http://jutiagroup.com/2008/10/28/global-investing-roundups-40/ Market Jitters & Political Critters Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://jutiagroup.com/2008/10/28/global-investing-roundups-40/comment-page-1/#comment-8780 adam_hartung Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:24:36 +0000 http://jutiagroup.com/?p=2506#comment-8780 Wal-Mart Locked-in on its Success Formula 40 years ago. Since then competitors are finding ways to match its advantages, while coming up with superior offerings. Target, Kohl's, etc. keep clipping away at old Wal-Mart advantages, styming Wal-Mart's long-term U.S. growth in revenues and profits. So Wal-Mart is having to go defensive, cutting new store growth while spending to modernize existing stores just to keep up. Meanwhile, who says that people in India, China or Mexico want the Wal-Mart Success Formula? Who says a model based on importing low-cost products from developed countries and selling them in massive quantities via huge centralized stores makes sense in the developed countries? Trying to Defend & Extend its tired model is not likely to provide the growth or returns that Wal-Mart investors historically expected. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com Wal-Mart Locked-in on its Success Formula 40 years ago. Since then competitors are finding ways to match its advantages, while coming up with superior offerings. Target, Kohl’s, etc. keep clipping away at old Wal-Mart advantages, styming Wal-Mart’s long-term U.S. growth in revenues and profits. So Wal-Mart is having to go defensive, cutting new store growth while spending to modernize existing stores just to keep up. Meanwhile, who says that people in India, China or Mexico want the Wal-Mart Success Formula? Who says a model based on importing low-cost products from developed countries and selling them in massive quantities via huge centralized stores makes sense in the developed countries? Trying to Defend & Extend its tired model is not likely to provide the growth or returns that Wal-Mart investors historically expected. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com

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