When a target or Meijers coems to town, it doesn't kill off all the local businesses, Walmart on the other hand will turn a town's business district into a ghost town in months.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > Target and Meijers don't also treat their employees like crap. Target and > Meijers also sell stuff made in the USA...something that is all but extinct > in Walmart. > > Eric > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So, your issue would be with target and Meijers as well, not just >> Wal-Mart? They all sell pretty much the same stuff. So how is it >> Wal-Mart are the bad guys for selling stuff from China but Target and >> Meijers are not? >> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Eric Roberts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Kmarts by us are not heavily stocked and most of them closed down in the >> > Chicago area, so I really don't go there for much. Kmart is owned by >> Sears >> > now. Market wise, they are similar stores...as is Walmart. Even >> Meijers is >> > pretty similar, though they have a larger grocery dept than the Super >> > versions of Walmart, Kmart, and Target. >> > >> > eric >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Did you ever notice Target and Kmart have many of the exact same items? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Eric Roberts >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > No...just Walmart...have you seen thier factories in China and in >> South >> >> and >> >> > Central America? Though if you are buying products from China, the >> >> chances >> >> > of them being from a sweatshop are pretty high. They don;t have the >> >> labor >> >> > protections that we have here and unrestrained capitalism, sheat >> shops >> >> are >> >> > the norm...though i have a feeling thats going to change soon and >> they >> >> are >> >> > going to go through what we went through at the end of the 19th >> century >> >> and >> >> > first half of the 20th century with the lashback from the workers as >> some >> >> > people in thier country starts to prosper and they don't. >> >> > >> >> > Eric >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328830 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
