[lbo-talk] Wal-Mart opens first store in Guizhou

DeborahSRogers debburz at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 1 06:18:04 PDT 2004


> Wal-Mart has built ties with 15,000 Chinese suppliers. Nearly 95
> percent of
> products sold by Wal-Mart were purchased in China.

Question:  Are they saying that 95% of what Wal-mart sells in China
is purchased in China?  Or 95% of what Wal-mart sells anywhere is
purchased in China?  And is the distinction being made between
"purchased in" and "manufactured in"?   Just curious.  

 - Deborah

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