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OCTOBER
2006
AFTER ANNOUNCING THEY WILL SLOW DOWN OPENINGS THE MARKET
WILL BE IN A BUY WALMART MODE...IT MAY STAY THAT WAY UNTIL
THEY REALIZE THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER HIRE
ANYONE TO WORK FOR THEM.
THE STOCK WILL FALL AGAIN LATER...LEE SCOTT WILL STILL GET HIS
BONUS
NOVEMBER        
2006 THEY CAN
CALL IT BLITZ
BUT IT ISN'T...
BLITZ...
NO WALMART
BLACK FRIDAY
CHANGES...
NO LAY A WAY NO BLITZ AND
THE WALMART HOLIDAY
SEASON IS WORSE EACH
COMING YEAR.
ASSOCIATES EVEN SHOP ELSE
WHERE.  TRYING TO UPSCALE
ITSELF IT WILL DESTROY IT'S
CUSTOMER BASE.
 SALES
WERE DOWN FOR BLACK
FRIDAY A FIRST IN A DECADE
BLITZ IS NO LONGER BLITZ...LAYAWAY IS GONE
AND WALMART SINKS LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE.
PROFITS FOR THE YEAR ENDING IN FEBRUARY
WILL BEGIN TO SHOW THE STRAIN AND THE STOCK
DOES NOT GO OVER SIXTY DOLLARS A SHARE
NOVEMBER &
DECEMBER 2006
WALMART WILL OFFER LONG TERM ASSOCIATES
A SEVERANCE PACKAGE IF THEY LEAVE...PART
TIME WORKERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE TAKE
OVER...IF LONG TERM ASSOCIATES STAY THEY
MAY BE SUBJECT TO NOT ONLY PAY CAPS BUT A
CUT IN HOURLY WAGES... THE WORD SO FAR IS
AT LEAST BY FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.
SALES WILL BE LACK LUSTER...NO LAYAWAY
NO BLITZ AND THE FOOD SIDE PROFITS WILL
START TO ERRODE DUE TO OUT OF STOCKS
POOR STAFFING AND PRICE INCREASES.
MEXICO AND INDIA WILL NOT HELP MUCH.  THE UNITED
STATES WILL SEE THAT THE QUALITY AND THE THROW
AWAY ITEMS COST MUCH MORE IN THE END. ONE DOLLAR
NOW EQUALS TEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR...WALMART
RULES UNTIL PEOPLE REALIZE THEY ARE BEING DUPED.
JANUARY 2007
FEBRUARY
2007        
MARCH 2007
2006/2007/2008
       
MUCH MORE TO COME.  SELF CHECKOUTS ARE BECOMING COMMON IN WALMARTS
AND SOON IT WILL NOT BEW EASY TO FIND AN ACTUAL CASHIER.
SOON THE CUSTOMERS WILL BEGIN TO NOTICE THE PRICE INCREASES ON THE
FOOD SIDE OF THE STORE ALTHOUGH THEY MAY STILL FOR THE MOST PART BE
LOWER YOU WILL FIND BETTER FOOD AT SUPERMARKETS LIKE WINN DIXIE,
PUBLIX, FOOD WORLD, BRUNO'S, ALBERTSON'S, SHAWS, STOP AND SHOP
ANDHANNAFORD.  IT IS A SHAME THAT HABIT IS KEEPING WALMART ALIVE RIGHT
NOW.
YEAR WILL END ON THE SLIGHTEST
DOWNWARD TREND.  THEY WILL USE LOSSES
IN GERMANY AS AN EXCUSE...LEE SCOTT WILL
STILL RAKE IN A DECENT SALARY.
WALMART WILL BE CAUGHT DISCRIMMINATING
AGAINST THE ILL AND THE HANDICAPPED.  STORES
WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE IN THE UNITED STATES.  
WHAT USED TO HAPPEN HERE AND THERE WILL
BECOME COMPANY POLICY...(UNWRITTEN?)
DISTRIBUTORS WILL BE TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO
SUPPLY WALMART WITH MERCHANDISERS TO
STOCK THEIR ITEMS OR WALMART WILL NOT PUT
THEM ON THE SHELVES.  PRESENTLY 10 PERCENT
OF STOCKERS ARE NOT WALMART ASSOCIATES
WALMART WILL ANNOUNCE A REDUCTION IN
STAFF AND A NEW RETAIL SYSTEM WILL BE
BORN...MERCHANDISE WILL BE LEFT ON THE
PALLET...HELP YOURSELF AND CHECK
YOURSELF OUT.  NO BAGS UNLESS YOU
BRING THEM...CASH AND CHECK CARDS OR
CREDIT ONLY...NO MORE CHECKS (
WALMART
IS NOW SCANNING CHECKS AS DEBIT CARDS
SO SOON THE CUSTOMERS CAN WRITE A
CHECK WITHOUT A CASHIER.)
 ONLY UPSCALE
WALMARTS WILL HAVE ASSOCIATES AND THE
SALES FORCE WILL DWINDLE DOWN TO
AROUND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND...THERE
WILL SOON BE NO NEED FOR SO MANY
CASHIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS WILL SUPPLY
THE STOCKERS UNTIL IT GOES UNDER.
THINK ABOUT IT IN 1998 WALMART HAD 1.3 MILLION ASSOCIATES
IN IT'S STORES ALMOST TEN YEARS LATER IT HAS THE
SAME...CUSTOMER SERVICE MEANS NOTHING TO WALMART
ANYMORE...SAM SERVED THE CUSTOMER...THE NECCESARY EVIL
SERVES ITSELF...
RFID IS VERY IMPORTANT...IT WILL ALLOW WALMART TO TRACK
IT'S MERCHANDISE WITHOUT ASSOCIATES TO DO IT.  SOON
ANY AREA OF THE STORE THAT NEEDS WORKERS WILL FIND
LESS AND LESS OF THEM ON THE SALES FLOOR.  ANYTHING
TO CUT MORE LABOR COSTS.  THE REASON THINGS LIKE THIS
SO CALLED NEW TEN ASSOCIATES A WEEK MEETING WITH
MANAGEMENT WILL NOT WORK IS BECAUSE THOSE
ASSOCIATES WHO NEED THEIR JOBS WILL NOT CHANCE IT AND
AFTER A SHORT WHILE MANAGEMENT WHO IS OVERBURDENED
DO TO A LACK OF WORKERS WILL START TO MAKE BOGUS
REPORTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY.

FABRICS WILL ONLY COME IN PRE CUT IF AT ALL.  THEY NEED
TO CUT LABOR.  THE REGULAR CUSTOMER MEANS NOTHING
AS 2007 BEGINS.

IT IS THE FUTURE OF WALMART AND ALL OF IT LEADS TO TOTAL
SELF SERVICE.
SOMETIME SOON MY BOOK WILL ACTUALLY GET SOME ATTENTION AND I WILL WRITE ANOTHER ... ONCE
IT BREAKS WALMART WILL TRY TO MAKE ME LOOK AS IF I AM A DISGRUNTLED EX EMPLOYEE...BUT THE
ASSOCIATES KNOW.  ACTUALLY THAT IS WHAT MATTERS MOST AND I DO HOPE EVEN THE MOST
ADDICTED MANAGE TO LEAVE BEFORE IT GOES UNDER.
THEIR RETIREMENT IS IN TROUBLE THE STOCK IS GOING TO BOTTOM OUT.