courtesy of www.online.sh.cn - walmart Shanghai

This picture showed how people swarmed to Walmart and vied for a spot to buy the shrimps on the opening day. I knew Walmart through a friend who has been to America and Walmart is usually located in neighborhoods of  small towns instead of downtown areas (or maybe in Shanghai we call "uptown"?). I guess it is because of the huge population we have here in Shanghai and there aren't enough resources to be distributed. So we shouldn't be surprised by what we see (things like this) every day. And that is why many multinational companies (including those fast-food chains) shift their attention to Shanghai or Beijing (or Guangzhou). China is a huge (I wouldn't use the word potential anymore) market. And you don't even need to do that much of marketing if you are a well-known international company. Why is it so easy to get RMB out of our pockets? As one of the much-talked about bloggers on donews.net said,  good brands change our lifestyles and our tastes can be cultivated up to a higher level.

The funny thing is: When these people (in the pic) went home and checked with other supermarkets, they found they didn't get bargains they expected. Walmart employed different marketing strategies in Shanghai and for some it is not only about the prices, it is about following international trends. Still I want to see a heathier consumer market and I want to get my money's worth.

More pictures of Walmart in America:

You can also visist http://www.wal-martchina.com/ to get more information.

This is something I found:

Daily Show On Wal-Mart - Learn Fun Facts From Jon

This is from the January 20, 2005 program.

In this segment, we get to learn lots of fun facts about Wal-Mart. Like how they call a 28 hour week "full time." And how the company has recently launched a huge PR campaign to try to combat the numerous lawsuits and bad press its been getting lately.



Audio - Daily Show On Wal-Mart (MP3 - 3 MB)

Some people are saying Walmart is destroying the fabrics of small town America.

Three dollars for a refrigerator, that is awesome! The host is hilarious! Listen to this audio mp3....

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