It wasn't Walmart who shipped their  manufacturing plants overseas!

They were buying from Mattle, Litttle tykes and all before they moved overseas to make a larger profit. It wasn't Walmart who went to Mexico to build the ford and chev car parts to be assembled in USA. Why does Walmart get blamed when a US company goes overseas to produce a product cheaper? The manufacturer moved not the retailer.

Walmart has become a steady diet for people to survive through cheaper prices and a large inventory. Although their business practice with their employees has a lot to be desired. Below par insurance, and sub standard wages. Not to mention hiring less people fulltime so that they don't get the benefits they need. Walmart can do better, it's just greed that has taken over with no regard for the loyal employees. The old man must be turning over in his grave. His standards were, "family first". Something that his family has forgot.

THE BRAND ` WALMART ` IS MOST FAMILIAR 7 SOUGHT AFTER IMPORTER AMONG THE INDIAN EXPORTCOMMUNITY.

EVERY ONE HAS A GOAL TO GET INTO SUPPLIER CHAIN NETWORK OF WALMART.

THEIRQUANTITIES ARE VERY LARGE BUT YES !!!!! THEY SQUEEZE THEIRSUPPLY SO TIGHT.

Walmart haters = liberal bias. NO matter what they won't find anything good.

Support France and shop at Target.

I don't like WalMart because of their low quality meat, produce and clothing. Plus the fact that I am positive they have spys that go around Craft Shows and steal ideas from people who handmake their items. I have watched over the years at things we were all making with Amercian made patterns, come from China that were so cheaply made and looking and the American public buys it and it doesn't last very long. I have things that I have made and sold that are still around today. If we want America to thrive as our fore fathers wanted, then we should all quit making China rich. Buy American made products and you will get quality. I have bought items from WalMart and they never last. Pay attention when you buy a garment and really look for the defects in them.  If you take a seam and stretch it just a little, you will see the seams open up, because they are sewn fast and with little tension, so they save on time and thread to get the cheap budget breaking items. Shop at local fruit and vegetable stands and you will get the best for you buck. Just recently, a local man who goes and picks from local farmers, then resales, had cantelopes that were 3 times the size of WalMarts, were ready to eat and the taste was unbelievable. The cost of his was $3.50 compared to $2.79 at WalMart and remember---3 times larger.

As for customer service, in a small town, it's not so bad because everyone knows each other. I worked in retail as a merchandiser and the employees were required to learn everything about their dept. in order to help a customer and you didn't get the  "Uh, I don't know anything about that"! I do buy things there, but look at them very carefully. I am not a liberal, but my daughter has only been into a WalMart a couple of times---she refuses to shop there because of the quality and if you stop and think, you are not getting your moneies worth if you have to replace it 6 mnths later. Start visiting Craft Shows for gifts that will last, people even make wooden toys---let's get back to Basics. You can even get name brand clothes from thrift stores that are easier on your wallet than buying cheap clothes at WalMart.

Another thing, be careful if you google WallyWorld---keep the kids out of the room if you do! A friend in Australia did it and was shocked at what was there.

Thank you, Kitty,  for voicing my very own thoughts.  I am what many would consider a country bumpkin.  I graduated from h.s. with an excellent GPA and attended college for a time.  My husband and I have three children and make a decent living.  However, we cannot afford to shop at name brand clothing stores.  There was a time when JCPenney's was affordable but I no longer believe so.  Not everyone who shops at Walmart is uneducated and/or  poor.  Everyone has their opinion and that is fine.  Please, however, refrain from criticizing those of us who have made a decision to shop at Walmart by calling us names.  Seems to me we are all  acting like a bunch of bratty children.  "You don't see it my so you're a dummyhead!" Would all of you that wish Walmart didn't exist be willing to work for less than minimum wage in order for the rest of us to buy products made  in the USA?  I may be completely off base, but I think the cost of labor to create something here is outrageous compared to other countries.  No one has to work for these big corporations.  They could very easily say no.  But, of course, I am just a poor, uneducated "dummyhead." Look out Walmart, another idiot  is coming through the doors.

I worked for Wal-Mart for a little over a year.  When I first started as a stocker I got paid $8.45 and hour but within two months I was promoted to HABA manager and making $10.86.  I was 22 and a women.  I was given a good chance to move up, I never felt held back and was not treated any different than my coworkers.  I have a problem with people that say insurance from Wal-Mart is horrid.  You have a choice on your insurance, if you choose the lowest rate at about $12 per paycheck its not the best but there are better and not that much more expensive  options.  Also when I worked even 5 min. over time I got paid for that five min.  I  no longer work for Wal-Mart because I moved to go to school.  If you look at any company hard enough you will find evil in everyone.  In the town that I live in (Ketchikan Alaska) you have two choices you pay $60  or more for a pair of jeans at Tongass Trading Co. the only other place in town to buy clothing or go to Wal-Mart and get a pair for $24, I think the choice is clear on what you would do. I shop at Wal-Mart because they have what I need and I can afford it.  A lot of you won’t agree with me and that is your right but  I don’t see Wal-Mart as the big evil company out to destroy all the little people.

I live in san antonio, texas, there must be about 30 super wal-marts here, and the custumer service sucks in almost all the ones i been too. i see the signs, "every register open on weekends" but  i have yet to actually see every register actually open on the weekend at any wal mart.

My favorite incident was the time I went to pay for an item and the manager was telling the cashier someone had called in and she (the cashier) had to work in her place. the young cashier told the manager she couldnt stay because her babysitter had made plans. the wal-mart manager the told the cahier " you have a choice, you can stay or if you leave dont come back." the poor cashier then sadly said "let me call my baby sitter." this  happened in front of a dozen or so customers waiting to cash out.

Wal-mart sucks, but what choice do most of us at the bottom-of-the-pay-scale working class have? blame liberals, nafta, clinton, china, democrats, repiblicans, but the bottom line is WAL-MART you suck.

Sam Walton's dream for Walmart has been turn into a nightmare. When he was around, the company was focused on employees, customers and America.Now it is all about $$$. You can still turn a dollar and take care of your customers, employees and do the right thing. Walmart has shortchanged so many people, and not many people see it.

The biggest problem I see with some of the comments left on here is that you are only reading what you can in a paper, you dont know the inside stories that really happen and why things happen with Walmart or any other company.  You get the reporters story which they make up parts and cut out parts to fit their needs.  

Walmart has to raise prices just like any other retailer, the suppliers are the ones who set the cost and if their cost goes up so do retail costs.  I honestly think that everyone just wants to crack on the big retailer "walmart" because they are the big dog and the one you always hear about.  What have you heard that Target has done for the economy, the community and their employees?  Or other retailers?  Is it really so bad at walmart???  I know that I can shop at kroger for my groceries and then go to walmart the next month and buy the same things and same a lot more then $1.50!!!  Just because it is a low priced retailer does not make it a junk retailer.  They sell the same tvs as sears and other high dollar retailers and Walmart sells them a lot cheeper!!!