"Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in
news:476d1de7$0$31146$607ed4bc@cv.net:

>
> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
> news:fkilqb$v6o$1@aioe.org...
>> At 21 Dec 2007 21:23:03 -0500 Carl wrote:
>>
>>> There are the Sam Waltons with their Walmarts but there are also
>>> the Warren Buffets with their Berkshire Hathaways.
>>
>> I fail to see the point of that comparison. Berk is a holding
>> company that
>> controls a variety of companies that catervto the masses- insurance
>> companies, fast food, mall jewelry stores, etc. Rather than the
>> antithesis
>> of Sam Walton, Buffet is many Sam Waltons in one convenient package!
>>
>>> I suppose I prefer the latter for
>>> myself. Different strokes and all.
>>
>> So, essentially you want to be one level removed from Walton and not
>> get your hands dirty? ;-)
>>
>>
>>> And along with your axioms you might also add, "and if you sell to
>>> the masses, to survive you must also employ the asses of those
>>> masses and
>> then
>>> treat them like shit."
>>
>> Not necessarily- Walmart is the extreme example. Plenty of
>> mass-market companies are also good corporate citizens.
>>> Or how about, "So the common man can fly, you must crowd up the sky.
>>> So lower those fares and gain more near-miss scares." Or something
>>> like that.
>>
>>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Now you're talking about an entire industry- who is the high-end
>> "luxury" carrier you'd rather be than, say, United?
>>
>>
>>> Just a little food-for-thought for those of you who think marginal
>> markup,
>>> cut-throat pricing, high volume selling is such a wonderful thing
>>> for people.
>>
>>
>> Not necessarily cut-throat- again, it's not all Wal-Mart- pick any
>> successful mass-mrket retailer, say Macy's, and they've got a more
>> successful operation than any high-end "boutique" does.
>>
>> Most, if not all, independent business people that I know that cater
>> to the
>> "high-end" customer is not as successful as his clients are- that's
>> all that I'm saying.
>>
>>
> When was the last time you shopped in Macy's?


For me, it would have been about a week ago and I wasn't impressed.
Many identical items found elswhere for a fraction of the cost. What I
saw was a Target store trying to be classy.