"T" > wrote in message
> Good point. Particularly when even Walmart suppliers are starting to
> back away and say enough is enough. Walmart has managed to cut the
> profitability of manufacturers to the bone.
>
> Because of the sheer scale of Walmart, they can dictate whatever they
> want. That's bad for America.

Not the fault of WalMart. These companies have the ability to say "NO", but
they don't. A few are finally realizing that Wal Mart is not a good
customer for them and scale back and become profitable. Greed is the
motivator. Executives figure the high volume, even at a low price, will
make them bigger and make them money. It does not always work that way.

My company has walked away from a couple of major accounts in the past five
years. One was $2 million, the other was just over $1 million. We are more
profitable for it. These were major corporations that used tactics like Wal
Mart. We chose not to participate.