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Re: [charley] What the crap, REI?:
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dingus
Oct 14, 2009, 8:39 PM
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charley wrote: This is kinda funny since I believe I remember DMT knocking rei bad one time.
I can talk Walmart supply chain practices too. They revolutionized retail in many key areas, not the least of which was the wholesale theft of American mfg capacity to be given to the Chinese.
One can admire the detail of the devil's handiwork, can't one?
The key take away in this?
A 10-store mom and pop dept. store chain cannot compete with Walmart. Do even try is to court bankruptcy. A 10-store mom and pop can do business by AVOIDING competition with Walmart... and many do just that.
How? By understanding the foe and its business practices for starters. And then by leveraging the outliers... people like you for example.
Apply that to REI... it is what it is, the largest specialty outdoor retailer in the US still addressing some climbing needs.
How does a mom and pop independant compete?
Well, perhaps, by offering some size Canoe Mythos, for example.
But the trade off is stark.... and it comes in green $$.
The root of this is the American obsession with cheap shit.
DMT
(This post was edited by dingus on Oct 14, 2009, 8:40 PM)
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Post edited by dingus
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