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RE:Why Wal-Mart should not enter India
by junnedkhan on Apr 23, 2007 04:05 PM

Dear Mohan, Tussi Dil Khush Kar Ditta Si, Wah what a great analysis. But I have some reservations agains walmart, becuse till now in India we have not seen anything as gigantic and leechy and scrappy as walmart (there is not a single hyper market in the country even today and walmart is the biggest in the world, far ahead of its next rivals, Geant and Lamarche for instance). The concern is that walmart would not stop at opening a few markets in your upscale neighbourhoods like gurgaon and bambai. They will the measure the whole country right and left. 5 years down the line you might find 10-20 walmarts in a second class town in UP. What will they sell in UP? Maybe sugar from latin america and cheap clothing from china. That will certainly affect the local economy very badly. By the way have you seen a walmart store? or do you have any idea of at what scale they operate? you will be fearful if you knew. Farmers are co

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