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<blockquote data-quote="AlphaOmega" data-source="post: 1005798" data-attributes="member: 4015"><p><strong>WalMart Book Business 101</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've lost count on how many times this topic has arisen. But I'll try to shed some light on this again. I'm a long-time lurker with a little less than 40 posts. But I think half have been on this subject.</p><p></p><p>First off, I'm happy to see former Wal-Mart employees respond and respond correctly. In other threads, people were just clueless on how Walmart handles their book business. </p><p></p><p>As Hairy Minotaur said there is an "outside" company who handles the books. Correct. The "outside" company is called Anderson Merchandisers and I've worked for them for nearly 2 years. And die_kluge said Walmart has "traits" that determine what books that specific store carries. Once again correct.</p><p></p><p>I had to get that off my chest, because this seems to be the first thread on this subject where people just aren't randomly guessing on how the business is run and what decisions are made.</p><p></p><p>Now, as far as the traits go they can get quite specific but usually they are broad indictions on how popular a genre is for that store and how much room they have to devote to it. There has got to be over 50 different traits with each having modifiers like size. As far as D&D books... most people can quit looking in the stores.</p><p></p><p>The books being sold are from Walmart.com and any book that finds its way into a store is because of a return. The traits and planograms for each and every section are done months in advance and I never saw anything about them and I looked high and low. To be brutaly honest, RPG books wouldn't justify the space needed to make a good presentation as far as Walmart and Anderson is concern. I wish the stores I serviced did but science-fiction (which is what the books would be classified as) is such as small section typically and gets a 2ft space as most.</p><p></p><p>and for the record... you can also quit looking for uncensored music too Gizzard... I'm just filled with good news</p><p></p><p>hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlphaOmega, post: 1005798, member: 4015"] [b]WalMart Book Business 101[/b] I've lost count on how many times this topic has arisen. But I'll try to shed some light on this again. I'm a long-time lurker with a little less than 40 posts. But I think half have been on this subject. First off, I'm happy to see former Wal-Mart employees respond and respond correctly. In other threads, people were just clueless on how Walmart handles their book business. As Hairy Minotaur said there is an "outside" company who handles the books. Correct. The "outside" company is called Anderson Merchandisers and I've worked for them for nearly 2 years. And die_kluge said Walmart has "traits" that determine what books that specific store carries. Once again correct. I had to get that off my chest, because this seems to be the first thread on this subject where people just aren't randomly guessing on how the business is run and what decisions are made. Now, as far as the traits go they can get quite specific but usually they are broad indictions on how popular a genre is for that store and how much room they have to devote to it. There has got to be over 50 different traits with each having modifiers like size. As far as D&D books... most people can quit looking in the stores. The books being sold are from Walmart.com and any book that finds its way into a store is because of a return. The traits and planograms for each and every section are done months in advance and I never saw anything about them and I looked high and low. To be brutaly honest, RPG books wouldn't justify the space needed to make a good presentation as far as Walmart and Anderson is concern. I wish the stores I serviced did but science-fiction (which is what the books would be classified as) is such as small section typically and gets a 2ft space as most. and for the record... you can also quit looking for uncensored music too Gizzard... I'm just filled with good news hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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