It is disappointing I guess they don't know who their shoppers are
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Hmmm, walmart. the most successful retail enterprise on the planet. pay many dollars to those who examine markets and where the potential is to tap new markets.
You know, I think I'll have to operate under the notion that Walmart knows who its customers are a whole heckuva lot better than you do.
They'll do what they think is best for the bottom line, and given their track record, it's pretty safe to assume they know what they're doing.
Boycott away!
WalMart is indeed a highly competent organization. They outperformed every other public and private organization when it came to getting emergency supplies into post-Katrina New Orleans FAST. Somehow nobody but WalMart had figured out that it would be a good idea to stockpile generators and bottled water in warehouses just beyond the danger zone, along with trucks and drivers to start ferrying the stuff in immediately after the storm passed.
That's not quite true when it comes to their eliminating firearms sales.
Here in Southern Oregon, most of the stores have stopped, or will stop, carrying guns. If this had happened because of market evaluations, that would be okay, but So. Oregon is a hotbed of gun ownership, we've got tons of gun stores and firing ranges, and folks are pretty upset about Wal-Mart getting rid of all their gun departments.
I believe that the reason they're doing so is to placate the liberals, both in the media and in government, NOT in response to changing markets.
Ed