Current Events > Walmart closing 63 Sams Club stores and laying off thousands of employees

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DanHarenChamp 01/13/18 12:29:25 AM #1:	So. Much. Winning. --- literally the jags <cite>DanHarenChamp posted [p:893947356] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>So. Much. Winning.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 01/13/18 12:29:57 AM #2:	as long as it isn't a costco in my area its fine. --- I'd hate to be that guy. he'll be dodging freak accidents for the rest of his life now. Final Destination rules - RickyTheBAWSE <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:893947380] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>as long as it isn't a costco in my area its fine.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/13/18 12:33:05 AM #3:	As mentioned in another thread: Questionmarktarius posted... when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:893947507] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>As mentioned in another thread: <cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. </quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrBobGray 01/13/18 12:33:53 AM #4:	And somehow theyre raising their minimum wage lmao --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:893947548] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>And somehow theyre raising their minimum wage lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metralo 01/13/18 12:34:00 AM #5:	Questionmarktarius posted... As mentioned in another thread: Questionmarktarius posted... when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. this is actually fucking over a lot of small business in alaska. --- https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg <cite>metralo posted [p:893947556] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>As mentioned in another thread: <cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. </quote></quote> this is actually fucking over a lot of small business in alaska.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/13/18 2:28:08 PM #6:	Here's the list: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/11/see-if-your-sams-club-closing-heres-list/1026816001/ <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:893975019] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>Here's the list: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/11/see-if-your-sams-club-closing-heres-list/1026816001/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 01/13/18 2:28:42 PM #7:	God bless --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:893975057] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>God bless</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iamintents 01/13/18 3:45:23 PM #8:	so thats how they are paying for all those bonuses --- http://i.imgur.com/rCECrB9.gif <cite>iamintents posted [p:893979161] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>so thats how they are paying for all those bonuses</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 01/13/18 3:47:41 PM #9:	If you can generate the roughly the same foot traffic with lower overhead, why not? --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:893979280] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>If you can generate the roughly the same foot traffic with lower overhead, why not?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Butterfiles 01/13/18 3:48:45 PM #10:	https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/76189321 you missed this glorious topic tc --- http://www.last.fm/user/PigBun 56k warning <cite>Butterfiles posted [p:893979343] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/76189321 you missed this glorious topic tc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Iron-Tarkus 01/13/18 3:54:17 PM #11:	metralo posted... Questionmarktarius posted... As mentioned in another thread: Questionmarktarius posted... when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. this is actually fucking over a lot of small business in alaska. Yeah it's big news here. --- So I stabbed him and took his humanity. <cite>Iron-Tarkus posted [p:893979689] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>metralo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>As mentioned in another thread: <cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>when Sam's Club started twenty or thirty years ago, the locations were kinda out of the way. Nowadays, they're either right next to a Wal-Mart, or across the street. </quote></quote> this is actually fucking over a lot of small business in alaska.</quote> Yeah it's big news here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chill02 01/13/18 6:24:41 PM #12:	oh, and the raises don't apply to stores in Puerto Rico --- Ave, true to Caesar. <cite>chill02 posted [p:893989043] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>oh, and the raises don't apply to stores in Puerto Rico</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 01/14/18 9:37:40 AM #13:	https://thinkprogress.org/truth-walmart-bonuses-5966fe4245b0/ The "$1,000 bonus" only applies to people with 20+ year tenure, meaning for the employee base the amount of money really only amounts to about $190 per employee. I really hope the people praising all these hollow $1,000 bonuses and shit were trolling. --- i dont like signatures <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:894025319] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>https://thinkprogress.org/truth-walmart-bonuses-5966fe4245b0/ The "$1,000 bonus" only applies to people with 20+ year tenure, meaning for the employee base the amount of money really only amounts to about $190 per employee. I really hope the people praising all these hollow $1,000 bonuses and shit were trolling.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Maninstagnate 01/14/18 10:06:24 AM #14:	They are going to convert some of those to Ecommerce and Distribution Centers which those that got laid off can get off can reapply to. So it's not ultra evil but still pretty evil. <cite>Maninstagnate posted [p:894026198] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>They are going to convert some of those to Ecommerce and Distribution Centers which those that got laid off can get off can reapply to. So it's not ultra evil but still pretty evil.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DestroyedDog 01/14/18 10:10:16 AM #15:	I like Sams Club because every now and then I feel like I need to buy 18 boxes of Kraft macaroni and cheese --- Not changing this until the Vikings make it to the Super Bowl Started 4/10/2013 <cite>DestroyedDog posted [p:894026328] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>I like Sams Club because every now and then I feel like I need to buy 18 boxes of Kraft macaroni and cheese</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CaptainCrunch 01/14/18 10:23:53 AM #16:	What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers? --- #freeiran <cite>CaptainCrunch posted [p:894026884] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/14/18 12:43:47 PM #17:	CaptainCrunch posted... What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers? Yours had four? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894033200] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>CaptainCrunch posted...</cite> <quote>What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers?</quote> Yours had four?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFVII_REMAKE 01/14/18 12:46:35 PM #18:	Doesn't this have to do with the $15 minimum wage increase? Good going leftist cucks. <cite>FFVII_REMAKE posted [p:894033334] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>Doesn't this have to do with the $15 minimum wage increase? Good going leftist cucks.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/14/18 12:51:40 PM #19:	FFVII_REMAKE posted... Doesn't this have to do with the $15 minimum wage increase? Good going leftist cucks. Probably not, given the locations involved. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894033578] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>FFVII_REMAKE posted...</cite> <quote>Doesn't this have to do with the $15 minimum wage increase? Good going leftist cucks.</quote> Probably not, given the locations involved.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 01/14/18 12:56:12 PM #20:	CaptainCrunch posted... What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers? be out of a job (honorable fire). can get unemployment benefits while looking for work. --- I'd hate to be that guy. he'll be dodging freak accidents for the rest of his life now. Final Destination rules - RickyTheBAWSE <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:894033822] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>CaptainCrunch posted...</cite> <quote>What'll happen to all 4 of the cashiers?</quote> be out of a job (honorable fire). can get unemployment benefits while looking for work.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLUFFYGERM 01/14/18 12:57:08 PM #21:	Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more. --- but Marxist theory is extremely consistent, both internally and with reality. -averagejeol <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:894033873] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/14/18 1:01:17 PM #22:	FLUFFYGERM posted... Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894034095] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now?</quote> Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLUFFYGERM 01/14/18 1:03:21 PM #23:	Questionmarktarius posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed. Yeah, and considering the awful location of most Sam's Club stores...it's no surprise that they're consolidating. --- but Marxist theory is extremely consistent, both internally and with reality. -averagejeol <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:894034218] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now?</quote> Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed.</quote> Yeah, and considering the awful location of most Sam's Club stores...it's no surprise that they're consolidating.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SK8T3R215 01/14/18 1:05:51 PM #24:	FLUFFYGERM posted... Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more. Yeah it's growth and operating income as a % of sales is worse than Wal-Mart stores so it makes sense to close them to invest more into Wal-Mart. --- New York Knicks, New York Jets, New York Yankees. <cite>SK8T3R215 posted [p:894034353] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more.</quote> Yeah it's growth and operating income as a % of sales is worse than Wal-Mart stores so it makes sense to close them to invest more into Wal-Mart.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLUFFYGERM 01/14/18 1:07:33 PM #25:	SK8T3R215 posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more. Yeah it's growth and operating income as a % of sales is worse than Wal-Mart stores so it makes sense to close them to invest more into Wal-Mart. Yeah. I tried explaining this to the ignoramus socialist clowns in a different topic but to them this means that Walmart's minimum wage increases / bonuses / benefit increases weren't actually enabled by the Trump tax cuts. --- but Marxist theory is extremely consistent, both internally and with reality. -averagejeol <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:894034450] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>SK8T3R215 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? I's no surprise that the parent company decided not to pursue that route any more.</quote> Yeah it's growth and operating income as a % of sales is worse than Wal-Mart stores so it makes sense to close them to invest more into Wal-Mart.</quote> Yeah. I tried explaining this to the ignoramus socialist clowns in a different topic but to them this means that Walmart's minimum wage increases / bonuses / benefit increases weren't actually enabled by the Trump tax cuts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/14/18 1:09:29 PM #26:	FLUFFYGERM posted... Questionmarktarius posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now? Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed. Yeah, and considering the awful location of most Sam's Club stores...it's no surprise that they're consolidating. Of course, it could just be a typical walmart maneuver, of relocating just outside the city limits when ordinances or taxes get too annoying. But yes, it's far more likely that these are obscure locations that don't get much traffic, built when Walmart wasn't influincing zoning commissions quite so much. What's interesting is that the walmart bastion of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma have no closings. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894034554] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote>Hasn't Sam's Club been on a decline for a while now?</quote> Probably. Amazon is disrupting Walmart badly, and Sam's Club is no exception - possibly even the most screwed.</quote> Yeah, and considering the awful location of most Sam's Club stores...it's no surprise that they're consolidating.</quote> Of course, it could just be a typical walmart maneuver, of relocating just outside the city limits when ordinances or taxes get too annoying. But yes, it's far more likely that these are obscure locations that don't get much traffic, built when Walmart wasn't influincing zoning commissions quite so much. What's interesting is that the walmart bastion of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma have no closings.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mal_Fet 01/14/18 1:19:51 PM #27:	150,000 jobs were created last month and unemployment is plummeting, but some failing department store franchise going out of business somehow makes that irrelevant - Leftist logic --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell <cite>Mal_Fet posted [p:894035191] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>150,000 jobs were created last month and unemployment is plummeting, but some failing department store franchise going out of business somehow makes that irrelevant - Leftist logic</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePieReborn 01/14/18 1:22:29 PM #28:	And somehow I get the distinct impression you hand-waved those same figures away a year ago. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! <cite>ThePieReborn posted [p:894035338] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>And somehow I get the distinct impression you hand-waved those same figures away a year ago.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/14/18 1:23:30 PM #29:	Mal_Fet posted... department store private club going out of business only closing about 10% of its locations <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:894035391] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mal_Fet posted...</cite> <quote> department store</quote>private club <quote>going out of business</quote>only closing about 10% of its locations</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Banjo2553 01/14/18 1:25:38 PM #30:	It seems like people don't buy in bulk much anymore. That's basically the reason to go to Sam's Club over Walmart anyway. >_> --- Game collection: http://www.backloggery.com/bakonbitz Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVQm69J7bGScbv3_50C0dA <cite>Banjo2553 posted [p:894035526] in Walmart cl... [t:76195824]...</cite> <quote>It seems like people don't buy in bulk much anymore. That's basically the reason to go to Sam's Club over Walmart anyway. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Walmart closing 63 Sams Club stores and laying off thousands of employees