Sunday, January 5

Hehe...I hate WalMart, if only for the reason that with them in the environment, there is no chance, NO CHANCE, for anyone to ever start up their own business. The American Dream is dead. Or at least it will be when WalMart starts selling fine art, antiques, and everything else under the Sun (5-7 years?)

TIME.com: Can Wal-Mart Get Any Bigger? -- Jan. 13, 2003 Wal-Mart has 1,300 Supercenters, many of them converted from standard discount stores, offering everything from hardware to groceries and drugs. In some areas, it is placing these 180,000-sq.-ft. monsters as close as 5 miles apart. And in the spaces between, it's tormenting local grocery and convenience stores with Neighborhood Markets (call 'em Small-Marts). Wal-Mart is building its first urban Supercenter, in downtown Dallas. And without fanfare it is testing used-car sales alongside one of its Houston stores. "It's surprising how much room we have for growth," says Robson Walton, 58, Sam's son and the company's nonexecutive chairman. "I'm not trying to be flippant," adds Lee Scott, 52, Wal-Mart's ceo. "But simply put, our long-term strategy is to be where we're not."

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