[97139] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
(walmart.com) delivery notice 908541
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walmart Shopping Spree)
Fri Apr 14 10:24:05 2017
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 10:15:21 -0400
From: "Walmart Shopping Spree" <walmart-shopping-spree@walmarrewards.com>
To: <mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu>
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er"> <p style=3D"color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 35px; tex=
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s Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; ">Walmart</span> </p> <=
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<td style=3D"width: 600px; "> <p style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin=
: 0px 0px 0.75em; color: #e1e1e1; font-family: Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue=
', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; fo=
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ight: -10px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-t=
ransform: none; white-space: normal; ">Retailers are getting into the holi=
day spirit, and no one is hoping to let it snow -- money -- more than <stro=
ng style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; ">Wal-Mart</strong>. Th=
e world's largest retailer is struggling, and Wal-Mart is hoping that makin=
g its stores more seasonally festive will help return its name to Wall Stre=
et's "nice" list. </p> <p style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: =
0px 0px 0.75em; color: #e1e1e1; font-family: Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue',=
Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font=
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ht: -10px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-tra=
nsform: none; white-space: normal; ">Wal-Mart plans to doll up its otherwi=
se-barren stores this season. There will be more holiday decorations, and p=
rerecorded Christmas carols will play over store speakers.</p> <p style=3D"=
box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; color: #e1e1e1; font-family=
: Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10=
px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; lett=
er-spacing: normal; line-height: -10px; orphans: auto; text-align: start=
; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; ">However=
, the real head-turning addition will be Santa Claus. Costumed Kris Kringle=
s may be common at shopping mall hubs and high-end department stores, but n=
ow Santa will be a staple at Wal-Mart for photo-snapping opportunities. </p=
> <p style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; color: #e1e1e1=
; font-family: Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; =
font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:=
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: -10px; orphans: auto; tex=
t-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: nor=
mal; ">Do Wal-Mart shoppers really want to take the time to sit on Santa's =
lap and tell them what they want? It may not matter. It's logical to think =
that a more festive environment may encourage shoppers to spend more in the=
spirit of giving -- even if they are likely at Wal-Mart because they don't=
have a lot of money to spend or are there to save money.</p> <p style=3D"b=
ox-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; color: #e1e1e1; font-family:=
Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10p=
x; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; lette=
r-spacing: normal; line-height: -10px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;=
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; ">The only=
thing that's certain is that Wal-Mart has to do something. It's on a bad p=
ath. Revenue growth has slowed to a crawl, and profitability is going the w=
rong way.</p> <p style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; co=
lor: #e1e1e1; font-family: Monserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, =
sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: -10px; orphans=
: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; whit=
e-space: normal; ">Wal-Mart hasn't been a growth story in years. You have t=
o go all the way back to fiscal 2008 to find the last time that sales grew =
by more than 6%, and it hasn't been able to break north of 2% top-line grow=
th in three years. Meandering sales growth would be fine if margins were ex=
panding, but net margins are actually contracting. Wal-Mart sees flat sales=
this fiscal year and a sharp decline in profitability, and it's going to g=
et worse before it possibly gets better.</p> </td>=20
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