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CarmineD
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Re: Vacuum Scam at Big Box Retailers
Reply #21 Jun 10, 2009 7:25 am |
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HI CARMINE
you just gotta ask when is enough ,enough? how many stores do we need and now that were all mega rich...lets focus on the stores we have and improve them from within.....
Interesting question and many local county and city officials have to deal with. I lived in Prince William County Virginia for many years. It was a suburb of and bedroom community for Washington DC that expanded by leaps and bounds in the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Locals and nature preservationists were concerned as the pristine landscape was torn down for new homes and businesses. Then many of these structures were vacated and shuttered. Right after the tech bubble burst and before the housing bubble burst, local PWC leaders passed ordinances to limit the square footage of new big box retail stores. Worked well and forced many businesses to lease, buy, and occupy smaller already shuttered buildings rather than build new larger ones. Here in North Las Vegas which is part of Clark County, the community leaders could have learned a valuable lesson from the Prince William elder statesmen/women. Homes and businesses look like ghost towns. Lost tax revenues, jobs, and spending. Expansion was too fast too soon.
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retardturtle1
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Re: Vacuum Scam at Big Box Retailers
Reply #22 Jun 10, 2009 3:56 pm |
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Interesting question and many local county and city officials have to deal with. I lived in Prince William County Virginia for many years. It was a suburb of and bedroom community for Washington DC that expanded by leaps and bounds in the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Locals and nature preservationists were concerned as the pristine landscape was torn down for new homes and businesses. Then many of these structures were vacated and shuttered. Right after the tech bubble burst and before the housing bubble burst, local PWC leaders passed ordinances to limit the square footage of new big box retail stores. Worked well and forced many businesses to lease, buy, and occupy smaller already shuttered buildings rather than build new larger ones. Here in North Las Vegas which is part of Clark County, the community leaders could have learned a valuable lesson from the Prince William elder statesmen/women. Homes and businesses look like ghost towns. Lost tax revenues, jobs, and spending. Expansion was too fast too soon. Carmine D. yup..nothing more sad than a once thriving town square you remember as a kid ,,,that has turned into an episode of LIFE AFTER PEOPLE....but on a lighter note...id be pretty ok with Wally if they would at least do something to fix their awful customer service and put a person in every dept...and make them stay ...not leave...so if by chance a customer needs help...or has a question....like the WALLY in the commercials we see all the time...i want that one...where its our WALLY and they are there to to help us....striving to do better each and everyday...and in the backround ...NO LONG LINES THAT ARE MOVING.....ahhhh i do love THAT WALLY.
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CarmineD
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Re: Vacuum Scam at Big Box Retailers
Reply #23 Jun 10, 2009 7:12 pm |
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yup..nothing more sad than a once thriving town square you remember as a kid ,,,that has turned into an episode of LIFE AFTER PEOPLE....but on a lighter note...id be pretty ok with Wally if they would at least do something to fix their awful customer service and put a person in every dept...and make them stay ...not leave...so if by chance a customer needs help...or has a question....like the WALLY in the commercials we see all the time...i want that one...where its our WALLY and they are there to to help us....striving to do better each and everyday...and in the backround ...NO LONG LINES THAT ARE MOVING.....ahhhh i do love THAT WALLY.
Hi retardturtle1:
In recent years, before the 2008 recession, W*M conducted studies and surveys to learn how many items customers shop for in one store visit and how long they want to spend shopping. Also, how long its customers say is a reasonable time to cash out and leave. W*M also wanted and tried to convince all its products vendors to use bar codes on all the cartons so merchandise can be tracked from vendor to the warehouse to the W*M store and then to the final sale. These are all issues that are pertinent and relevant to its customers and shoppers store experiences and exact inventory control throughout the product shipping and sales cycle. Carmine D.
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