Answer: It will benefit Wal-Mart
If not then they are really not smart business people....
Answer: It will benefit Wal-Mart
I'm not convinced of that, although they may be, at corporate headquarters. I think they will go through a painful process, over some years of time and experience and start losing customers to other stores, as customers find the name-brands that they want.
And I have found some name-brands to be the kind I want, too... and I'll be looking at some other stores, too.
If they hadn't done this, then I might not have bothered to start to look elsewhere, and that's the big mistake that Walmart will be making, with consumers.