I have watched this discussion unfold over the weeks and listend to everyones points. I have even responded several times to the points here. Let me say a couple of things. First to the people who demean the customer base of Walmart. Get real. Do you really think that Walmart can do the numbers they do natiowide and become the single largest retailer in the world by selling to lowlifes and scum only. You talk about the customers being cheap and how you would not shop there. Well everyone else shops there folks. Figure out the numbers they do and it can not all come from welfare and disability customers. Do the math. Second, this may be the best thing in the world or the worst thing in the world but again do the numbers. Even if they are wildly successful they could open maybe 200-300 salons in the next 10 years. Do you really think that 300 salons in the next 10 years out of the thousands of salons in the country is going to make some prolific shift in the way the industry goes? If we all got behind an industry wide effort to educate the public in a mass media market about tanning and push to double the % of the population that tans we would all gain. There has been more talk here about Walmart stores than industry growth and how to fuel it and it makes no sense to me. We are missing the larger picture. Lastly to the folks who are doing the Walmart stores my hat is off to you for the grabbing the idea and running with it. Good luck in the project, keep your goals high and may your
bulbs burn bright.