Oh man, where to begin with this monster? Walmart is Walmart. There. Am I done for the semester?
A webpage in a webpage?! What is this Christopher Nolan-esque madness?! Alas, as to madness, there is nought to be found but my own. Nay, this is merely my fifteenth installment to Cool Companies, my nuanced exposition regarding the web-based education firm, Coursera!
Vizio is one of the youngest companies that I have detailed on this weblog, as it was founded in October of 2002. Vizio follows the American dream of plunging your competitors into the red with overly aggressive pricing, a business tactic referred to by those in the industry as "bankruptcy chicken." As mentioned oh so subtly in the prior paragraph, Vizio's corporate operations are wholly situated in the United States midwest, and one of its manufacturing partners is a NAFTA member. The other, unfortunately, is...
Costco Wholesale is a chain of members-only "warehouse" stores, more commonly known as "Jesus, that's a lot of wine/diapers/lard/cat litter/sugar" stores. Costco is the world's second largest retailer, only outranked by Walmart. However, where Walmart is your rich, venture capitalist uncle that only buys you presents from bad run bargain stores, Costco is your other rich uncle that is just overindulgent sometimes.
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