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    Walmart Critic

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    Walmart is the largest retailer and third largest employer in the US, operating over 4,600 stores globally. While highly profitable, Walmart pays its sales associates below the poverty level and relies on government subsidies of over $1 billion annually. Products are sourced from overseas factories where workers earn low wages without benefits. China is the leading supplier, producing 70% of goods sold worldwide through over 30,000 factories. By aiming for the lowest costs, Walmart chooses countries where production is cheapest, allowing it to undercut competitors. However, this market strategy relies on unfair treatment of employees through low pay and retaliation against those who complain about conditions or injuries.

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    Walmart is the largest retailer and third largest employer in the US, operating over 4,600 stores globally. While highly profitable, Walmart pays its sales associates below the poverty level and relies on government subsidies of over $1 billion annually. Products are sourced from overseas factories where workers earn low wages without benefits. China is the leading supplier, producing 70% of goods sold worldwide through over 30,000 factories. By aiming for the lowest costs, Walmart chooses countries where production is cheapest, allowing it to undercut competitors. However, this market strategy relies on unfair treatment of employees through low pay and retaliation against those who complain about conditions or injuries.

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    Walmart is the largest retailer and third largest employer in the US, operating over 4,600 stores globally. While highly profitable, Walmart pays its sales associates below the poverty level and relies on government subsidies of over $1 billion annually. Products are sourced from overseas factories where workers earn low wages without benefits. China is the leading supplier, producing 70% of goods sold worldwide through over 30,000 factories. By aiming for the lowest costs, Walmart chooses countries where production is cheapest, allowing it to undercut competitors. However, this market strategy relies on unfair treatment of employees through low pay and retaliation against those who complain about conditions or injuries.

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    Walmart Critic

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    Walmart is the largest retailer and third largest employer in the US, operating over 4,600 stores globally. While highly profitable, Walmart pays its sales associates below the poverty level and relies on government subsidies of over $1 billion annually. Products are sourced from overseas factories where workers earn low wages without benefits. China is the leading supplier, producing 70% of goods sold worldwide through over 30,000 factories. By aiming for the lowest costs, Walmart chooses countries where production is cheapest, allowing it to undercut competitors. However, this market strategy relies on unfair treatment of employees through low pay and retaliation against those who complain about conditions or injuries.

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    Walmart Critic Review

    Walmart is the biggest retailer and the third largest employer in the United States having 4,600
    stores and thousand more stores in other 27 countries which accommodates almost 130 million
    shoppers per week. It is known for its extra-ordinary profitability. Looking on how it is as an
    employer, Walmart significantly provides annual pay to its sale associates that is way below the
    federal poverty level and its benefits are all based on government assistance through subsidies
    amounting to 1 billion dollar per year. Its products were made abroad stored in giant warehouses
    of third party contractors, and are considered as Walmart’s agencies. These agencies also
    employs workers under a peace rate system where they only receive low wages and no benefits
    at all. The leading supplier of Walmart is China which has over 30,000 factories and produces 70%
    of all that Walmart sells worldwide. It also receive supplies from Bangladesh, a country known
    for its quality garments. By aiming the maximum flexibility and lowest prices, Walmart chose
    these countries because its quality products cost of production is much cheaper. This results to
    its ability to easily cut costs of shirts that they sell and defeat other giant supply store
    competitors, making it the largest store and seller across the world.
    Walmart’s market strategy involves not only how it upsells its product but also has to do with
    several factors such as its employer-employee relationship, association policies and its product
    suppliers. There is in fact an unfairness with its management in terms of paying its workers and
    their benefits that they rightly deserve. The unfortunate employees who complain because of
    this very low treatment and those who complain because of the injuries incurred due to its
    dangerous working conditions faces retaliation measures, they being considered as anti-
    association policy violators. This treatment is a clear violation of ethical standards and shows how
    poor their concern is for social responsibility. Walmart may be the world leading in sales, but it is
    inherent in their management that they are indeed number one company in the global race with
    the worst working condition. In the Philippine laws, it is a commission of Negotorium Gestio-- an
    act of earning at the expense of another. They may have earned more in sales, but they are not
    good market strategists, as I may say.

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