Two interesting stories about Walmart. Just what goes on inside a Walmart store? Are there secrets to their success?? Yep, they actually care about their customers.
Life at Wal-Mart
Posted by Charles Platt, February 1, 2009 11:03 PM
(Charles Platt is a guest blogger)
As I begin my second week here as a guest blogger, I'm going to risk venturing into a couple of contentious political areas. My aim is not to provoke dissent; I simply feel that some stories are not being told.
The picture above is of me, finishing my shift at the world’s largest retailer. How did I move from being a senior writer at Wired magazine to an entry-level position in a company that is reviled by almost all living journalists?
Next, are the aldermen of Chicago willing to forgo thousands of jobs just because the jobs would be provided by Walmart?? Really??
Wal-Mart Figures Time Is Ripe for Chicago Push
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mounting a new push to expand in Chicago, hoping that its promises of jobs and sales-tax dollars will prove more tempting in the recession than when city leaders first rebuffed the discount chain earlier this decade.
The world's largest retailer, which so far has been able to build only one store in the nation's third-largest city, hopes to open a half-dozen more in the coming years, according to the company and politicians familiar with its plans. It has been heavily courting Chicago leaders and is studying a dozen potential sites.
Wal-Mart, whose stores are largely concentrated in rural and suburban markets, has long struggled to penetrate the largest American cities amid fierce opposition from politicians sympathetic to organized labor and small business groups concerned the discounter would steal sales from smaller retailers.
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