Wal-Mart only sells jewelry/watches from some manufacturer by the name of Elgin. Why is it that I can't find any Seiko watches or Rolex or Citizen or Fossil watches? My parents' response was "Those brands do not want to be affiliated with a 'Discount House.' " Why did they call it a "Discount House"? They also said that those brands are exclusive to specialty jewelry stores. Are my parents right? Do you think those brands belong ONLY at dedicated jewelry stores? Are those brands "too good" for Wally World?
2007-12-16 19:49:18 · 14 answers · asked by 1328 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Mainly Walmart caters to REAL people who don't need to buy top end items to get through life. as long as it serves the purpose for witch it was intended who cares what brand it is?
2007-12-16 20:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Elgin is a decent watchmaker - I'd rather have an Elgin than a Fossil. Rolex watches are only sold at the highest end shops as they are one of the higher end watchmakers. Seiko and Citizen however make watches that run the gamut from cheap to expensive and can be purchased from all sorts of retailers. Walmart probably just has a good agreement with Elgin as Walmart's focus is bringing the lowest prices to their customers.
2007-12-17 00:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Susan G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your parents are correct. There are MANY upscale brands who would never dream of allowing Wal-Mart to distribute their products, because Wal-Mart has an aura of catering to lower levels of society. Brands such as Rolex, etc., can command higher prices because people who purchase them want to be associated with affluent, higher levels of society. Once they start selling at Wal-Mart, their cachet goes down dramatically, as does the prices that they can command. Some manufacturers even have strict restrictions on whether or not retailers can ever offer their products "on sale" or "marked down." (iPod is a good example of this.)
Don't know if it's "right" -- but it's the marketing approach these high-end goods manufacturers have taken, and it has seemed to work well for them.
2007-12-17 03:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well that's funny because I just saw some Fossil watches at my local Macy's and I wouldn't particularly call Macy's a *specialty store* either. I don't know if those particular brands are too good for Walmart but my guess is that if Walmart starts selling these brands, they would have to sell it at a discounted price and that's probably why your parents commented on walmart being a "discount house".
2007-12-16 20:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by Zsasha 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are high end brands that wouldn't want to be associated with a discount store. The typical shopper at Wal-Mart isn't buying a $10,000 watch now are they? You would only find them at upscale jewelry or department stores like Nordstrom or Neimans.
2007-12-16 23:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by dawnb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Walmart only sells cheap, poor quality goods at prices that force the manufacturer to cut their profits (in some cases make a loss) to provide people with no ethical standards access to a range of consumer goods which they are too stupid to realise are a false economy and will last no time at all.
Walmart does not sell reputable brands as the manufacturers of these cannot be blackmailed into supplying Walmart at below cost price.
Walmart's customers are not looking for quality goods, they are looking for cheap goods mostly made in China as they are more interested in short term savings than the long term future of American manufacturing jobs.
2007-12-17 00:49:44 · answer #6 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your parents are right. Besides, most of the Wal Mart clientèle wouldn't know the difference between a Rolex and a Timex.
They're not "too good", Wal Mart thinks it's clientèle is not good enough. Wal Mart doesn't stock high end, high quality products, most of their stuff is pretty cheap. They cater to the lower end of the income spectrum.
2007-12-16 22:30:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This isn't really an Etiquette question-Wal-Mart makes their decisions based on what they think will sell, not if it is good manners or not.
That said, there are many things that go into these decisions. You may find what happened between Wal-Mart and Snapper to be interesting. Snapper is a high-end mower company, and there are, I believe, some similarities.
If you get the intro screen just skip through it to the story.
2007-12-17 00:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by Hetep 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Elgin Watches Walmart
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2016-08-26 12:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋