Anyone here in Purchasing for a big company like Walmart?
Long shot but thought I would ask.
Sorry. I can't afford to purchase Wal-Mart. :(
Will you take $5 a week until I pay it up? [cheeky]
I know a guy who buys for tesco in CEE...
Whatcha selling?
I help out a friend who makes Hunting scents. We are trying to get in a Walmart type store.
What kind of scents?
from my reading, it is pretty hard to become a walmart supplier but good luck [beer]
your reading is correct. But gotta try anyway
Quote from: GotDuc on January 23, 2009, 03:54:22 PM
your reading is correct. But gotta try anyway
Have you tried any of the sporting goods chains? Dick's etc.
I personally haven't. Not sure if the owners have.
start with the smaller local stores first.
if the prduct is already established it will be easier to get it in front of the peopel that decide on these things.
i've been in a purchasing group of one form or another with my company (medical) for the past 7 yrs. everything from shipping companies to components have to be looked at by a particular group.
Don't you have to use the same EDI System that Walmart users to even be considered as a customer?
we are in quite a few local smaller stores.
It is making that next big jump imto the chain stores such as walmart, Dicks, Cabelas, Bass Pro, Red Head which is quite the cahllenge.
Good luck!
My father inlaw dealt with Walmart on a regular basis. The stories he told me are frightening. They will beat you down on price which in turn gives you a very lean profit. Then there are the charge backs, RTVs and of course the famous 10/30... 5/60 discounts they take.
He, my inlaw, was a VP for Revlon. No small company.