Does anyone else see a fall off of Walmart in our lifetimes?

[itsyoung!!]

Walmart had to close more then 300+ stores recently

in 2012 Walmart had 4479 stores. in 2015 they had 5163

even closing 300 stores, would put them up almost 300-400+ stores in the past few years

 

[LezJepzin]

They're opening a Winco across the street from one of the busiest Walmart's in my area.





shyts getting real

 

[MJ Truth]

For the shyt I purchase it's cheaper for me to shop at Kroger often than Wal Mart, plus it's always a shyt experience shopping at Wal Mart. Then there's Amazon too. fukk Wal Mart.

 

[Drones]

I stop going to the local Walmart in my area. Its like a prison there, they replaced the Walmart greeters with security guards. The long ass lines suck; they have 24 cash registers with only two open, why? The aisles keep getting more empty. Why go to the store and deal with rude people when I can just go on my Amazon prime account and get the same shyt?

This post right here is indicative of the larger consumer mindset. People don't want to deal with the hassle of putting up with Walmart (or any retailer, more on that later) and their reputation of poor customer service and dirty stores that they've ignored has come back to bite them. Walmart and Amazon are the two largest retailers now with Amazon gaining ground on Walmart every day.

To zoom out on this, brick and mortar is declining rapidly while e-commerce is only getting stronger and stronger. If Walmart wants to survive, they're going to have to improve their e-commerce offerings and expand in that way. But the problem they face there is that Amazon has a head start of years worth of infrastructure built out for that purpose. Amazon has fulfillment centers across the country (and soon the world) built to get people their goods faster.

Sometimes when I send Amazon three of one item, they'll send one of each to a different center across the country so that people there can get it faster. Walmart has nothing like this and it will take them years to catch up.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

in 2012 Walmart had 4479 stores. in 2015 they had 5163

even closing 300 stores, would put them up almost 300-400+ stores in the past few years

That's more about real estate than actually making money from stores

 

[Unknown Poster]

America is gonna look and feel super weird come 2030.

 

[BrothaZay]

How did you know? I love target, and Amazon.

Side note: if anyone thinks working at Walmart is bad, Amazon is just as bad if not worse.

Yea IDK what nikkas are talknin about. I used to work at Walmart shyt was

But my ex tried to get me on at her job at Amazon, I hit her ass with the real quick

 

[BrothaZay]

They're opening a Winco across the street from one of the busiest Walmart's in my area.





shyts getting real