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You Can't Please All of the People All of the Time Wal-Mart's Adventures in Japan
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309-046-1 between stores in different regions and seasons ." Many of these goods are also Wal-Mart exclusives, like Sam's American Choice products, which also help to cement store These store brands sell for much cheaper than comparable national brands, and are of loyalty.' e comparable quality ." Many consumers will make the special trip to Wal-Mart to save half the cost of a case of cola by buying Sam's American Choice brand instead of Coca Cola. Technology Wal-Mart may seem to be a standard retail business for the very reason that Wal-Mart set the standard . Assembly lines were a radical concept when Henry Ford first began building automobiles . Today every manufacturer makes use of them so they no longer seem special . Similarly, the information systems that Wal-Mart uses have become so standard that they no longer seem revolutionary . Wal-Mart was the first of the big three US...