Wal-Mart will also dictate the production and transportation schedule.parrothead216 wrote:If you are a manufacturer and all your competition is in Wal-Mart and they in turn tell you okay we will take your product, but "This is what We want to retail it for, Now YOU find a way to make it to sell at that price and STILL make a profit!"
Any manufacturer that chooses not to do business according to Wal-Mart's standards is welcome to sell their goods elsewhere.
There must be a lot of retailers with with over 6,400 locations worldwide and 138 million customers a week. Certainly one of those competitors will have terms that fit how the manufacturer wants to do business?
I just bought a Rubbermaid item at Wal-Mart last week. Rubbermaid is playing ball the Wal-Mart way.Soraya wrote:That is pretty much it...I believe Rubbermaid is one of the few companies that stood up to Walmart when they tried this move.