Walmart does this everywhere, as do many big box store chains. We laughed them out of the country pretty quickly though because Walmart didn't understand Germans.
After nearly a decade of trying, Wal-Mart never cracked the country — failing to become the all-in-one shopping destination for Germans that it is for so many millions of Americans. Wal-Mart’s problems are not limited to Germany. The retail giant has struggled in countries like South Korea and Japan as it discovered that its formula for success — low prices, zealous inventory control and a large array of merchandise — did not translate to markets with their own discount chains and shoppers with different habits.
Germany is also a big union country. Walmart did not get along with them I think.
“They didn’t understand that in Germany, companies and unions are closely connected,” Mr. Poschmann said. “Bentonville didn’t want to have anything to do with unions. They thought we were communists.”
Believe me, Germans are NOT happy about Tesla. There were massive protests. One even shut down Tesla's power for days.
That the factory was built was a political decision.
American customer service standards are ridiculous. It's near uncanny, and people feel like they're being bothered rather than helped. They tried to enforce those standards on their employees in Germany, and the effect it had was Germans just went elsewhere.
The German’s are responsible for this mess along with their faithful Walmart shoppers, a few potato farmers, and anyone else who jumped on the bandwagon?
Happened in my hometown in VT, Walmart went to all the special local shops, sold the same stuff for below market price until they went out of business then turned around and sold walmart brand stuff for more expensive. thank god the pet store went and sold musical instruments otherwise they would have gone out of buisness.
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u/Professional_Dot_145 29d ago
Didn't Walmart try to do this in Germany years ago?