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Message:: [QUOTE="Siwash, post: 582666, member: 18091"]The Wal-Mart issue involves questionable and sometimes illegal labor practices. There is a similar concern for better-paying comparable jobs lost when the new WM comes to town. The labor practices concern continues with WM buyers demanding price concessions from manufacturers, here and abroad. (I know of a firm that refused to deal with the WMs of the world, simply because while they could generate volume, there really was no net gain from it: WM knows manufacturers margins). In China, manufacturers get squeezed as well. That's good for consumers. But people are more than just consumers. We're producers, too, so we're naturally concerned about large firms that impact producers. And this isn't to mention the company's shabby anti-union record: it's nothing to be proud of. Price-wise, we've noticed the local IGA grocer to have the same (or cheaper) prices. Many people just see the WM store signs, with HUGE price numbers on them, and assume the WM price is cheaper. Not necessarily so. At any rate, Target's more fun. There are often scary looking people in my local WMs.[/QUOTE]