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Article #624550Re: Computers, anyone?
From: J. Clarke
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 23:04
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 23:04
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 21:42:30 -0000 (UTC), Alfred Falk <aef...@telus.net> wrote: >Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in news:fppqg7F4m0fU7 >@mid.individual.net: > >> On 2018-06-30, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Travel is becoming quite boring - no matter where you go, it's the >>> same set of big-box stores. >> >> Try going abroad, instead! >> >> https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/indian-street-scene-13234319.jpg > >For a while longer. They have Walmart and 7-11 in China. There may be Walmarts in China but I understand that they are not doing very well. The strategy of moving in and undercutting the locals worked fine in the US, but in China they are high priced and provide poor service, so why would the Chinese shop there?
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