crankymessiah wrote:
] "Wal-Mart's influence on the U.S. economy has reached
] levels not seen by a single company since the 19th-century
] rise of Standard Oil, economists and historians say. Even if
] you don't shop at Wal-Mart, the retail powerhouse increasingly
] is dictating your product choices -- and what you pay -- as
] its relentless price cutting helps keep inflation low."
]
] Interesting article on just how huge Wal-Mart has become.

No shit man! Didn't we just have a thread about how they account for a noticable percentage of the GNP? On their OWN! Why are we buying all this stuff? I mean, billion dollar sales days? C'mon!

1.3M employees? Do you realize that just the turnover rate in a month is higher than most company's complete staff? And they're going to add 800K more in 3 years? Holy CRAP!

RE: Wal-Mart's influence grows