Talk:Walmart

State Abbreviations

I'm not sure about else where, but under the Walmart Express section both Gentry and Prairie Grove are given the state postal abbreviation for Alaska (AK), not Arkansas (AR)

White washing of Walmart's china connections and supplier demands

What happened to all the information of walmarts shift from "buy american" to "buy whatever is cheapest" after sam walton died? What happened to all the info of walmart's relentless pressure on manufacturers to lower the cost of the products by cutting labor costs and outsourcing production to china? Walmart is now one of china's largest trading partners and it's move away from american manufacturers has had a huge impact on the economic history of the united states and china. It's really important and it's just been removed? 204.187.140.30 (talk) 23:36, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I agree that it would be good to mention that Walmart led the change from the push model to the pull model when retailers deal with manufacturers. 64.56.156.66 (talk)

Walmart Pioneering the Opening Price Point Strategy

It would be good to mention that Walmart pioneered the opening price point marketing strategy detailed by this study by Zenith Consulting. It is also detailed in the PBS Frontline Documentary "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?" at the beginning of Chapter 3 including a reference to when it was first used. An former employee who managed multiple stores, in the same video during chapter 3, credits it as one of Wal-Mart's most important marketing strategies to date. 64.56.156.66 (talk) 20:18, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 13 December 2011

he was born in kingfisher oklahoma

Bryceman800 (talk) 22:30, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 03:17, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 21 December 2011

edit section on marketside to include info that all stores were closed in oct 2011

68.187.35.41 (talk) 02:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• - On hold - please provide a WP:RS for edit requests such as this, thanks - Youreallycan (talk) 23:22, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 January 2012

Arjones67 (talk) 04:37, 10 January 2012 (UTC) In the Walmart Express section, the location of the current stores is wrong. The Gentry and Prairie Grove stores are in Arkansas (AR), not Alaska (AK). The referenced article does say Arkansas. I am a Wal-mart employee and live within 20 miles of these stores. There is also a 4th location open now. It is located in Gravette, AR. A reference article link for the new location is http://nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news/?nxd_id=265857

Done — Bility (talk) 19:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

50th Anniversary...

Since Walmart was founded in 1962, and this is 2012, shouldn't Walmart be celebrating its 50th Anniversary or something? ~~LDEJRuff~~ 4:02, 21 January, 2012 (UTC)

Requested addition

I added the following to the Walmart International section in the paragraph about Asda. Someone undid this as an off subject tangent, I don't believe it is off subject because it represents a movement into new markets. I do realize now that I should have asked here in the talk section before I made the change, nonetheless here is the edit that I believe is needed.

In January 2012 Asda announced that it had agreed to terms with two franchise partners to open international George stores. Through the agreement with SandpiperCI, based in the Channel Islands, the company will be responsible for opening George franchises in both Jersey and Guernsey, and through the Azadea Group, headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, the George franchise stores would open in the Middle East. The opening of the first George stores in both regions are expected before the end of 2012. Psion20 (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The material is much more directly related to Asda (where you had also added the same information). The info is much more appropriate there. The subsidiaries have their own articles for a reason, to contain the activities that are more directly related to those subsidiaries. There's no reason to repeat the information in multiple places; or to put it another way, there's no reason for this article to be a consolidation of all data from the articles of all the subsidiaries. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Alright I can buy that explanation. Psion20 (talk) 23:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

ENGLISH.

In the English language, sentences require a verb. If you're going to lock a controversial page, please at least do a quick once-over for stuff like, "Inside the discount store the fast food outlets, usually Subway or McDonald's." 209.6.28.116 (talk) 01:06, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I removed the unsourced sentence fragment. 72Dino (talk) 02:05, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 18 February 2012

As of January 2012, Walmart has 10,020 locations under 69 different banners in 28 counties.

GABORWORLD (talk) 20:25, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 01:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 27 February 2012

Walmart is basically phasing out the door greeter position, moving them to a sort of sales associate role. I'd edit it in, but I can't thinkf or the life of me how to word it.

Source can be found here: Source 97.81.138.164 (talk) 07:30, 27 February 2012 (UTC)