How about establishing a mole into one of the highest executive positions in a company, and obtaining an iron clad contract with a guaranteed golden parachute for the mole?
You know the type that gets the shortimer chief exec paid millions of dollars first and before any other debt including that owed to stockholders.
How about if that particular executive mandates a transportation system which requires that the Wal Mart example be followed as closely as possible, despite the fact that the "competition" is not restricted by union contracts or other ridiculously simple regs?
How about invoking a drop & pick trailer program for a company which simply does not have the equipment to support such a program?
"How come we are always out of trailers?"
Gee, the fact that you have half of them sitting at stores empty while the warehouse has no way to load them because they are not "on hand?"
I happen to know a lot about the circumstances that drove that 1 particular merchandiser out of business.
There is an old saying..."If you own it, a truck brought it."
Physical Distribution is the key to any successful product or business.
I know way more than I'll ever tell on any web site about this stuff.
Wal Mart also knocked out the Caldor and Ames chains around here. I have Little doubt that they used whatever tactics that they felt were neccesary. I'd consider them to be more than a bit underhanded.
Good for them. I shop there sometimes. They are managed by skunks, but at least they are good at what they do.
Things will change I am certain. There will always be somebody more ruthless.