This is a massive consolidation. Simply losing to Costco and Amazon wasn't moving fast enough so the bigwigs have kicked it into high gear.
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Close 100 clubs
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Eliminate tons of hourly and management positions
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Change systems and processes with as little training as possible
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Put up smokescreen of promising pay increases for Fresh associates
Walmart would be in trouble legally for some type of corporate fraud if they openly caused Sam's club to go bankrupt so instead they are strategically sabotaging it to fail as many ways as possible.