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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by talmand on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @10:29AM (#14604081)
I recall a story about one vendor deciding it would be more profitable to separate from Wal-Mart and take the declining sales hit versus the dictated profit margin. I believe it was a lawn mower company?
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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @10:37AM (#14604141)
Snapper mowers.

https://www.fastcompany.com/54763/man-who-said-no-wal-mart

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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by ControlledBurn on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @11:00AM (#14604339)
Interesting read, though it would appear that's no longer the case: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=Snapper&cat_id=5428_11...
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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by joezydeco on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @03:45PM (#14607231)
But what happens a lot of times is that the US company will produce a low-cost version in China and sell that exclusively in Wal-Mart.

Not sure if this is the case with Snapper (article doesn't say), but that's typically how they get back into the stores.

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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by KirinDave on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @11:04AM (#14604382)
Threads like this give me hope for this website. Thanks' to everyone for excellent morning reading.
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