Wal-Mart's business ethics

[sleepless]

Regarding Walmart's desire to displace urban corner store competition, ASDA has a list of abbreviations etc used in its internal communications which includes the term "Head to Head" which describes its policies towards competition from local retailers...

[sgk]

Here's some quick links to the Wal-Mart ones.

• 01. Wal-Mart Because if there's anything America loves, it's a politician...
• 35. Wal-Mart, Part 3 Oh, you were doing it to keep your employees from improving their working conditions? Well, that's all right then...
• 54. We hear Lonelygirl15 is a huge fan of Sam's Club...
• 73. Cutting off your nose to spite your smiley face...
• 86. Don't worry, Andrew Young explained it to us. It's some sort of Jewish/Korean/Arab conspiracy...

I'm still liking the People Of Walmart site though.

[Cyberman]

Came across this list of 101 business cock-ups on CNN’s website. Wal-Mart features 6 times, and I found particularly interesting their comment that the megaretailer “Should displace its urban corner-store competition”. The list’s from 2007 but I’m sure nothings changed. Wal-Mart’s other examples are items 1, 35,54, 73 and 86 on the list. The article is here – quite funny, worth reading.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.101dumbest_2007/15.html

When considering whether Asda will make a good neighbour here, I hope people will remember that they are not dealing with a cuddly Yorkshire retailer, but possibly the most ruthless corporation on the planet.