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Discussion of Target and Wal-Mart. TARGET > WAL-MART Target Donates 3X more
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... Discussion (continued) Wal-Mart's Competitive Position and Strategy ... states that,
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TARGET > WAL-MART
Target Donates 3X more than WAL-MART
An advertisement on a local TV state from Wal-Mart bragging about giving $5/sec. Target gives $3.30/sec. That works out to $104,000,000 in donations for Target and $157,248,000 for Wal-Mart. Indexing that to total revenue, Target gives $1 for every $444 spent, while Wal-Mart gives $1 for every $1,425 spent. Target donates 3.2X more than WM, who donates less than 1/10 of 1% of its revenue.
A Substantial Number of Wal-Mart Associates earn far below the poverty line
In 2003, sales associates, the most common job in Wal-Mart, earned on average $8.23 an hour for annual wages of $13,861.The 2003 poverty line for a family of three was $15,260. ["Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful?", Business Week]
Wal-Mart can cover the cost of a dollar an hour wage increase by raising prices a half penny per dollar. For instance, a $2.00 pair of socks would then cost $2.01. This minimal increase would annually add up to $1,800 for each employee. [Analysis of Wal-Mart Annual Report 2005]
Wal-Mart forces employees to work off the clock
In 2002, statisticians estimated Wal-Mart shortchanged its Texas workers $150 million over four years by regularly not paying them for working through their 15-minute breaks. [Sources include Associated Press, "Federal Jury Finds Wal-Mart Guilty in Overtime Pay Case," Chicago Tribune, Business 3, 12/20/03 and Steven Greenhouse, "Suits Say Wal-Mart Forces Workers to Toil Off the Clock," New York Times,
A specific case was in Kansas City where Verette Richardson had clocked out of her 10pm-8am shift and was headed to her car when her manager ordered her to turn around and straighten up the stores apparel dept. OUTTA CONTROL
Putting Small Businesses Out of Business
In personal experience, Wal-Mart was supposed to come to my hometown of Burnsville, NC, which is the only town in the county of Yancey. Our county has the...
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