A dire warning from WALMART expected today

His base doesn't care, they see the right people getting hurt and they're more than willing to pay some extra money for that.

[quote]His base doesn't care, they see the right people getting hurt and they're more than willing to pay some extra money for that.

Are eggs still $750 a carton?

It's funny. Just a few weeks he was assuring every financial analyst that Walmart would be fine. Walmart would always have lower prices than their competitors. That's probably even true. If all others double the prices for Chinese goods, and Walmart is raising prices by just 99%, they still undercut everyone else and remain the go-to retailer. I did not think though that Walmart would blink first and be the first to raise prices.

Good. It sucks but I’m willing to suffer as long as his people start to feel the effects of the mess they’ve created.

It’s the only way to wake them up. I know it’s a long shot but still…something’s gotta give.

Walmart hasn't had lower prices in decades. They became the store for people with no other options and then the store for people who have no other information.

A few weeks ago (at Walmart), my Chobani yogurt went up in price from $4/four-pack to $4.67! I paid $6 for a box of Wheat Thins. My Extra gum went up from $3 for three 15-packs to $4. I could go on and on. What store would you recommend, R5? I know I could shop at Aldi, but they don't have what I'm looking for and they don't have the name brands I like.

TIA

Will Kmart be having a blue light special on boot straps?

I think they'll notice, but due to a sense of tribal loyalty (guilt), they'll tell pollsters they're still loyal to Dear Leader.

I’m already planning to buy only two dolls this year, a significant reduction.

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Walmart depends heavily on China, so, yep.

Maybe there will be a wave of people turning to products they make themself. There’s a lot you can do with cardboard, strings, corncobs.

Thank you, Darfur Orphan. Your crafting input is always welcome.

“Narrow retail margins” while they rake in billions and pay no taxes. We need to go back to the Marie Antoinette days and how problems like rich people were solved…

Trump doesn’t care about people’s prices going up. Actually, he’s thrilled. He’s never happier than when he’s hoodwinking people. He gets active enjoyment from it.

He knows the same morons who voted for him are going to be paying tariffs into the federal government so he can cut his own taxes.

Then the same people he hoodwinked will passionately defend and support the whole heist? I’ll bet that gives him an erection.

^^his followers will just blame China for the costs Dump is adding.

And how quickly before Dump declares Walmart’s statement a hostile act against his administration. I’m sure the White House blonde bimbo press secretary- whatever the fuck her stupid name is - already has her speech prepared.

I don't think he hoodwinks as such, like that. I think he convinces himself that every idea (scheme) in his head is brilliant, they are "smart" for going along with it. When they eventually fail, he calls it a "win" in his narcissistic head, it's then dismissed and on to the next losing proposition. That others lost out in listening to him is "these things happen" without empathy. I just don't think he actively plans to defraud, delighting with glee afterwards like that. More that he "fully deserves" the ill-got gains.

my wacko maga family will just find a way to blame this on Hunter Biden's laptop, or Hillary, or Kamala...I just wish these maga cult worshipers would celebrate by drinking the 'special' kool aid.

Exactly r16, they will look for excuses to blame anyone but Trump.

Meanwhile, with all the projected tax revenue from the tariffs (taxes on people buying Walmart goods of course), the republicans are pushing Trumps tax cuts for his benefit through Congress. And MAGA is behind it all.

Thats what cultists do — anything that benefits the divine presence is good for the entire world!

At least corporate is giving their base a heads up. I'm looking at you, Mr. Weston, multibillionaire CEO of Loblaws. 😡😡😡😡

Canadian retailers and hoteliers are going to make out like bandits from all the cross-border shopping and smuggling that is about to start.

I’ve almost stopped shopping there completely. They’re not really much cheaper than other store as it is

Wrong r22.

[quote]Stock up on your caftans, false eyelashes, and ratchet wigs today.

Oh, my stars!

Ahe jes couldn't vote fer that colored gal 'cuz eggs wuz $8.

As long as the 20 gallon vats of Gyne-lotrimin and Cases of Massengil are unaffected, this gal is good as gravy!

Lady gravy!

[quote] His base doesn't care, they see the right people getting hurt and they're more than willing to pay some extra money for that.

So are we. Economic warfare, bring it on!

I have never stepped foot in a Walmart, nor have I ever bought anything online from them....I don't give a fuck! FUCK THEM!

[quote]Will Kmart be having a blue light special on boot straps?

What's Kmart?

[quote]I’m sure the White House blonde bimbo press secretary- whatever the fuck her stupid name is

It's KKKaroline.

[quote] His base doesn't care, they see the right people getting hurt and they're more than willing to pay some extra money for that.

R1, it looks like his base aren’t the only ones who feel this way.

I give you R4, the other side of the same idiot coin.

[quote] Good. It sucks but I’m willing to suffer as long as his people start to feel the effects of the mess they’ve created.

Guess that means there is no one left who actually cares about tariffs!

^ I don't care for his base. His base never learns because they love a leader who doesn't make their brain hurt. In terms of voting with a brain, I only count on the center independents. I hope their brains return when the prices go up.

[quote] they'll tell pollsters they're still loyal to Dear Leader.

Depends on the polls. If you conduct a good poll you can get beyond that. They can ask what purchase you no longer do or defer to a later time. Or they can ask about the preferred grocery store this year etc. That should get you not only a sense who and how many are impacted but also to what extent. And then your campaign can consider the results and cater to them.

“His base are willing to pay higher prices”

LOL no they are not. They will complain to high heaven, and many of them genuinely cannot afford this cost of living. What they will do is seek to find someone, anyone else to blame for it but Trump. He has not really highlighted Peter Navarro’s role in it (even though this whole scheme was really Navarro’s idea) enough to register with low information MAGA voters so it will probably be Elon that he throws under the bus for it, since Elon is halfway there already.

Wait but Trump just told us inflation is the lowest it's been in years?

Just as I loaded this thread, a notification from Twitter popped up on my phone regarding a post from one of the voluminous rightwing shit posters suggested that wholesale prices fell by 0.5% in April, and of course the MAGAts immediately jumped in with the "See, Trump is winning and the tariffs will work!" ill-informed bullshit. I didn't read too far into the thread (but noted that Elmo is now allowing thread viewing without being logged in, a change since the last time I tried to read a thread after deleting my account) to get to the one single cogent reply pointing out that wholesale prices fell because of 1) declining demand and 2) a collective holding-of-breath by retailers and importers as we attempt to navigate the chaos. In every conversation I've had since inauguration day, the words "wait and see' figure prominently.

I can confirm that sales declined by about 30% when the realization hit that the tariffs were going to have outsized unintended consequences. Americans were not spending in April the way that they did January through March, and May looks to stay on that track. Retail prices have begun inching up as senior lesbian writes @R6, and interestingly, the media has failed to cover these except for suggesting that these increases are not being driven by the tariffs. Clueless as usual, but I don't know how you dismiss the chaos surrounding retail right now, and that includes the portion of the media that supposedly focuses on retail. I guess I am the only person in retail or periphery whose email inbox is full of pending wholesale price increase notifications.

And those emails tell of a tragically avoidable coming catastrophe. Most have used the pending increases as a sales tool (as in buy now before the prices go up) with their prices increases scheduled beginning June 1 when most importers will have run out of inventory bought before this shitshow rained down. Retailers will have no choice but to increase their prices on the same schedule that Walmart is talking about now that we have 90 days of relative stability, so we can expect a one-two punch as prices go up over the Summer, and then just as we're settling in for the fourth quarter (when most retailers make their profit for the year), we'll take another hit as Shitler overturns the apple cart going back on his words yet again. You can read that as the Chinese tariffs are not a done deal by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm feeling rather pessimistic this morning having read about Apple's Chinese conundrum (they can't truly manufacture iPhones anywhere outside of China, phones assembled in India rely completely on Chinese components, they put hundreds of $billions into Chinese infrastructure, and have trained more than 28 million workers in the last decade, and for comparison, that's more than the entire workforce in California; Apple might as well be a Chinese company), but I fear that the only question before America at this point is whether we'll have a deep recession lasting years or a full-on depression that will last a decade or longer.

🎶 Mister, we could use a man like Donald Trump again. 🎶

🎶 Those were THE DAAAAAAYS! 🎶

Apple is shite anyways....android is wayyyy better.

The percentage of Wal-Mart merchandise that is “cheap shit from China” (my description, but imports from China with Wal-Mart customers in mind) is estimated to be between 60% and 80%.

60% to 80%. They are absolutely “going to go through some things.”

Too bad Mountain Dew and insulin aren’t made in China.

Yeah -- I get it -- but how does that affect the food I buy that is 100% made in the USA? I'm not buying [bold]food[/bold] that's made in China. How does that explain the price increase of my Chobani yogurt? They did that hike about a month ago.

R41, you should be buying Great Value.

You will probably be lining up to buy it soon.

What are your Chobani containers made of, r41?

Hmmm... We don't make plastic in the US?

r45 -

[quote]China produces the most plastics globally, accounting for 32% of global plastic production in 2021. Other major producers include the United States and the European Union, each accounting for about 18% and 15% of global production, respectively

Trust me. As either Covid, there will be greedflation, and you will never know what’s tariffs or what’s billionaire corporations just taking advantage of the situation. And you can bet prices will never drop. We’re continually bent over by corporations.

As with** ^^

i agree with r1, the base will rejoice at paying more as long as the libs are owned

That was my point exactly, R47.

I don't know why people were saying the opposite, i.e., it's because of the tariffs.

r50, you aren't r44.

Sorry -- you're right. I'm R41.

Damn I'm old.

Where will I get my Ol' Roy dog food now?

R53 - yiu can get some roadkill from your buddy RFK Jr’s freezer.

Do they really want us to believe they're working off 'narrow retail margins' ? They didn't become the world's biggest retailer and survive by working off of 'narrow retail margins'.

Agreed with those that said this is BULLSHIT and they are just taking advantage of consumers

WM’s margins are pretty narrow. But they are ruthless. They can squeeze change out of a mil (a tenth of a penny).

Between their WM stores, Sam’s Club, payment platforms and websites their footprint is humongous.

Making even 1% profit on more than 1/2 trillion dollars in sales is a Lot of money.

"I did not think though that Walmart would blink first and be the first to raise prices."

Walmart would throw babies, puppies, and kitties into a plastic shredder for a few pennies. They were one of the least likely to absorb some of the tariffs and hold off on raising prices.

Didn’t it come out recently that one of the Walmart heiresses was anti-Trump?

Seem to remember that. And it has softened me up just a bit to them, especially compared to Amazon.

^ I think some of the Walton grandchildren are never Trumpers. They've done a lot in the NW Arkansas area for getting biking/hiking trails established. So at least they're trying to do some good with all of that $$$.