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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 mar

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?

toomuchtodo 9y ago
Snapper mowers. https://www.fastcompany.com/54763/man-who-said-no-wal-mart https://www.fastcompany.com/54763/man-who-said-no-wal-mart
- ControlledBurn 9y ago
  Interesting read, though it would appear that's no longer the case: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=Snapper&cat_id=5428_1102182_1225352_1218916 https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=Snapper&cat_id=5428_11...
  - KirinDave 9y ago
    Threads like this give me hope for this website. Thanks' to everyone for excellent morning reading.
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  - joezydeco 9y ago
    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.