Is Wal-mart beneficial for America?

Nowadays Wal-mart is occupying the America. The cost-cutting ethos of Sam Walton, a founder, seems to be triumph. Many people sympathize with his idea and love Wal-mart. Those who do not support it might say Wal-mart is not beneficial for America. However, we can find several advantages. There are three major reasons: low prices, wide selection of goods and good return and exchange policy.

The main attraction of Wal-mart is low prices. It is very important factor for consumers, especially students and small income earners. Low price policy provokes reductions of personal expenditure. Actually, however, it makes economic activity because we are excited psycho-logically to purchase more products with same price. Then low prices policy enables family economics to economize. Family economy is a basic element of social economy. Therefore Wal-mart’s low price policy influences a local society in a good way.

Moreover, Wal-mart provides wide selection of goods in same place. Formerly, to get various products, we had to buy at other stores such as the bakery, greengrocery and meat shop. However, we can do our shopping all at once in Wal-mart and save time. In addition, this advantage allows us to reduce traffic expenses and pollutants in our neighborhood. As society is getting more complex and industrialization, the environmental problem is an important issue in these days. Certainly, Wal-Mart’s wide selection of goods helps not only consumers but also our society.

Third, Wal-mart’s good return and exchange policy is very useful and helpful. Sometimes we can make mistake when purchasing products, or regret our decision. It makes us to obtain stress of mental health. For example, I purchased a curtain in Wal-mart. When I had tried to put it on window, I recognized that it was too short. Instant, I went to Wal-mart and exchanged the product simply. If I could not exchange, I should be disappointed with my wrong choice. Moreover by returning products, we can also purchase them with lower price. There is a small section named ‘lower price’ in Wal-mart. The products in this section which are returned by consumer are sold with lower prices. Therefore, Wal-Mart’s good return and exchange policy provides opportunity of choice with using products as well as gives mental stability by purchasing with lower prices.

Opponents of Wal-mart business say that almost products are low quality. However, this argument is irrelevant because we do not expect excellent quality there. If we want luxury goods with low price, is a contradiction. No one thinks we could buy a mink coat with 20 dollars in Wal-Mart. In addition, Wal-mart products are not such grave low quality. If they have serious defects, we never go to Wal-Mart. However, people are still going there. Besides if we do not want them after usage, we can return or exchange without difficulty. Although Wal-Mart’s products are not excellent quality, we do not have problems to use them.

Although there are several political problems, from a consumer’s standpoint, Wal-mart is very beneficial. Their policies provide personal and social activity as well as mental health of consumers. All companies have advantages and disadvantages. The core of success for business is how we can develop a good point. Therefore Wal-mart has enormous potential for America business system. The choice is ours.