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Subject I went to Walmart on Sunday and only two checkout clerks, seven people called in and shelves unstocked, then found this article

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If China gets mad at the US, starts using their industry for war effort instead of junk products, or creates trade sanctions..then  wouldn't Walmart be out of business the next day?
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I run a small retail business. I have to place some of my orders 6-8 months ahead of shipment. Each year the deadlines get earlier and earlier. They need to know months in advance because there are increasing labor shortages in China as the 20 somethings wake up and realize they want to live in the "western world" and refuse to work the factory jobs. Driving the cost of goods up.

The past two years I have seen a shift the other direction. This year especially. They are now extending their deadlines months past prior years. Begging for orders. I am very ambivalent about placing as many orders as I do usually this year. For them to be extending deadlines, and offering discounts on top of their normal ones lets me know that I am not the only one who is hesitant.

Also I have found that I am having to manufacture more and more of my product myself. I am very lucky to have the skills and ingenuity to do so.

Manufacturing needs to come back in the US. Stuff from china is not cheap anymore. I have found that my local grocery is just as cheap if sometimes not cheaper than Walmart. Heck I have even found cheaper items at WHOLE FOODS than Walmart recently.
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Why work at a factory when they are now paying the same wage as a worker from Mc'Ds, same pay for 5x the work. Ya, that seems fair, and we all know what happens next.
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I worked in a factory for 6 weeks ONCE. Minimum wage even though I was over-skilled for the position. After 6 weeks I had enough and just worked harder at the small business I helped my mom run at the time.

Heck, why work at all when you can get it free with your EBT.
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Original Message I went to a Northeast Texas Walmart on Sunday around 5:00 p.m. and only two checkout clerks there and shelves unstocked; one on the express and one on a regular checkout. Very few people in the store. I knew the lady that was ringing mine up and she said seven people called in.

Then I ran across this article and the employees are saying:

"it’s piling up in aisles and in the back of stores because Wal-Mart doesn’t have enough bodies to restock the shelves"

I don't believe it's just a staffing problem. Maybe other countries aren't shipping their crappy products anymore. Something is going on.

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