The king of corporations "Walmart" has a problem , they can't figure out why their shelves are bare. They have hired consulting firms to find out why their shelves are so empty.
So even though I hate Walmart for many reasons I had to do my own research by touring the two Superstores we have here. Store #1 was busy , very busy , lots of full carts standing if very long lines to check out with the 3 overworked checkers trying their best to check you out. Probably had 20 checkout stations only a few were operational. On our walk through the store revealed damn few clerks in the entire store.. Their problem not enough help in store.
Store #2 , same problem , no clerks , few checkout people , just a very big store empty of help. They have to hire consulting firms to find this out,, OH ,I forgot they micromanage these stores from home base Arkansas. they don't have a clue what is happening in your local store.
In contrast, go to a local Ace Hardware for instance, lot of clerks, lots of knowledge, lots of checkout personnel.. You choose, bring back the locals..
Very interesting! Saw the same thing at our local Target. They have about 40 cash registers in there but only ten at the most are manned. I did manage to find what I was looking for, which was good, because there was no help to ask (not that there ever was). I also noticed that this year's motorcycle toys in the toy section are from two years ago. Big store, no people.
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