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What are Walmart's high profit margin products?

JEDI

JEDI

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i usually associate walmart with rzaor thin (.1%) profit on a item. but they make it up on volume.

Do they have any products which have a high profit margin?
 
uh everything?

edit: if I had to choose the one SINGLE highest profit margin product, I would guess their clothes.
 
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: yllus
Originally posted by: The Boss
electronics accessories
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I really hope you're joking.
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you really think walmart pays $3.98 for a cable they sell for $3.99? No, I'm not.
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Oh, accessories. My mistake. Yeah, the markup there is huge. At Best Buy we'd sell $30 'gold' USB cables. Look in the system for cost price...$2.
 
Originally posted by: bibbyking
walmart has made most of their money by selling their own "generic" branded merch. it all has a high markup.
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Yep....and since they buy in such large volumes, they have gotten with many manufacturers that produce goods to make "special" versions of the good that is very simliar but is cheaper in cost and value. Such as carpets...I know a carpet mill that makes many of the small carpets they sell at Walmart. Walmart has them make a separate line of them that are the same as the others that are sold to their competition, but have cheaper low quality dye put into the threads.
 
everything?

i worked with a company that got our products from the same guy who sold to walmart (things like bounce houses, trampolines), knowing how much it costs to make them and knowing what they sell them for.. things from china are real cheap folks, they make a big profit on everything.
 
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: aircooled
Textiles like towels , sheets etc. I know this for a fact.
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yeah these things are like pennies to buy from China...
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Even when they bought from the U.S. it was the same.

I used to work for Cannon Mills (before Pillowtex) and all Wal-Mart sales were factory seconds. We would have thrown them away if Wal-Mart didn't buy it from us.


 
Originally posted by: JEDI
i usually associate walmart with rzaor thin (.1%) profit on a item. but they make it up on volume.

Do they have any products which have a high profit margin?
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You need to differentiate between gross profit and net profit. Most items have a fairly high gross profit. The store buys them at 65 cents on the dollar, so the gross margin is high. But factor in rent, payroll, utilities, insurance, advertising, etc and most of that 35 cents gross profit on every dollar disappears leaving you with a net profit of under a penny. When a store is doing 2 million dollars a week you only need a small net margin to be very successful. You just need a fairly high gross margin to get there.
 
Originally posted by: bpatters69
Ummmm..... Their people? They buy 'em cheap and pay 'em nothing.
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Really? They start people at $10/hr+benefits at the one near me. I was shocked to find out they pay so much. Fvck, some tech support jobs pay $10 with 0 benefits.

Oh, and the supermarkets ain't paying that to their service reps.

I never understood this argument against WalMart.
 
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: bpatters69
Ummmm..... Their people? They buy 'em cheap and pay 'em nothing.
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Really? They start people at $10/hr+benefits at the one near me. I was shocked to find out they pay so much. Fvck, some tech support jobs pay $10 with 0 benefits.

Oh, and the supermarkets ain't paying that to their service reps.

I never understood this argument against WalMart.
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They start at $6.15 here
 
Originally posted by: chowderhead
their worker's health "benefits" AKA go apply for medicaid.
States Are Battling Against Wal-Mart Over Health Care
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What does target pay for Health care?

How about Denny's

Or the cleaning company that cleans my office?

Or menards

Or ....

Come folks this is a NON-SKILL job and they can get Benifits.

I am thinking if you are working as a $9 an hour cashier and you are trying to raise a family on that perhaps you should take a look at the way you run your life as opposed to wal-marts health care plan
 
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: bpatters69
Ummmm..... Their people? They buy 'em cheap and pay 'em nothing.
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Really? They start people at $10/hr+benefits at the one near me. I was shocked to find out they pay so much. Fvck, some tech support jobs pay $10 with 0 benefits.

Oh, and the supermarkets ain't paying that to their service reps.

I never understood this argument against WalMart.
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You must live in California then...
 
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