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Achillies2heel t1_j9f5c18 wrote

Reply to comment by IncomeStatementGuy in [OC] How Walmart makes money (they just released earnings for the fiscal year ending January 31) by IncomeStatementGuy

Welcome to traditional retail... Terrible margins. Walmart is huge though. Perspective

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surmatt t1_j9ieezh wrote

Kinda blows me away how high their COGS is. Every retailer I sell to aims for 40% gross margin.

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Dracovius1988 t1_j9iglg2 wrote

Walmarts business model is to run prices suicidally low and strong-arm the competition with volume.

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EssaySimple5581 t1_j9maxkj wrote

Also there is alot of operation cost that they profit from through subsidiaries. This chart is desgned to make it look like it makes less money than it actually does

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