Comments on: What Happened to the Idea That WalMart was Going to Dominate the World? http://www.businesspundit.com/what-happened-to-the-idea-that-walmart-was-going-to-dominate-the-world/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: laurence haughton http://www.businesspundit.com/what-happened-to-the-idea-that-walmart-was-going-to-dominate-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 laurence haughton Fri, 11 May 2007 13:50:34 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3161#comment-2254 Journalists are faced with a daily choice; to write what comes easiest or to painstakingly research the facts and uncover the untold story. Their dilemma? Both approaches pay the same. (from a quip originally penned by Scott Adams) Journalists are faced with a daily choice; to write what comes easiest or to painstakingly research the facts and uncover the untold story. Their dilemma? Both approaches pay the same. (from a quip originally penned by Scott Adams)

]]> By: Paul http://www.businesspundit.com/what-happened-to-the-idea-that-walmart-was-going-to-dominate-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Paul Thu, 10 May 2007 23:06:44 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3161#comment-2253 Your comments are almost prescient--it was not more than two years ago when JetBlue was being held up as the new gold standard of airlines and a potentially fatal competitor for Southwest. Today their CEO is fired and the "experts" are...well, to put it nicely, they're saying he was rightfully fired for doing everything they praised him for two years ago (such as his obsession with customer satisfaction). And on CNBC just today, I listened to pundits dictating that Google should focus strictly on its search/ad model instead of trying to branch off into different things. How long until GOOG is relabeled by the same people as a "one trick pony" that should have diversified its interests and was late to the table on too many innovations? Your comments are almost prescient–it was not more than two years ago when JetBlue was being held up as the new gold standard of airlines and a potentially fatal competitor for Southwest. Today their CEO is fired and the “experts” are…well, to put it nicely, they’re saying he was rightfully fired for doing everything they praised him for two years ago (such as his obsession with customer satisfaction).

And on CNBC just today, I listened to pundits dictating that Google should focus strictly on its search/ad model instead of trying to branch off into different things. How long until GOOG is relabeled by the same people as a “one trick pony” that should have diversified its interests and was late to the table on too many innovations?

]]> By: Bob http://www.businesspundit.com/what-happened-to-the-idea-that-walmart-was-going-to-dominate-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Bob Thu, 10 May 2007 16:51:03 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3161#comment-2252 The Google love fest will wane at some time. When, I'm not sure though I'm hard pressed to understand how a an electronic billboard business model can maintain its' CAGR into perpetuity. The Google love fest will wane at some time. When, I’m not sure though I’m hard pressed to understand how a an electronic billboard business model can maintain its’ CAGR into perpetuity.

]]> By: Wally Bock http://www.businesspundit.com/what-happened-to-the-idea-that-walmart-was-going-to-dominate-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Wally Bock Wed, 09 May 2007 19:24:05 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=3161#comment-2251 As a cautionary tale for Wal-Mart, I give you the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. In the early fifties, A & P was the Wal-Mart of its day. It was huge compared to the competition, it drove out mom and pop groceries, and it put incredible pressure on suppliers, so much that Congress passed laws to stop predatory pricing. Where it once had some 16,000 stores, today it has 410. As I learned in my very first investing course, decades ago, "what goes up must come down.: As a cautionary tale for Wal-Mart, I give you the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. In the early fifties, A & P was the Wal-Mart of its day. It was huge compared to the competition, it drove out mom and pop groceries, and it put incredible pressure on suppliers, so much that Congress passed laws to stop predatory pricing. Where it once had some 16,000 stores, today it has 410. As I learned in my very first investing course, decades ago, “what goes up must come down.:

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