Ric-san said:

There has been a paradigm shift of Walmart taking over Sears as the top retail outlet that goes back to the late 70’s when Sears refused to change to be more like Wal*Mart at the time. Sears Tower in Chicago was the beginning of the end, all the money they sunk into that building (which was sold and is now Willis Tower, unless you grew up in Chicago and everyone still calls it by its old name, the Sears Tower) Wal*Mart at the time had thier headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas...(where the hell is that located?). Sears refused to change, hanging on to thier catalog orders, not going online (look at Amazon). Even as I write this, Wal*Mart is playing catch up with Amazon for online orders as again, there is another paradigm shift. Wal*Mart (old spelling as they are now Walmart, due to online footprint) has way more overhead cost than Amazon as of right now....let’s see where this goes. Some folks choose to boycott Walmart now, it doesn’t affect thier bottom line one bit, just makes those folks feel good about not shopping there and that’s ok as it’s thier money. The K*Mart/Sears fiasco is one that plays out every other generation as one retailer succumbs to another...only time will tell who goes down next.

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LowRiderRed said:

Michaels opened right next door to Dick's. My wife went in Michael's and I killed time in Dick's, then went over to meet her. Yes the lot was fairly full, and a TON of people were in Michael's, not so many in Dick's. I can't say it stayed that way all day, but from the prices I saw there won't be many people in Dick's going forward.

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Ric-san said:

There has been a paradigm shift of Walmart taking over Sears as the top retail outlet that goes back to the late 70’s when Sears refused to change to be more like Wal*Mart at the time. Sears Tower in Chicago was the beginning of the end, all the money they sunk into that building (which was sold and is now Willis Tower, unless you grew up in Chicago and everyone still calls it by its old name, the Sears Tower) Wal*Mart at the time had thier headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas...(where the hell is that located?). Sears refused to change, hanging on to thier catalog orders, not going online (look at Amazon). Even as I write this, Wal*Mart is playing catch up with Amazon for online orders as again, there is another paradigm shift. Wal*Mart (old spelling as they are now Walmart, due to online footprint) has way more overhead cost than Amazon as of right now....let’s see where this goes. Some folks choose to boycott Walmart now, it doesn’t affect thier bottom line one bit, just makes those folks feel good about not shopping there and that’s ok as it’s thier money. The K*Mart/Sears fiasco is one that plays out every other generation as one retailer succumbs to another...only time will tell who goes down next.

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pawpaw said:

That's why I'm asking- I can't expect a single Mart or even local area manager to have that authority. Guessing it came from Bentonville, Arkansa proper...

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pcola4 said:

I was in the Crestview Walmart yesterday and they had guns o plenty.

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