Wal-Mart to Hire Up to 150,000 in China

[CatWoman]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to hire up to 150,000 employees in China over the next five years, five times its current work force there, as it expands its number of stores, the company said Monday.


Wal-Mart has targeted China, which has long been a major supplier of its products, as a key region for its international store growth. It now has 56 stores in China with about 30,000 employees and plans to open 20 more stores this year.

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Amy Wyatt declined to say how many stores the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer will add longer term. Wal-Mart generally only makes public projections one year at a time for its new store plans in the U.S. and internationally.

"We could hire as many as 150,000 (new employees) in the next five years," Wyatt said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_china

[Canuckistanian]

1. HaHa America

You smell the monkey tail now.

[Career Prole]

2. Coals to Newcastle. n/t

[ArbustoBuster]

3. At least they won't need to ship products very far.

They can just take goods out of their vendors' Chinese factories and walk them across the parking lot to the Wal-Mart.

Five years ago I convinced my wife that Wal-Mart is evil and our little family should never buy from them again. So far we've kept that promise. I consider it my small investment in knocking down our foreign trade deficit.

[RandiFan1290]

4. I would love to see the book section

at a Wal-Mart store in China. ;)