Walmart to Profit From Earthquake Disaster, Unintentionally, Walmart Says

Wal-Mart to Construct 5,000 ‘Ordinary Convenience’ Stores [Beijing Times via People Net]

On the heels of Carrefour’s announcement to increase investment in Sichuan’s earthquake disaster zone, Wal-Mart China vice chair Xiang Guorong announced that Wal-Mart will build 5,000 ‘ordinary convenience’ stores. Xiang expressed that the stores are merely for the disaster zone’s immediate needs – the objective of the stores is not to seek profit.

Therefore, Wal-Mart will not list these stores on their website; rather the stores will probably be demolished after reconstruction efforts are completed.

Moreover, when Wal-Mart’s first store (not an ‘ordinary convenience’ store) to open after the catastrophe was a Trust-Mart store on June 27.

Posted by Michael Mignano on Tuesday, July 01, 2008

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COMMENTS

who cares?

m att hew vantress in gresham,oregon
Tuesday, July 01 at 04:56 PM

btw i am a complete lying asshole about everything

m att hew vantress in gresham,oregon
Tuesday, July 01 at 06:04 PM

One more indication that the Sino-Walmart* honeymoon may be coming to an end.

Politics aside, I have always felt the Chinese were too proud to remain ‘Crap-Maker for the World’ very long.

Ken V in Texas
Tuesday, July 01 at 08:44 PM

oh ken all your favorites buy from the same china slaveshops wm does and we dont hear shit from you on that and we dont get the same all these other places are abusing chinese workers that you use on wm.why?

m att hew vantress in gresham,oregon
Wednesday, July 02 at 04:15 AM

ok it was assholes like me that betrayed america and bought all that chinese stuff.i am addicted to cheap crap and demand that everyone buy it only at walmart.you may think i am an unamerican asshole but that is only part of the story.i love being poor and without benefits and just really stupid and full of shit on here.i hate quality stuff and good paying jobs because i cant get either at walmart so shut your piehole you hypocrite loser.btw did i mention i am a complete asshole?

m att hew vantress in gresham,oregon
Wednesday, July 02 at 04:39 AM

Yep..you mention you’re a ass______. three times
you know the number three (3)..Maybe, Ken just gets tired of hearing about Wal-Mart being the Worlds Largest Retailer, like the rest of us do.. If you are just a dissatisfied American as________. Go right on and buy all that cheap Chinese cramp you and carry home..
And know one and I mean know one demands me to
shop only at Wal-Mart, or any other BIG BOX store that purchases there products form Communist Countries which makes THEM and YOU a communist supporters...So let’s see, you love being poor, having no benefits, and just being really stupid and full of shit.You hate Quality American Made Products and a Good Paying Job, because you are unable to get either of them at that {Chinese} Wal-Mart Super center you shop at..You are either pissed off
because you are unable to find a good paying job with benefits and Made in the U.S.A. products
{ which you can } or you have your head so far up
your ass, you can’t see ant day light...or just plain LAZY...So either clean up, shut up, and go find yourself a good paying American job and quite whinnying...and get up off the couch…

Marsha Hendershot in Huntsville,TX
Wednesday, July 09 at 10:10 PM

Marsha: Would YOU hire someone like that?Makes you wonder why he doesn’t WORK at WalMart? Think even THEY won’t hire him?

ddrb in
Thursday, July 10 at 03:07 PM

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