Walmart

John Agathon

Soc 131

4/14/09

Wal-Mart, The best Store Ever?

Wal-Mart is many things to many different people. To some it is where they buy everything, from cleaning supplies to basic needs such as food and water. Wal-mart has so many different products they offer and sell it would be impossible to name and categorize them all. Many people believe Wal-Mart is evil and drives many family businesses out of business. This is true in some ways but in another sense Wal-mart just has a better business plan than most people. It is logical and at most the simplest thing of all. Sell everything and sell it CHEAP. Wal-Mart is an expert at this because they are where over 40% of most private products are sold. Since Wal-mart is such a huge business and super ruler of all things retail, they can demand their suppliers to get everything cheap so that they can sell them cheaper and more than their competitors. Because of this Wal-mart is good for us because they can provide what we need cheap. Making our life easier for one stop shopping and guaranteed to save money. Wal-mart is also good for us because it has many energy efficient methods they incorporate with their operations, and since Wal-mart is so big this is a very significant thing. Wal-mart is one if not the biggest corporation in the entire world, and because of this they employee over 2 million people. Now if that isn’t a good thing nothing is. Wal-mart employees more people than the United States Government, providing jobs to so many people in the U.S. is by far a very positive thing. Wal-mart is overall a amazing corporation. I for one can not imagine today without Wal-Mart. Think about it, if you are looking to buy almost anything, it doesn’t matter what type of product it is, the first thing that comes to my mind and most is Wal-Mart.