applainces from local, private businesses. Superwalmart is very inconvenient because it was built on the outskirts of town.....we all now have to drive through the tight, small town congestion to get to the other side of town. We live in one of those "small rural communities" with rapid residential growth/influx and the inability to resolve the road and traffic situation.
Superwalmart went in, K-Mart closed. (no great loss, but just one less option).

[two23]

"After I've been in a Wal-Mart, I wash my hands before I go to the bathroom."

LOL...we keep hand sanitizer in the car--I won't touch my steering wheel until my hands are cleaned! (in the winter, my daughter and I are happy to keep our gloves on when shopping.)

[kittymyrib]

Many Walmart stores are dirty and all are crammed with Chinese junk that should be considered disposable because it doesn't last. Target stores are cleaner, well-designed and import better products from Italy and other European countries. I wish I could find USA products at either store.

[muir_redwoods]

I'm glad we have Walmart and I wish them well. I won't shop there however as my time is worth more that the savings I might get shopping in a crowded, understaffed store. Target is marginally better but don't even try to find sale items if they are electronic. One cannot get there early enough to get one of the five they might have in inventory. I held a raincheck on a camera I wanted for 6-months and never found one in stock.