Walmart is closing four stores in Chicago. They only have eight stores in the city. Walmart reports they are losing tens of millions of dollars annually, and the losses are doubling.
Employees will have jobs in the remaining stores if they want them.
The company reports that they never made a dime in profit after 17 years of having stores in Chicago.
According to Bloomberg, Walmart claims ‘crime’ wasn’t the issue for pulling out of the city.
People are allowed to steal in Chicago, hurting their profit margins. Crime has to be part of the problem. Bidenflation can’t help, either.
On the other hand, Walmart says the competition is too stiff, but it’s the same competition they have in other cities.
“The closings mark a retreat for the nation’s largest retailer, which faces tough competition in Chicago from the likes of Target Corp., Albertsons Cos., and Aldi. Walmart said it had tried and failed to improve its performance by building smaller stores, localizing its merchandise offerings, and investing $70 million in recent years in store upgrades, health facilities, and a training center,” reports Bloomberg.
Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on Walmart to make sure that the communities affected by the closings continue to have a reliable source for essential goods.
“I’m incredibly disappointed that Walmart, a strong partner in the past, has announced the closing of several locations throughout the south and west sides of the city,” said Lightfoot, who will step down next month. “Unceremoniously abandoning these neighborhoods will create barriers to basic needs for thousands of residents.”
They are the crime-ridden areas.
The Chicago crime wave will continue under the new mayor Brandon Johnson. His soft-on-crime policies and his contempt for police will continue or accelerate the damage done by Lori Lightfoot.
Leftist @Brandon4Chicago has won the Chicago mayoral election against moderate Democrat Paul Vallas. Johnson calls for removing law enforcement from society. During the 2020 riots, he defended looters, saying they were lashing out against racism. Chicago’s violent crime has… pic.twitter.com/Z2kcJSj8GJ
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) April 5, 2023
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Third-world people do not do well in a first-world country. Emigration to places far away should be encouraged.
Walmart keeping stores open for 17 years with no profits and huge losses due to theft? Isn’t that basically Walmart making in kind reparations to the common crooks (not the elite crooks) of Chicago?
Big Blue Cities are Imploding on themselves. In most cases it’s because these Cities are now run by Black Politicians who look to DC for handouts instead of Jobs. A bigger problem is that Democrats are in power in DC and are Anti-jobs.
I expect Riots in the Streets again as the Democrats try to steal another election. I say starve the Big Blue Cities into submission. No Federal Money for Cities Soft on Crime.
In 2 years the Chicago Bears are also leaving the city.
Lightfoot wants Walmart to ensure Chicagoans can get essential goods? How about the city fight crime?
If you want those goods, you can go out of the city, and it you want to see the Bears, you can go out of the city.
WALMART’s biggest mistakes started with abandoning their founder’s simple but effective no-nonsense business practices, replacing them with “feelings” . . rainbows and unicorns.
The political leadership of Chicago had failed miserably.
Organizations leave areas that are not conducive to achieving success.
Consider the Bears and they upcoming move to Arlington Heights.
According to Bloomberg, Walmart claims ‘crime’ wasn’t the issue for pulling out of the city. I would suggest they are just being diplomatic.
Man far left target Walmart because of the family wealth and that could be the reason the are at a completive disadvantage in Chicago. The left never stops to think that what they are doing eventually hurts the people they claim to represent and protect. People like Lightfoot seem to be just in it for power and money, not to help their people.
The blacks who will be disadvantaged by Walmart moves out to stop and think about whom they elect. Just electing a fellow person of color gives no guarantees.
The left does not want economic development in the cities, they would lose power. The voters created their own cesspool.
Stores in black neighborhoods have been closing for decades because of crime. This is nothing new. Take a ride through the hood, where you live and see it for yourselves. Of course, black leaders will cry racism and some dumb leftist who feels guilt about being white, will step up and open a store and in due time, it will also close as a result of crime. Instead of blaming whitey, the black community needs to pool their resources and open stores that are needed in their communities. Once they have a financial stake in their local stores, maybe then they will put a stop to all the violence and stealing. Good luck with that. Whole Foods just closed their San Fransicko store because of stealing and the employees are afraid to come to work.
That is how it could be done. Economic development is a solution. But first law enforcement needs to clear things up. Trump wanted an economic program in the cities, which used largely private funds.