Walmart owned by the Walton family with its headquarters at Bentonville, Arkansas is a retailer with lots of supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, and grocery stores. They are the world’s largest retailer and private employer with over 23 million employees. They engage in the retail and wholesale business. They have their presence in over 10000 locations. Walmart offers good savings to consumers by offering low prices and that has been their major competitive advantage over other retailers. Let us know Is There Walmart In NYC.
There is no Walmart in New York City. The residents have pushed continuously against the building of Walmart stores. The unions and the New York city council have continuously voted them out for the following reasons;
- The price of its goods is cheap which will affect the pricing of other retailers and may lead to the closure of small businesses.
- They underpay their employees. They look for cheap labor by hiring part-time workers so they can pay low wages and that can lead to the retrenchment of workers who are paid a decent salary
- New York, has a grid system that Walmart can not fit into because of its widespread store layout
- The residents have rejected the building of Walmart stores in New York because of poor working conditions such as improper work schedules, and no health insurance. They instead push employees to get government-funded programs like Medicaid.
- Other businesses are disturbed that Walmart is invading their customer base by providing a wide range of products.
- Tax avoidance
- Lots of racism and gender discrimination
Walmart is still able to provide services to new york city residents in the following ways
- They have stores that are less than 5km away from New York such as:
- Walmart supercenter Secaucus New Jersey 6.6minutes
- Walmart discount store, Bayonne New Jersey 6.7 minutes
- Walmart Supercenter North Bergen 7.6 minutes
- Walmart department store, saddle Brooke, new jersey 13.9 minutes
- Walmart supercenter Valley stream 14.4 minutes.
- They provide a dedicated delivery service where they provide same-day delivery of low-cost groceries to your doorstep. They had previously acquired an e-commerce website, jet.com to provide delivery services to consumers but it was not same-day delivery as it usually took 3 days for consumers to get their orders. They have identified a gap in the delivery system in New York, and found there was no same-day delivery service of groceries in New York City and they now offer that service by partnering with:
- Uber
- Door dash for orders under $35 you pay a delivery fee of $5.99 and for orders above $35, the delivery fee is $9.95
- Postmate
- Roadie
- Point pick up
The minimum amount of groceries you can order is $30 and the delivery fee is $9.95. They provide unlimited free delivery of $12.95 a month or $ 98 a year.
- Walmart and Instacart have agreed. Under the agreement, Instacart purchases Walmart groceries and delivers them to the five boroughs which means you can order groceries from Walmart through the Instacart app. You can decide on a same-day delivery service, or pick up from local stores. Instacart stores in Newark are:
- Fairway market
- Food bazaar supermarket
- Costco
- Fresh direct
- Whole foods market
- Eataly New York flatiron
- Max delivery
- Brooklyn fair
- Food emporium
The following cities have no Walmart :
- Los Angeles, California
- Boston, Massachusetts
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Baltimore Maryland
- Detroit, Michigan
Other stores similar to Walmart which offer the same grocery experience are:
- Target
- Home Depot
- K-mart
- Macy
- Best buy
Walmart has always offered good quality products at a competitive price. However, since it does not have its presence in New York, other stores have an advantage over Walmart in the following aspects :
- Their employees are highly paid
- Their support for charitable organizations
- Better customer service
- Better shopping space
Walmart’s strategy Is to build strong local businesses powered by Walmart. If you are selling on the Walmart marketplace, you will have a strict low price requirement, lower profit margin, potential listing issues, and a small shopping audience. You will however enjoy its low seller fees, limited product assortment, and ability to create your return policy with less competition.
Summary
There is no Walmart in New York City as the residents, union and the government have continuously pushed against the building of Walmart stores because of the low employee pay, coupled with poor working conditions, and no health insurance. Other business owners feel Walmart offers numerous products and clients would see it as a one-stop-shop and not patronize goods from them. Walmart has stores in neighboring locations not far from New York City and customers purchase from those stores. They also have a dedicated delivery service where goods are delivered to the doorsteps of consumers.
FAQ
What plans are in place for Walmart to have a store in New York City?
Currently, there are no plans to have a Walmart store in New York. Walmart is busy expanding its delivery services and offering better service delivery in nearby locations in New York.
Where is the nearest Walmart store close to New York City?
Walmart supercenter, York.
Does Walmart have unions?
Walmart does not have unions
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