Comments on: Time to Be Downbeat About Wal-Mart? http://ContrarianEdge.com/2007/10/11/time-to-be-downbeat-about-wal-mart/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jason Coleman http://ContrarianEdge.com/2007/10/11/time-to-be-downbeat-about-wal-mart/#comment-32072 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:13:22 +0000 http://ContrarianEdge.com/2007/10/11/time-to-be-downbeat-about-wal-mart/#comment-32072 I just did some shopping at Target and Walmart this past weekend, and it's remarkable how different the two stores are (and the customers who shop at each). Target has really done a great job at acting as a discount store that doesn't feel like one. I too figured that Walmart would wake up sooner and get there too, but it looks like they were distracted. And every year they are the same Walmart is another year with a bad image that's hard to shake. Think of K-mart... it's like a dirty word. That's just my take as a customer. I'm not following these stocks, so I can't speak to the investment side. I just did some shopping at Target and Walmart this past weekend, and it’s remarkable how different the two stores are (and the customers who shop at each). Target has really done a great job at acting as a discount store that doesn’t feel like one.

I too figured that Walmart would wake up sooner and get there too, but it looks like they were distracted. And every year they are the same Walmart is another year with a bad image that’s hard to shake. Think of K-mart… it’s like a dirty word.

That’s just my take as a customer. I’m not following these stocks, so I can’t speak to the investment side.

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