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You do have some good ideas there I do find it kind of strange that Walmart has such a big monopoly in the US, but i can only assume that they are viewed posit
by cblconfederate 6y ago
You do have some good ideas there
I do find it kind of strange that Walmart has such a big monopoly in the US, but i can only assume that they are viewed positively by most people or else they 'd have faced antimonopoly action. Same with their brand products, I m sure some other brands will have complained about unfair competition , but maybe their anticompetitive behavior hasn't been egregious enough to bring the ire of politicians. Tech OTOH has been quite aggressively monopolistic in certain areas, and needlessly so, with things like the App Store(apple has way too much profit to justify keeping the app tax so high). In a way ... they make themselves look overly greedy and bring it upon themselves.
- gamblor956 6y agoNote: while Walmart has potential antitrust concerns, it's due to how they impose pricing demands on suppliers, and possibly for their online marketplace. The fact that they sell store brands in their retail locations is immaterial, as that has been a part of retail since before third party brands existed. See, e.g., the Sears case, in which it was Sears' ability to fix prices due to its market dominance that concerned antitrust regulators. They didn't care that Sears sold store brands alongside competing products.