Replies to post #140406 on Winning Brands Corporation (WNBD)

[littlefeets]

I see you have not read Walmarts history.

[solarflux2]

Plenty of companies other than Winning Brands have had, and continue to have, huge problems with Wal-Mart.

"Therein lies the basic conundrum of doing business with the world's largest retailer. By selling a gallon of kosher dills for less than most grocers sell a quart, Wal-Mart may have provided a ser-vice for its customers. But what did it do for Vlasic? The pickle maker had spent decades convincing customers that they should pay a premium for its brand. Now Wal-Mart was practically giving them away. And the fevered buying spree that resulted distorted every aspect of Vlasic's operations, from farm field to factory to financial statement."

"Indeed, as Vlasic discovered, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer relentlessly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us "every day low prices." It's the story of what that pressure does to the companies Wal-Mart does business with, to U.S. manufacturing, and to the economy as a whole. That story can be found floating in a gallon jar of pickles at Wal-Mart."

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html

[User-65225]

The Wal mart excuse to me is lame, they are a discount retailer however the largest companies in the world deal with them with NO PROB.

This is far from true. Manufacturers battle with Wally all the time. This is common knowledge.

They put more pressure on companies than anybody.

What price you lookin for? Pretty obvious now

[stemcell]

they are a discount retailer however the largest companies in the world deal with them with NO PROB

Do your DD on the subject walmart is a nightmare for all vendors big and small the bigger ones are just better able to do battle with them. The largest companies in the world hate walmart and will leave them for any excuse. The whole RFID thing drove away so many of their vendors they had to put it on the back burner and rethink it. Startup and fledgling companies have the least amount of ammo to deal with them unless they have the only shovels in the country and it's snowing coast to coast.