“I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long.” Sam Walton To start off this post with a quote from Sam Walton, the King of Wal-Mart, is something I am loathe to do. As readers of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘decentralization’
Value 1: The Focus is on Small and Rural Communities
Posted in Values, tagged decentralization, small and rural communities, Values on May 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The Wal-Marting of the American Theatre
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged decentralization, local, SETC on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In Chapter 2 of The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman’s celebration of the global economy, he lists as “Flattener #7″ what he calls “supply-chaining.” He writes: “I had never seen what a supply chain looked like in action until I visited Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. My Wal-Mart hosts took me over to the [...]
