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To toss some info on the cost-cutting logistics pile, a friend of my dad was a buyer for Wal-Mart for a while. According to him, Wal-Mart's corporate relocatio

To toss some info on the cost-cutting logistics pile, a friend of my dad was a buyer for Wal-Mart for a while. According to him, Wal-Mart's corporate relocation assistance consists of a Wal-Mart truck and some random employees from a local store packing and stuffing your possessions in a semi.

brc 15y ago
Brilliant - I love it. If you're going to compete with a lowest-cost strategy, that's just how far you can take it.
tptacek 15y ago
That's neat, if true. The long-haul truck drive is by far the most expensive part of a cross-country move; movers themselves are very cheap.