{"id":225330,"date":"2010-01-25T06:28:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/walmart-keeps-cutting-its-staff-to-the-bone-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-25T06:28:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T11:28:54","slug":"walmart-outsources-away-11200-jobs-in-a-month-wmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/225330","title":{"rendered":"Walmart Outsources Away 11,200 Jobs In A Month (WMT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walmart plans to cut 11,200 jobs in just the next month, as the company will outsource its entire in-store product demonstration workforce.<\/p>\n

This shows how outsourcing isn’t just about sending jobs abroad. U.S. companies can go in and take over parts of a larger companies business if they can make it worth their while.<\/p>\n

Walmart certainly has better things to focus on than setting up in-store product demos.<\/p>\n

Business Week:<\/a><\/p>\n

About 10,000 demonstration employees, most part-time, will lose their jobs in the U.S. as marketing firm Shopper Events LLC takes over sampling, Sam’s Club Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell said in an interview yesterday. The company also is cutting about 1,200 membership recruiting jobs.<\/p>\n

The hiring of Shopper Events, which already works for Walmart’s namesake stores, is part of an effort to improve demonstrations and lure customers from rival clubs, Cornell, 50, said. Sam’s, which trails Costco Wholesale Corp. in sales, will use savings from labor costs to improve the sampling of food, beverages, health items and electronics, the CEO said.<\/p>\n

“This was not a cost-cutting move,” he said. “We view it as an investment in building membership loyalty and attracting new members and ultimately fueling growth for Sam’s Club.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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