After Sales Plummet, Walmart Realizes It Can’t Run Stores On Temps Alone

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61. A and P never had the Chinese market....and the British market...

...and the Mexican market....and the Canadian market...and the Japanese market....etc.

And they're moving into Africa next, starting with Kenya.

Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names.[14] The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States, including the 50 states and Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart's investments outside North America have had mixed results: its operations in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful, whereas ventures in Germany and South Korea were unsuccessful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart


A and P was a corner grocer compared to Wal-Mart. They never changed their business model, they never expanded their store size; in fact, a few A and Ps that I remember are now either drugstores or convenience stores--which shows how small a footprint they operated in.

The Walmart 'suits' may be craven profiteers, running a greed-centered corporate entity, but they most certainly aren't stupid. They won't continue down a path that sees them losing customers and hemorrhaging profits. They will adjust. They will nip, tuck, restructure, branch out, revitalize, revamp, rework, and do what they need to do to stay viable.

They will adapt their business model and sail their corporate ship out of these dangerous waters.