Discount Stores: Wal-Mart VS Shopko By: Angel E-mail: am_scheid@hotmail.com Competitive Advantages in Discount Stores When you walk into Wal-Mart the first that that hits you is a display of household items that are point of purchase items. There tends to be laundry detergent, Kleenex, and toilet paper. These items are sometimes on sale and are usually the ones that people forget to put on their list. The store itself is very crowded, …showed first 75 words of 1057 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1057 total…to just go to the store. The only way the internet will be extremely successful is if the stores offer to have an order ready at a certain time, at the store for the shopper. It would be convenient to have all the products a consumer desires bagged and ready to go. The internet may also be used for stockholders, people interested in learning more about the store, and people looking for employment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**