Walmart

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Frontline

• Explores Americas obsession with discount stores
  despite massive job loss
• 3400 Wal-Mart stores
• 100 million people shop at Wal-Mart stores each
  week
• Sales in 2003 topped 256 billion

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Global Procurement Center

• Based in Shenzhen, China
• Third busiest port in the world
• Employs several hundred
• 80 of Wal-Marts 6000 global suppliers are
  located in China
• Wal-Mart China are a joint venture

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Wal-Mart is a Discount Store

• Cheap labor because the jobs are in China
• China employees make 50 cents a hour, 100 a
  month
• Manufacturers a wide array of consumer goods
• These goods, from clothing to electronics, can be
  bought at low prices

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OffshoreGlobal Center China

• Wal-Mart imports 15 to 30 billion a year of
  Chinas goods

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Result

• Alteration in United States Economy

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How?

• Coercing the eruption of information technology
  global economy
• Operates the largest satellite system in the
  world
• Powerful retailers manipulate production of goods
  to offshore

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How?

• Wal-Mart has mastered the process of production,
  movement of goods, warehousing of goods, ensuring
  goods arrives on time at the right place, and for
  a cheap price
• Developed in-house brands
• Gain of supply-chain efficiencies by working
  directly with factories
• More profit for Wal-Mart

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How does Wal-Mart know what consumers want?

• Barcodes Reveals everything about a product
• Information about how often the barcodes are
  purchased are relayed to the manufactures from
  Wal-Mart
• Hence, the manufacturers are dependent on
  Wal-Mart for demand information

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What does this mean?

• The manufacturer becomes dependent and
  subservient to the retailer, Wal-Mart

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Wal-Mart has created a Monopsy

• Major buyers for groceries toys
• Controls 38 of the market for several goods
• Manufacturers are forced to sell to them at low
  prices

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Why?

• Wal-Mart wants to provide consumers with quality
  products low prices

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Why Not?

• Americans are consumers and workers
• Americans may receive discounts for quality goods
  but loose jobs in the process
• Not only effects U.S. but other countries as well

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Wal-Mart Model of Employment

• Low-wages
• Low benefits
• Low skill
• Rapid job turnover

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Interview With CEO H. Lee Scott

• Employee discussion
• Exploitation vs. opportunities

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Opinions of those who are proponents of opening a
Wal-Mart in Ashland, VA
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Those who disagree with opening a Wal-Mart in
Ashland
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Sprawl Busters Helping Average Citizens
Discourage Unwanted Development