Wal-Mart Sales Disappointing

American Voices • ISSUE 42•47 • Nov 28, 2006

While post-Thanksgiving sales were up 6 percent from last year for most retailers, Wal-Mart's numbers fell below even their modest forecast. What do you think?

“Their customer base has dropped way off since they started stocking the morning-after pill.”
Ronnie Warren –
Oil Changer
“You can only give someone a T-shirt of the Tasmanian Devil waving an America flag so many times.”
Karen Wachtel –
Events Planner
“Wal-Mart just doesn't carry the same piece-of-shit bullshit I like to give to my loved ones that they used to.”
Chuck Bryant –
Lab Technician

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