Amazon Go

How about just not shopping at Wal-Mart? I stopped shopping there in 2009. When I returned to the US, I stopped shopping at Amazon because it had pretty much become the new Wal-Mart; maybe worse even.

This is cool tech and I'd want to try it, but I hate shopping anything Amazon. They had sd cards at their brick and mortar store, but I decided to buy one at Office Depot instead, even though it was $10 more.

Upvoted for sensibility.

in many rural areas of the United States, it is literally impossible to shop anywhere but Wal-Mart. Nebraska and Kansas had a rather large economic dive in the early 2000's due to the expansion of the Waltons. Their business plan is essentially:

1) Announce intention to move into area

2) woo politicians for financial kickbacks to subsidize expansion

3) launch with prices _far_ lower than all the competing grocery stores and harware stores.

4) Wait as other businesses run out of money due to not being able to compete on price.

5) raise prices once monopoly is established.

I moved from one of these places. Now I have 5 wal-marts in my city. I have zero issues with sabotaging their expansion into another country (Canada).

Not that I find it hard to believe, but since we don't have them around, is there any data showing (5)?

Here's a few:

EDIT: Multiple lawsuits for predatory pricing: https://ilsr.org/walmart-charged-predatory-pricing/

http://www.academia.edu/1511858/The_Effect_of_Wal-Mart_on_Sm...

http://business.time.com/2014/02/24/walmarts-big-push-to-go-...

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/study-proves-wa...

here's a few directly related to wage fraud:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/walmart_n_4466850.h...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-low-wage-employers-cost-taxp...

I've read the 2nd and 3rd and I can't find anything about Walmart rising prices once monopoly is established. Can you point me more specifically, please?

EDIT: I read the 1st, after registering, but the only reference is to another article by the same author[1]. In that, there's seems to be a single statement: "In Dawson Creek, BC the reports have come in that after winning over local shoppers and forcing small business nearly into extinction, Wal-Mart raised prices to extra-ordinary levels". There doesn't seem to be any sources for that claim and I can't find anything in Google.