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Remember that Walmart and Best Buy also sell a lot of 3rd-party stuff now. I find it strange that on their site I always have to filter by Retailer=Walmart.com to get their listings and even then, it sometimes filters out some of their own listings.


They did this to directly compete with Amazon, I'm constantly baffled as to why they persist with this design.

Every time you hear, "<Crazy thing X> sold on Walmart website!" it's always a reseller, not directly from them.


I'm constantly baffled as to why they persist with this design.

Because "monkey see, monkey do" is pretty much the go-to leadership strategy for a lot of big companies these days.

Bad managers manage badly. Senior "leadership" rarely knows the meaning of the world.


Target has started this as well. It’s baffling that companies will so willingly work to destroy consumer trust.




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