Ukrops Fuel Perks
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Re: Ukrops Fuel Perks
I see you're point. However I think you may be misguided in your reasoning.
Wal-mart started out just like Ukrops. A small locally owned store. Yoi should feel the need to punish them because they are good at what they do (provide products at a low price). They were able to do this better than anyone else, and therefore became a national icon (good or bad connotations).
I dislike wal-mart not because they are a huge company but because of the unavoidable inconviences that goes along with being a low cost leader. Such as poor customer service (have 10,000 cash registers and only 5 of them open) and the incrediably long lines that go along with that. Reasons such as this are why I dislike wal-mart and try to avoid shopping there.
But fuck, if they can do something (in this case sell groceries) better than someone else (ukrops) they SHOULD succeed!
Wal-mart started out just like Ukrops. A small locally owned store. Yoi should feel the need to punish them because they are good at what they do (provide products at a low price). They were able to do this better than anyone else, and therefore became a national icon (good or bad connotations).
I dislike wal-mart not because they are a huge company but because of the unavoidable inconviences that goes along with being a low cost leader. Such as poor customer service (have 10,000 cash registers and only 5 of them open) and the incrediably long lines that go along with that. Reasons such as this are why I dislike wal-mart and try to avoid shopping there.
But fuck, if they can do something (in this case sell groceries) better than someone else (ukrops) they SHOULD succeed!
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Re: Ukrops Fuel Perks
I dislike wal-mart not because they are a huge company but because of the unavoidable inconviences that goes along with being a low cost leader. Such as poor customer service (have 10,000 cash registers and only 5 of them open) and the incrediably long lines that go along with that. Reasons such as this are why I dislike wal-mart and try to avoid shopping there.
lets say walmart advertises a $9 toaster. that brings you in, but then you see that the $9 version is an absolute piece of shit, so you look at the next version up, which is priced at say $15. it looks a lot more sturdy, and is still pretty cheap.
walmart will actually price the $9 toaster low and potentially lose a little money... but that $15 toaster is actually only a $12 toaster, and they make all their money and then some back. pretty clever system on top of all the logistics tricks they have.
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Re: Ukrops Fuel Perks
just to add a little fuel... what brings people into walmart is the pricing.
lets say walmart advertises a $9 toaster. that brings you in, but then you see that the $9 version is an absolute piece of shit, so you look at the next version up, which is priced at say $15. it looks a lot more sturdy, and is still pretty cheap.
walmart will actually price the $9 toaster low and potentially lose a little money... but that $15 toaster is actually only a $12 toaster, and they make all their money and then some back. pretty clever system on top of all the logistics tricks they have.
lets say walmart advertises a $9 toaster. that brings you in, but then you see that the $9 version is an absolute piece of shit, so you look at the next version up, which is priced at say $15. it looks a lot more sturdy, and is still pretty cheap.
walmart will actually price the $9 toaster low and potentially lose a little money... but that $15 toaster is actually only a $12 toaster, and they make all their money and then some back. pretty clever system on top of all the logistics tricks they have.
You are 100 percent correct though, Wal-Mart's (almost) entire business plan is based on logistics.It's quite genius if you ask me. They are very secretive of how they actually do it though. Wal-mart is a pretty interesting study business wise.
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