Yes Sir and that is what made Wally & his Hires Billionaires, move in set up and ruined Mom & Pop , and then untimely Sears Kmart and Penney's
The big Achilles heel though was Jeff Bezos and his AMAZON.COM the Internet & free shipping.
Between "ol Sam" then the Walton kids and Bezos , Sears & Kmart stood no chance
We still have Bass Pro/ Cabela's & Academy Sports, I got 50r boxes CCI Blazer 9MM brass case 115 grain on sale at both for $14.97
and 100r Winchester 9MM 115 grain brass case @ $27.99
Herters which is Bass Pro house brand it seems is US made Brass Cased was also on sale ( 45 ACP )
Presently I don't reload either 9MM or 45ACP so I have been selectively stocking up
As I see it, Wally World is a acme of Corporate Evil and Monopoly.
As Major pointed out, they move in and wipe out the local mom and pop competition.
Once they have that monopoly, they expand into food and pharmacy.
Once there, they switch to the cheapest chinese crap they can import under the slogan
?Always the lowest price? . It doesnt matter that a pair of sneakers ( that used to last 2 or 3 seasons) blow apart after a month.
Then they go after the manufacturers to get them to make their stuff offshore - again , cheapest possible. Once the makers outsourced all the factory work and laid off the labor and shut down the plant, the idiots are now locked into the Wally World chinese factory, theres no going back.
At that point the chinese substitute plastic gears for metal, wire for steel rod, and throw out any QA.
I literally saw this happen to the best kitchen stand mixer ever made, Kitchenaide.
We have one , all american made, quality metal throughout. Been running for 20 years. Its the only thing strong enough to mix thick cookie and bread dough. Walmart convinced the Kitchenaid Execs they would make a fortune selling thru Walmart, 5en the above started. Now Kitcheanide mixers are a piece of crap, constantly breaking. And you have lost the choice of buying anything of quality, cuz the competition has gone under.
Then theres INSTANTPOT. They got smart and have 2lines one for wally world that is about 15% cheaper and one for all over stores. If you buy thru a dept store or target, you pay more, but ALL of the wally world versions have recalls, infant mortality, or die after a few months.
A study I read for a brand of headphones, skullcandy? They did the wally world thing, the owner was on the plane to china every month trying to fix the latest qa problem and was unable to get changes
Fixes or improvements thru in less than 6-8 months. He was losing market share cuz the kidsget the word out instantly - skullcandy used to rock but now it sucks, man !
He said screw it, found a local shop in florida about 2 blocks away that was hungry for work, switched m and dumped wallyworld. Hes back to making money, getting his customer base back, and employing americans. He is not selling as many as wallyworld could, but he is making more cuz walyworld was shaving his profit razor thin!
Best part - if you employ americans, they have money to buy your products. That?s something the Evil Corp Execs dont get.
So, if wallyworld drops pistol ammo, suddenly the giant elephant sucking the ammo up is gone, and there will be more for real gunstores and lgs, and real shooters, and maybe kill off The GREY MARKET SCALPERS.
And while i am ranting, whats with these moron kids that go out with a semiauto and a case of cartridges and all they do is spray the hill and make noise and dont even have a target let alone care if they hit the target? If they wanted noise firecrackers are cheaper.
Oh, and thanks for the coffeee, i need more!
Yhs
Prof (on a rant) Mumbles