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4_TN_TITANS

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7. When your supply comes on the slow boat from China, you can't react as fast to economic pressures.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:28 PM

Apr 2013

I'm having to deal with this, as welll as swamped U.S. suppliers, at the moment. There's more demand for goods than most people expected this far into the year and it will take 2-3 months for supply to catch up. That's what they get for placing most of their eggs in one basket, thousands of miles away.

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Wal-Mart Customers Complain Bare Shelves Are Widespread [View all] marmar Apr 2013 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Apr 2013 #1

Maybe they are in areas where Walmart lowballed the competition lunasun Apr 2013 #2

My wife shops at Wal-Mart Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2013 #3

Since Costco came in we shop Walmart for a few certain items rurallib Apr 2013 #4

Weren't these "unhappy Walmart shoppers" listening when .. 99Forever Apr 2013 #5

Ayup! BrotherIvan Apr 2013 #9

Walmart pays poverty wages... Purplehazed Apr 2013 #6

When your supply comes on the slow boat from China, you can't react as fast to economic pressures. 4_TN_TITANS Apr 2013 #7

K&R! TeamPooka Apr 2013 #8

Its not just Walmart. All stores are reducing their inventory as people shop online more. MichiganVote Apr 2013 #10

Bloomberg has really been going after Walmart. wilsonbooks Apr 2013 #11

Let them eat cake. Rex Apr 2013 #12

It's so bad you have to bring a cooler with ice to keep your stuff from going bad in the checkout L0oniX Apr 2013 #13