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<DIV>Walmart - even from the specialty stores, will chip into the business just enough so they cannot pay their bills. Then they will fade away. That is how it works.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Phil </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:mattd2107@hotmail.com">Matt Decker</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 01/09/06 19:16:43</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:CJs@turbonet.com">CJs@turbonet.com</A>; <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> [Spam] RE: [Vision2020] Walmart example</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Phil,</DIV>
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<DIV>Just wondering who, in your opinion, would be put out of business in the</DIV>
<DIV>downtown area?</DIV>
<DIV>I always thought these are specialty shops, which in lou have nothing to do</DIV>
<DIV>with Wally world.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hell Phil I'm with ya I hate the place. But what do ya do? Walmart is</DIV>
<DIV>comming and there is a lot of people that want them too. Any good business</DIV>
<DIV>will find away around this monopoly. IM sure you dont priortize your</DIV>
<DIV>business around beads(great cause thanks for the benefits to Moscow), but</DIV>
<DIV>rather , how do I get a 21 girl/boy to come in and have a few or few to</DIV>
<DIV>many drinks. Point is every business finds the loopholes or whatever to</DIV>
<DIV>survive, if not well, just ask uncle sam to take over for ya.</DIV>
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<DIV>matt</DIV>
<DIV>>From: "Shelly" <<A href="mailto:CJs@turbonet.com">CJs@turbonet.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>>To: <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] Walmart example</DIV>
<DIV>>Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:23:33 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)</DIV>
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<DIV>>I want to give you guys one small example of what Walmart did to CJ's and</DIV>
<DIV>>others the last two years. Walmart does not sell Mardi Gras beads. At least</DIV>
<DIV>>it didn't. But they saw how well we all were doing at selling the beads</DIV>
<DIV>>(one</DIV>
<DIV>>week out of the year) so they jumped in with both feet. The front wall at</DIV>
<DIV>>Walmart that everybody walks past, sure enough, massive quantities of Mardi</DIV>
<DIV>>Gras beads for sale at a price of 1/2 of what I pay to get them. Now, after</DIV>
<DIV>>asking Walmart to donate proceeds (as most of you know Mardi Gras in Moscow</DIV>
<DIV>>is a benefit event) well, you can imagine. The manager told me NO WAY! So</DIV>
<DIV>>those dollars are not out flowing to the Walmart Family. Taking money out</DIV>
<DIV>>of</DIV>
<DIV>>our community.</DIV>
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<DIV>>Last year I decided that I am all done with beads and I gave away every</DIV>
<DIV>>single strand of beads I had. I am no longer in the selling beads business.</DIV>
<DIV>>Soon, the tire guy will not be able to compete with Walmart. Nor the gas</DIV>
<DIV>>station. Nor the grocery store, shoe makers, shoe fixers, coffee shops. If</DIV>
<DIV>>they see coffee shops profiting in Moscow, watch out. The general</DIV>
<DIV>>merchandiser who has just done a major expansion. All the clothing stores.</DIV>
<DIV>>Etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>>Phil</DIV>
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