[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

I read your thread its quite informative, and mostly accurate, the exception being WM, there distrabution system is quite different from all other retailers, they, for lack of a better term "rent" shelf space to product producers,in this case Hasbro, who in turn sends them product through a vender to stock on the rented shelves, Hasbro dirrectly controls what percentage of shelf space goes to which particular brand. therefore they saturate us with Avengers and Spiderman stuff because there non-collector based marketing research has determined thats what there target market (children who only what they've seen in the last week) will buy. and walmart dosnt "buy" product, they only ditribue. the venders dont get paid till merchandice moves. thats how they cripple huge corperations, and why venders call them the anti-christ...

Is that true? I guess I could see how they can get away with on some items where the manufactures are desperate but why would most companies put up with that? I know Wal-Mart is evil so I'd believe just about anything.