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Walmart Goes Direct and Doubles Down on Direct Savings

Walmart Goes Direct and Doubles Down on Direct Savings

By Jason Busch on January 14, 2010

There’s been plenty of coverage describing Wal-Mart’s new
procurement strategy to avoid middlemen and cut $12 billion in spend in recent
weeks. Surely, savings is a significant motivation behind this recent
action, as it is with anything Wal…

Posted in Business | Tagged cadmium, China, lead, procurement, Retail, Sams Club, Spend Management, supply risk, Wal-Mart

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