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The Walmart Shopping Experience

I am not sure of the origin of this article, but I came across it in a free publication called the Crab Line, which is available in the North Norfolk region. I enjoyed reading the article and thought that lots of others would too, so with suitable acknowledgement to the anonymous author, here goes......

Mr. & Mrs. Fenton are retired, and Mrs. Fenton insists her husband go with her to Walmart, but he gets bored, he prefers to get in and get out, but Mrs. Fenton loves to browse.

Here's a letter sent to Mrs. Fenton:

Dear Mrs. Fenton,

Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behaviour and may ban both of you from our stores. We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. All complaints against Mr. Fenton are listed below.

Things Mr. Fenton has done while his spouse was shopping in Walmart:

June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.
July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the restrooms.
August 4: Went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.
September14: Moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area.
September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.
November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.
December 6: In the auto department practised his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.
December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"
December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumes the foetal position and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!"
And last, but not least.....
December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"

Regards,

Walmart

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Welcome to Squidoo

A change of emphasis in the subject matter of "Technology for Retail" today. I would like to introduce the web site Squidoo.com. The following words are taken directly from Squidoo and they help to explain the purpose of the site:

WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, you don't search. You don't even find. Instead, you are usually on a quest to make sense.

That's the goal of most visits to Google or Yahoo! or blogs or Wikipedia. How do you make sense of the noise that's coming at you from all directions?

You won't take action, you won't buy something, book something, hire someone, or take a position on a political issue until you've made sense of your options.

Searching online should really be called poking online. Because that's what you do. You poke around. You poke in Google and you poke at some ads. After looking at a bunch of links and pages, then, finally, you get it. You understand enough to take action—to buy something or make a decision. The thing is, this takes a long time.

The Web ought to accelerate and even replicate that word of mouth phenomenon that works so well in the real world.

There ought to be a way to leverage the power of personal recommendation online.

There ought to be a way for you to talk about what matters to you, what 10 things matter to you, without the pressure of keeping it up daily (like a blog); and you ought to be able to make some money if someone buys something because you recommended it.

There ought to be a way for us all to benefit from what everyone else knows.

And so we built Squidoo.

So Squidoo is a place for information - you can learn, you can inform, you can advertise, you might even be able to make some cash.

Have a look at the numerous "lenses" published on a multitude of different subjects. n.b. "lens" is the Squidoo term for a page of information.

Squidoo is a great resource for publishing information about your business, your products, your services and anything else you might consider relevant. Have a look at the Retail Solutions Lens - if you like it give it some stars or favourite it, the ratings help to rank the lens.

Squidoo lenses tend to be indexed very quickly by the major search engines and they provide great authority. If you have an internet presence already then Squidoo is a great way to enhance it. If you don't have an internet presence then Squidoo is a great place to start.

Anyone with basic computer knowledge should be able to develop a Squidoo lens, however you may not have the time or the inclination to do so. If you would like a quotation for developing your presence on Squidoo please leave a comment or send an email to me at Martyn.Lineker@In-TechSolutions.co.uk.

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