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Economy

mercuryblues

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Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:05 AM

Jul 2014

employees are paid such shitty wages they can't afford to shop at the store where they work. Walmart was also complaining a while back about lower sales....that coincided with the cuts to SNAP.

You have to pay employees enough to afford your product.

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Wal-Mart's warning to the world [View all] Crewleader Jul 2014 OP

What? Trickle-down doesn't work? Who knew? Scuba Jul 2014 #1

Or maybe people finally have enough made-in-China crap. femmocrat Jul 2014 #2

or they are going to places that are even cheaper than WallyWorld rurallib Jul 2014 #3

True! femmocrat Jul 2014 #6

Hi femmocrat Crewleader Jul 2014 #11

Thanks for the link, Crewleader. femmocrat Jul 2014 #12

more like mercuryblues Jul 2014 #4

Plus the "increase in jobs" is not mentioning they are mostly low paying jobs dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #13

Walmart is not a reliable retailer Demeter Jul 2014 #5

They were putting up Back-to-School displays last week. femmocrat Jul 2014 #7

I've seen Christmas in September. It will probably be August, this year Demeter Jul 2014 #8

Walmart has been in Canada for 20 years OnlinePoker Jul 2014 #9

wal-mart doens't benefit from lower unemployment as much as some companies because unblock Jul 2014 #10